Mongolian People's Army

Mongolian People's Army
Монголын Ардын Арми
Emblem of Mongolian People's Army
FoundedMarch 1921
DisbandedFebruary 1992
Service branchesGround Force
Air Force
HeadquartersUlaanbaatar
Leadership
Commander-in-Chief Damdin Sükhbaatar (1921–1923)
Jambyn Batmönkh (1984–1990)
Minister of Defence Damdin Sükhbaatar (1921–1923)
Shagalyn Jadambaa (1990)
Chief of General Staff General Shagalyn Jadambaa (1990)
Personnel
Military age18
ConscriptionYes
Reaching military
age annually
(1988)
Reserve personnel15,000
Industry
Foreign suppliers Soviet Union
 Poland
 East Germany
 Vietnam
 Democratic People's Republic of Korea
 Cuba
 Bulgaria
 China
Related articles
HistorySoviet–Japanese border conflicts

World War II

Post–war

RanksMilitary ranks of the Mongolian People's Republic

The Mongolian People's Army (Mongolian: Монголын Ардын Арми), also known as the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Army (Mongolian: Монгол Ардын Хувьсгалт Цэрэг) or the Mongolian Red Army (Mongolian: Монгол Улаан армийн), was an institution of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party constituting as the armed forces of the Mongolian People's Republic. It was established on 18 March 1921 as a secondary army under Soviet Red Army command during the 1920s and during World War II. In 1992, the army's structure changed and then reorganized and renamed as the Mongolian Armed Forces.