Khmer National Armed Forces | |
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កងយោធពលខេមរជាតិ (Khmer) Forces armées nationales khmères (French) | |
Founded | 9 October 1970 |
Disbanded | 17 April 1975 |
Service branches | Khmer National Army Khmer National Navy Khmer Air Force National Gendarmerie |
Headquarters | Phnom Penh, Khmer Republic |
Leadership | |
Commander-in-Chief | Marshal Lon Nol |
Chief of Staff | Lt Gen. Sisowath Sirik Matak |
Personnel | |
Active personnel | 300,000 (at height) |
Industry | |
Foreign suppliers | Australia Canada France Indonesia Israel Japan South Korea South Vietnam Taiwan Philippines United Kingdom United States |
Related articles | |
History | Military history of Cambodia |
The Khmer National Armed Forces (Khmer: កងយោធពលខេមរជាតិ;[a] French: Forces armées nationales khmères, FANK) were the official armed defense forces of the Khmer Republic, a short-lived nationalist and militaristic state that existed from 1970 to 1975, known today as Cambodia. The FANK was the successor of the Royal Khmer Armed Forces (French: Forces armées royales khmères, FARK) which had been responsible for the defense of the previous Kingdom of Cambodia since its independence in 1953 from France.
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