Royal Cambodian Army Explained

Unit Name:	Royal Cambodian Army
Native Name:	Central Khmer: កងទ័ពជើងគោក
Country:	Cambodia
Allegiance:	King of Cambodia
Type:	Army
Role:	Land warfare
Size:	85,000
Command Structure:	Royal Cambodian Armed Forces
Garrison:	Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Motto:	"Central Khmer: ការពារព្រះរាជាណាចក្រកម្ពុជា" (Khmer) "Central Khmer: វានឹងមិនបញ្ចប់លុះត្រាតែយើងឈ្នះ" (Khmer)
Colours:	Red, Blue
Battles:	Indochina Wars First Indochina War Second Indochina War Cambodian Civil War Third Indochina War Cambodian–Vietnamese War 1997 clashes in Cambodia Cambodian–Thai border dispute
Anniversaries:	9 November
Commander1:	Lieutenant general Mao Sophan^[1]
Notable Commanders:	General Meas Sophea General Tea Seiha General Srey Doek General Hing Bun Hieng
Identification Symbol Label:	Unit colour

The Royal Cambodian Army (Central Khmer: កងទ័ពជើងគោក, Central Khmer: Kâng Toăp Cheung Koŭk;) is a part of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces. It has ground forces which numbered 85,000 divided into eleven divisions of infantry, with integrated armour and artillery support. The Royal Army is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of National Defence.

Military organisation

Under the current military plan and divisions, every military region has a full division size. Each division will be supplemented by a mobile reinforcement division in Phnom Penh. The country is divided into six, until recently five, military regions, each comprising three or four provinces. There are garrisons in major cities and major army bases.

General Hun Manet is the commander of the Royal Cambodian Army. He is also the Deputy Commander in Chief of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces.

The forces are deployed as required across the country and in operations, with bases as follows:

1st Military Region (Central Khmer: យោធភូមិភាគទី១): Headquarters are in Stung Treng and the region covers the provinces of Stung Treng, Kratié, Ratanakiri and Mondulkiri.
2nd Military Region (Central Khmer: យោធភូមិភាគទី២): Headquarters are in Kampong Cham and the region covers the provinces of Kampong Cham, Prey Veng, and Svay Rieng.
3rd Military Region (Central Khmer: យោធភូមិភាគទី៣): Headquarters are in Kampong Speu and the region covers the provinces of Kampong Speu, Takéo, Kampot, Sihanoukville, Koh Kong and Kep.
4th Military Region (Central Khmer: យោធភូមិភាគទី៤): Headquarters are in Siem Reap and the region covers the provinces of Siem Reap, Oddar Meanchey, Preah Vihear, and Kampong Thom.
5th Military Region (Central Khmer: យោធភូមិភាគទី៥): Headquarters are in Battambang and the region covers the provinces of Battambang, Pursat, Banteay Meanchey and Pailin.
Special Military Region (Central Khmer: យោធភូមិភាគពិសេស): Headquarters are in the capital, Phnom Penh and the region covers the provinces of Kampong Chhnang, Kandal and the greater municipality of Phnom Penh.

Every Military Region is under the command of a Major General, assisted by a Chief of staff with a rank of a Brigadier General. In every province, there is a military base called Military Operation Zone under the command of a Colonel.

Airborne special forces

See main article: article and Special Forces Command (Cambodia).

Equipment

See main article: List of equipment of the Royal Cambodian Army.

Peacekeeping operations

The RCAF has sent RCAF personnel to various hotspots as part of the Kingdom of Cambodia's role as a member of the United Nations. Mostly engineers and logistical units, a total of 6,822 soldiers, of them 369 are women, have been so far sent to 10 peacekeeping missions in nine countries such as:^[2]