Cambodian army

Royal Cambodian Army
Emblem of the Royal Cambodian Army
Founded	1953
Country	Cambodia
Allegiance	HM The King
Type	Army
Size	85,000
Part of	Royal Cambodian Armed Forces
Garrison/HQ	Phnom Penh
Motto(s)	Defending the Kingdom of Cambodia
Colours	Red, Blue
Anniversaries	9 November 1953
Engagements	First Indochina War Cambodian Civil War Cambodian–Vietnamese War 1997 clashes in Cambodia Cambodian–Thai border dispute
Commanders
Current commander	General Meas Sophea
Notable commanders	General Meas Sophea General Tea Banh General Srey Doek General Hun Manet General Hing Bun Hieng

The Royal Cambodian Army (Khmer: កងទ័ពជើងគោក, Kangtorp Cheung Kork) 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.

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 Meas Sophea 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:

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.

As of June 2010, it is assessed that 500 of the tanks are to be fully operational.

Operational art and tactical doctrine is still being defined as the process of reform continues. Ostensibly, the continuing military reorganisation will provide integrated armoured support for each of the regional infantry divisions. However, much of Cambodia's terrain does not lend itself to armoured operations and tanks are rendered unusable during the rainy season. All the OT-64 APCs have apparently gone to the Phnom Penh reserve force.