Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Armed Forces

Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Armed Forces
Khmer People's Revolutionary Armed Forces
កងកម្លាំងប្រដាប់អាវុធប្រជាជនបដិវត្តន៍កម្ពុជា
កងកម្លាំងប្រដាប់អាវុធប្រជាជនបដិវត្តន៍ខ្មែរ
Emblem
Founded1979
Disbanded1993
Service branches
  • Army
  • Navy
  • Air Force
HeadquartersPhnom Penh
Leadership
Commander-in-ChiefHun Sen
Minister of DefenceTea Banh
Chief of the General StaffNeth Savoeun
Personnel
Military age18 – 35 years
Conscription5 years
Active personnel270,000
Reserve personnel90,000
Expenditure
Budgetn. a.
Percent of GDPn. a.
Industry
Foreign suppliers Soviet Union[1]
 Vietnam[1]
 Bulgaria[1]
 East Germany
 Czechoslovakia
 Romania
 Hungary
 Cuba
 Yugoslavia
Related articles
RanksMilitary ranks of the People's Republic of Kampuchea

The Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Armed Forces (KPRAF), also the Khmer People's Revolutionary Armed Forces were the armed forces of the People's Republic of Kampuchea, the de facto government of Cambodia 1979–1990. It was formed with military assistance from Vietnam, which furbished the fledgling armed forces with equipment and training, with the initial task of countering the sustained guerrilla campaign being waged by the Coalition Government of Democratic Kampuchea.[2]

The KPRAF were renamed the Cambodian People's Armed Forces (CPAF) in 1989, preserving their main structure, but changing insignias and symbols. In 1993 the CPAF were absorbed into the newly re-established Royal Cambodian Armed Forces.

  1. ^ a b c "Trade Registers". Armstrade.sipri.org. Retrieved 2014-11-20.
  2. ^ Ross, Russell, ed. (1987). Cambodia, a Country Study. Area Handbook Series (Third ed.). Washington, D.C.: Department of the Army, American University. pp. 279–313. ISBN 978-0160208386.