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Myanmar Army 1 Myanmar Army Myanmar Army တပမတော (ကြညး) Myanmar Army Flag Active Country Myanmar Branch Army Size 500,000 Part of Myanmar Armed Forces Nickname Tatmadaw Motto Ye Thaw Ma Thay, Thay Thaw Nga Ye Ma Lar Anniversaries 27 March 1945 Commanders Minister of Defence [1] Lt. General Wai Lwin [2] Commander-in-Chief General Soe Win Notable commanders Major General Aung San General Ne Win The Myanmar Army (Burmese: တပမတော(ကြညး)), pronounced: [taʔmədɔ̀ tɕí]) is the land component of the Military of Myanmar, Myanmar Armed Forces. The Myanmar Army is the largest branch of the Armed Forces of Myanmar and has the primary responsibility of conducting land-based military operations. The Myanmar Army maintains the second largest active force in Southeast Asia after Vietnam's Vietnam People's Army. The Myanmar Army had a troop strength of around 350,000 As of 2006. [3] Myanmar Army had around 500,000 soldiers in 2012. The army has extensive combat experience in fighting insurgents in rough terrains, considering it has been conducting non-stop counter-insurgency operations against ethnic and political insurgents since its inception in 1948. The force is headed by the Commander in Chief (Army) (ကာကယရေးဦးစးချပ(ကြညး)), currently General Soe Win with Vice-Senior General Min Aung Hlaing as the Commander in Chief (တပမတောကာကယရေးဦးစးချပ). The highest rank in the Myanmar Army was Senior General, equivalent to Field Marshal position in Western Armies and was held by Senior General Than Shwe who retired his role since the establishment of the constitution of Republic of Union of Myanmar 2010. In 2011, following transition from military junta government to civilian parliamentary government, the Myanmar Army enacted a military draft for all citizens, all males from the age 18 to 35 and all females age between 18 and 27 years of age can be drafted into military service for two years as enlisted personal in time of national emergency. The ages for professionals are up to 45 for men and 35 for women for three years service as commissioned and non commissioned officers.
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Myanmar Army
Myanmar Armyတပ်မတော် (ကြည်း)
Myanmar Army FlagActive
Country Myanmar
Branch Army
Size 500,000
Part of Myanmar Armed Forces
Nickname Tatmadaw
Motto Ye Thaw Ma Thay, Thay Thaw Nga Ye Ma Lar
Anniversaries 27 March 1945
Commanders
Minister of Defence [1] Lt. General Wai Lwin [2]
Commander-in-Chief General Soe Win
Notablecommanders
Major General Aung SanGeneral Ne Win
The Myanmar Army (Burmese: တပ်မတော်(ကြည်း)), pronounced: [taʔmədɔ̀ tɕí]) is the land component of the Military ofMyanmar, Myanmar Armed Forces. The Myanmar Army is the largest branch of the Armed Forces of Myanmar andhas the primary responsibility of conducting land-based military operations. The Myanmar Army maintains thesecond largest active force in Southeast Asia after Vietnam's Vietnam People's Army.The Myanmar Army had a troop strength of around 350,000 As of 2006.[3] Myanmar Army had around 500,000soldiers in 2012. The army has extensive combat experience in fighting insurgents in rough terrains, considering ithas been conducting non-stop counter-insurgency operations against ethnic and political insurgents since itsinception in 1948.The force is headed by the Commander in Chief (Army) (ကာကွယ်ရေးဦးစီးချုပ်(ကြည်း)), currently General Soe Win withVice-Senior General Min Aung Hlaing as the Commander in Chief (တပ်မတော်ကာကွယ်ရေးဦးစီးချုပ်). The highest rank inthe Myanmar Army was Senior General, equivalent to Field Marshal position in Western Armies and was held bySenior General Than Shwe who retired his role since the establishment of the constitution of Republic of Union ofMyanmar 2010.In 2011, following transition from military junta government to civilian parliamentary government, the MyanmarArmy enacted a military draft for all citizens, all males from the age 18 to 35 and all females age between 18 and 27years of age can be drafted into military service for two years as enlisted personal in time of national emergency. Theages for professionals are up to 45 for men and 35 for women for three years service as commissioned and noncommissioned officers.
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An official publication has revealed that almost one-quarter of Myanmar's new national budget will be allocated todefense. The Government Gazette reports that 1.8 trillion kyat (about $2 billion at free market rates of exchange), or23.6 percent of the 2011 budget will go to defense.[4]
Brief history
Post Independence era
Myanmar Army Honour Guards saluting thearrival of Thai delegation in October 2010.
At the time of Myanmar's independence in 1948, the Tatmadaw wasweak, small and disunited. Cracks appeared along the lines of ethnicbackground, political affiliation, organizational origin and differentservices. Its unity and operational efficiency was further weakened bythe interference of civilians and politicians in military affairs, and theperception gap between the staff officers and field commanders. Themost serious problem was the tension between ethnic Karen Officers,coming from the British Burma Army and Burman (Bamar) officers,coming from the Patriotic Burmese Force (PBF).[5]
In accordance with agreement reached at Kandy Conference inSeptember 1945, the Tatmadaw was reorganised by incorporating theBritish Burma Army and the Patriotic Burmese Force. The officercorps shared by ex-PBF officers and officers from British Burma Armyand Army of Burma Reserve Organization (ARBO). The British alsodecided to form what were known as "Class Battalions" based onethnicity. There were a total of 15 rifle battalions at the time ofindependence and four of them were made up of former members ofPBF. All influential positions within the War Office and commandswere manned with non-former PBF Officers. All services includingmilitary engineers, supply and transport, ordnance and medical services, Navy and Air Force were all commanded byformer Officers from ABRO and British Burma Army.[5]
Battalion Ethnic/Army Composition
No. 1 Burma Rifles Bamar (Burma Military Police)
No. 2 Burma Rifles Karen majority + Other Non-Bamar Nationalities (commanded by then Lieutenant Colonel Saw Chit Khin (karen officerfrom British Burma Army)
No. 3 Burma Rifles Bamar / Former members of Patriotic Burmese Force
No. 4 Burma Rifles Bamar / Former members of Patriotic Burmese Force - Commanded by the then Lieutenant Colonel Ne Win
No. 5 Burma Rifles Bamar / Former members of Patriotic Burmese Force
No. 6 Burma Rifles Bamar / Former members of Patriotic Burmese Force
No. 1 Karen Rifles Karen / Former members of British Burma Army and ABRO
No. 2 Karen Rifles Karen / Former members of British Burma Army and ABRO
No. 3 Karen Rifles Karen / Former members of British Burma Army and ABRO
No. 1 Kachin Rifles Kachin / Former members of British Burma Army and ABRO
No. 2 Kachin Rifles Kachin / Former members of British Burma Army and ABRO
No. 1 Chin Rifles Chin / Former members of British Burma Army and ABRO
No. 2 Chin Rifles Chin / Former members of British Burma Army and ABRO
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No. 4 BurmaRegiment
Gorkha
Chin Hill Battalion Chin
|+ Ethnic and Army Composition of Tatmadaw in 1948
Formation and structureThe Army has always been by far the largest service in Myanmar and has always received the lion's share of thedefence budget.[6][7] It has played the most prominent part in Myanmar's struggle against the 40 or more insurgentgroups since 1948 and acquired a reputation as a tough and resourceful military force. In 1981, it was described as'probably the best army in Southeast Asia, apart from Vietnam's'.[8] The judgement was echoed in 1983, whenanother observer noted that "Myanmar's infantry is generally rated as one of the toughest, most combat seasoned inSoutheast Asia".[9] In 1985, a foreign journalist with the rare experience of seeing Burmese soldiers in action againstethnic insurgents and narco-armies was 'thoroughly impressed by their fighting skills, endurance and discipline'.[10]
Other commentators throughout that time characterised the Myanmar Army as 'the toughest, most effective lightinfantry jungle force now operating in Southeast Asia'.[11] Even the Thais, not known to praise the Burmese lightly,have described the Myanmar Army as 'skilled in the art of jungle warfare'.[12]
OrganizationMyanmar Army had reached some 370,000 active troops in all ranks in the year 2000 and there are more than500,000 troops in the year 2012. There were 337 infantry battalions, including 266 light infantry battalions.Although the Myanmar Army's organisational structure was based upon the regimental system, the basic manoeuvreand fighting unit is the battalion, known as Tat Yinn (တပ်ရင်း) in Burmese, which comprised a headquarters unit; fourrifle companies Tat Khwe (တပ်ခွဲ) with three rifle platoons Tat Su (တပ်စု) each; an administration company withmedical, transport, logistics and signals units; a heavy weapons company including mortar, machine gun andrecoilless gun platoons. Each battalion is commanded a Lieutenant Colonel Du Ta Ya Bo Hmu Gyi or Du Bo HmuGyi with a Major (bo hmu) as 2IC (Second in Command), with a total establishment strength of 27 officers and 723other ranks. Light infantry battalions in Myanmar Army have much lower establishment strength of around 500; thisoften leads to these units being mistakenly identified by the observers and reporters as under strength infantrybattalions.With its significantly increased personnel numbers, weaponry and mobility, today's Tatmadaw Kyee တပ်မတော်(ကြည်း) isa formidable conventional defence force for the Union of Myanmar. Troops ready for combat duty have at leastdoubled since 1988. Logistics infrastructure and Artillery Fire Support has been greatly increased. Its newly acquiredmilitary might was apparent in the Tatmadaw's dry season operations against Karen National Union (KNU)strongholds in Manerplaw and Kawmura. Most of the casualties at these battles were the result of intense and heavybombardment by the Tatmadaw Kyee. Not only that Tatmadaw Kyee is now much larger than it was in pre-1988, itis more mobile and has greatly improved armour, artillery and air defence inventories. Its C3I (Command, Control,Communications, Computers and Intelligence) systems have been expanded and refined. It is developing larger andmore integrated, self-sustained formations which should lend themselves to better coordinated action by differentcombat arms. The army may still have relatively modest weaponry compared to its larger neighbours, but it is now ina much better position to deter external aggression and respond to such a threat should it ever arise except childsoldiers may not perform very well in combating with enemies.[13]
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Expansion
101st Light Infantry Division
The first army division to be formed after the 1988 military coup was the 11thLight Infantry Division (LID) in December 1988 with Col. Win Myint ascommander of the division. In March 1990, a new regional military commandwas opened in Monywa with Brigadier Kyaw Min as commander and namedNorth-Western Regional Military Command. A year later 101st LID wasformed in Pakokku with Col. Saw Tun as commander. Two RegionalOperations Commands (ROC) were formed in Myeik and Loikaw to facilitatecommand and control. They were commanded respectively by Brigadier SoeTint and Brigadier Maung Kyi. March 1995 saw a dramatic expansion of theTatmadaw as it established 11 Military Operations Commands (MOC)s inthat month. MOC are similar to Mechanized Infantry Divisions in western armies, each with 10 regular infantrybattalions (Chay Hlyin Tatyin), a headquarters, and organic support units including field artillery batteries. Then in1996, two new RMC were opened, Coastal Region RMC was opened in Myeik with Brigadier Sit Maung ascommander and Triangle Region RMC in Kengtung with Brigadier Thein Sein as commander. Their new ROCswere opened in Kalay, Bhamo and Mongsat. In late 1998, two new MOCs were opened in Bokepyin andMongsat.[14]
The most significant expansion after the infantry in the army was in armour and artillery. Beginning in 1990, theTatmadaw procured 18 T-69II Main Battle tanks and 48 T-63 amphibious light tanks from China. Furtherprocurements were made, including several hundred Type 85 and Type 92 Armoured Personnel Carriers (APC). Bythe beginning of 1998, Tatmadaw had about 100+ T-69II Main battle tanks, a similar number of T-63 amphibiouslight tanks and several T-59D tanks. These tanks and armoured personnel carriers were distributed into fivearmoured infantry battalions and five tank battalions and formed the first Armoured Division of the Tatmadaw underthe name of 71st Armoured Operations Command with its headquarters in Pyawbwe.
Chiefs of Staff and Commanders in ChiefUp until 1990, Myanmar Armed Forces has Chief of Staff system and Myanmar Army was led by Vice Chief ofStaff (Army). A new system was introduced in 1990 during Armed Forces reorganisation and all three branches ofArmed Forces are now led by Commander-in-Chief.[7]
Serial Name & Rank Date Notes
BC5107 Brigadier General SawKyar Doe
1948 Karen Officer, Forced to retire due to civil war with Karen
BC3502 Brigadier General Ne Win 1948–1949 Member of Thirty Comrades, Later became President and Chairman of Burma SocialistProgramme Party (BSPP)
BC5458 Brigadier General AungGyi
1956–1963
BC3569 Brigadier General San Yu 1963–1972 Later became President
BC3651 Brigadier General ThuraTin Oo
1972–1974 Dismissed and imprisoned for involvement in coup attempt, later became Vice-Chairmanof National League for Democracy
BC5332 Brigadier General ThuraKyaw Htin
1974–1976 Later became Prime Minister
BC6133 Lieutenant General Aye Ko 1976–1981 Later became Vice President
BC5896 Lieutenant General Tun Ye 1981–1983
BC6187 Lieutenant General SawMaung
1983–1985 later promoted to Senior General, coup in 1988 and formed State Law and OrderRestoration Council (SLORC)
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BC6710 Lieutenant General ThanShwe
1985–1992 later promoted to Senior General and Chairman of the State Peace and DevelopmentCouncil (SPDC)
BC7875 Lieutenant General MaungAye
1993 -31/3/2011
later promoted to Vice Senior General and Vice Chairman of the State Peace andDevelopment Council (SPDC)
BC16489 Lieutenant General SoeWin
1/4/2011- later promoted to General
Bureau of Special Operations (BSO)
Bureau of Special Operations
Regional Military Commands (RMC)
Bureau of Special Operations (ကာကွယ်ရေးဌာန စစ်ဆင်ရေး အထူးအဖွဲ့) inMyanmar Army are high-level field units equivalent to Field ArmyGroup in Western terms and consist of 2 or more RegionalMilitary Commands (RMC) and commanded by aLieutenant-General and 6 staff officers. The units were introducedunder the General Staff Office on 28 April 1978 and 1 June 1979.In early 1978, the then Chairman of BSPP General Ne Win visitedthe North Eastern Command Headquarters in Lashio to receive abriefing about Burmese Communist Party (BCP) insurgents andtheir military operations. He was accompanied by BrigadierGeneral Tun Ye from Ministry of Defence. Brigadier General TunYe was the regional commander of Eastern Command for threeyears and before that he served in North Eastern Command areasas commander of Strategic Operation Command (SOC) andcommander for Light Infantry Division for four years. As BCPmilitary operations were spread across three Regional MilitaryCommand (RMC) areas (Northern, Eastern and North Eastern),Brigadier General Tun Ye was the most informed commanderabout the BCP in Myanmar Army at the time. At the briefing,General Ne Win was impressed by Brigadier General Tun Ye andrealized that coordination among various Regional MilitaryCommands (RMC) was necessary; thus, decided to form a bureauat the Ministry of Defence. Originally, the bureau was for "specialoperations", wherever they were, that needed coordination amongvarious Regional Military Commands (RMC). Later, withintroduction of another bureau, there was a division of commandareas. The BSO-1 was to oversee the operations under theNorthern Command, North Eastern Command, the EasternCommand, and the North Western Command. BSO-2 was tooversee operations under the South Eastern Command, SouthWestern Command, Western Command and Central Command.Initially, the chief of the BSO had the rank of Brigadier General.The rank was upgraded to Major General on 23 April 1979. in1990, it was further upgraded to Lieutenant General. Between1995 and 2002, Chief of Staff (Army) jointly held the position of Chief of BSO. However, in early 2002, two moreBSO were added to the General Staff Office; therefore there were altogether four BSOs. The fifth BSO wasestablished in 2005 and the sixth in 2007.
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Currently there are Six Bureaus of Special Operations in Myanmar order of Battle.[15]
Bureau of Special Operations Regional Military Commands (RMC)
Bureau of Special Operations 1 Central CommandNorth Western CommandNorthern Command
Bureau of Special Operations 2 North Eastern CommandEastern CommandTriangle Region Command
Bureau of Special Operations 3 South Western CommandSouthern CommandWestern Command
Bureau of Special Operations 4 Coastal CommandSouth Eastern Command
Bureau of Special Operations 5 Yangon Command
Bureau of Special Operations 6 Naypyidaw Command
Regional Military Commands (RMC)For better command and communication, the Tatmadaw formed Regional Military Commands (တိုင်း စစ်ဌာနချုပ်)structure in 1958. Until 1961, there were only two regional commands, they were supported by 13 Infantry brigadesand an infantry division. In October 1961, new regional military commands were opened and leaving only twoindependent infantry brigades. In June 1963, the Naypyidaw Command was temporarily formed in Yangon with thedeputy commander and some staff officers drawn from Central Command. It was reorganised and renamed asYangon Command on 1 June 1965.[15]
A total of 337 infantry and light infantry battalions organised in Tactical Operations Commands, 37 independentfield artillery regiments supported by affiliated support units including armoured reconnaissance and tank battalions.RMCs are similar to corps formations in Western armies. The RMCs, commanded by Major General rank officer,are managed through a framework of Bureau of Special Operations (BSOs), which are equivalent to Field ArmyGroup in Western terms.[15]
Regional Military Command (RMC) Badge States & Divisions Headquarters Strength
Northern Command(မြောက်ပိုင်းတိုင်းစစ်ဌာနချုပ်)
Kachin State Myitkyina 33 Infantry Battalions
North Eastern Command(အရှေ့မြောက်ပိုင်းတိုင်းစစ်ဌာနချုပ်)
Northern Shan State Lashio 30 Infantry Battalions
Eastern Command(အရှေ့ပိုင်းတိုင်းစစ်ဌာနချုပ်)
Southern Shan State Taunggyi 42 Infantry Battalionsincluding 16× LightInfantry Battalions underRegional OperationCommand (ROC)Headquarters at Loikaw
South Eastern Command(အရှေ့တောင်တိုင်းစစ်ဌာနချုပ်)
Mon and Kayin(Karen) States
Mawlamyaing (Moulmein) 36 Infantry Battalions
Southern Command(တောင်ပိုင်းတိုင်းစစ်ဌာနချုပ်)
Bago and MagweDivisions
Toungoo 27 × Infantry Battalions
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South Western Command(အနောက်တောင်တိုင်းစစ်ဌာနချုပ်)
AyeyarwadyDivision (IrrawaddyDivision)
Pathein (Bassein) 11 × Infantry Battalions
Western Command(အနောက်ပိုင်းတိုင်းစစ်ဌာနချုပ်)
Rakhine (Arakan)and Chin States
Ann 33 × Infantry Battalions
North Western Command(အနောက်မြောက်တိုင်းစစ်ဌာနချုပ်)
Sagaing Division Monywa 25 × Infantry Battalions
Yangon Command(ရန်ကုန်တိုင်းစစ်ဌာနချုပ်)
Yangon Division MayangoneTownship-Kone-Myint-Thar
11 × Infantry Battalions
Coastal Region Command(ကမ်းရိုးတန်းတိုင်းစစ်ဌာနချုပ်)
Tanintharyi Division(TenassarimDivision)
Myeik (Mergui) 43 Infantry Battalionsincluding battalions under2 MOC based at Tavoy
Triangle Region Command(တြိဂံတိုင်းစစ်ဌာနချုပ်)
Eastern Shan State Kyaingtong (Kengtung) 23 Infantry Battalions
Central Command(အလယ်ပိုင်းတိုင်းစစ်ဌာနချုပ်)
Mandalay Division Mandalay 17 Infantry Battalions
Naypyidaw Command(နေပြည်တော်တိုင်းစစ်ဌာနချုပ်)
Naypyidaw Pyinmana Formed in 2006 - ? ×Infantry Battalions
Commanders of Regional Military Commands
[15]
Regional MilitaryCommand (RMC)
Established First Commander CurrentCommander
Notes
Eastern Command 1961 Major General SoeHtut
South EasternCommand
1961 Major General TinMaung Win
Central Command 1961 Major General NyoSaw
Original Southern Command in Taungoo was renamedCentral Command in March 1990
North WesternCommand
1961 Brigadier General KyawMin
Major General SoeLwin
Original North western Command in Mandalay was renamedCentral Command in March 1990
South WesternCommand
1961 Major General SoeThein
Yangon Command 1965 Major General SanOo
Formed as Naypyidaw Command in 1963 with deputycommander and some staff officers from Central Command.Renamed Yangon Command on 1 June 1965.
Western Command 1972 Major General KoKo Naing
North EasternCommand
1972 Brigadier GeneralAung Soe
Northern Command 1972 Brigadier GeneralTun Tun Naung
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Southern Command 1972 Brigadier GeneralAung Kyaw Zaw
Traingle RegionCommand
1996 Brigadier General TheinSein
Major General ThanTun Oo
Thein Sein later became Prime Minister and elected asPresident in 2011
Coastal RegionCommand
1996 Brigadier General ThihaThura Thura Sit Maung
Major General KhinMaung Htay
Sit Maung was killed in Helicopter crash along with the thenChief of Staff (Army) Lt. General Tin Oo in 19 February2001.[16]
NaypyidawCommand
2005 Major GeneralMaung Maung Aye
Eastern CentralCommand
2011 Brigadier GeneralMyint Naung
Original Southern Command in Taungoo was renamedCentral Command in March 1990
Regional Operations Commands (ROC)Regional Operations Commands (ROC)( ေဒသကြပ္ကဲမႈ စစ္ဌာနခ်ဳပ္) are commanded by a Brigadier General, are similar toinfantry brigades in Western Armies. Each consists of 4 Infantry battalions (Chay Hlyin Tatyin), HQ and organicsupport units. Commander of ROC is a position between LID/MOC commander and tactical Operation Command(TOC) commander, who commands only three infantry battalions. However, ROC commander enjoys financial,administrative and judicial authority while the MOC and LID commander does not have judicial authority.[7][17]
Regional Operation Command (ROC) Headquarters Notes
Loikaw Regional Operations Command Loikaw
Laukai Regional Operations Command Laukai
Kalay Regional Operations Command Kalay
Sittwe Regional Operations Command Sittwe
Pyay Regional Operations Command Pyay
Tanaing Regional Operations Command Tanaing Formerly ROC Bahmaw
Wanhseng Regional Operations Command Wanhseng Formed in 2011 [18]
Military Operations Commands (MOC)Military Operations Commands (MOC) (စစ်ဆင်ရေး ကွပ်ကဲမှု ဌာနချုပ် (စကခ) ), commanded by a Brigadier-General, aresimilar to Infantry divisions in Western Armies. Each consists of 10 Mechanized Infantry battalions equipped withBTR-3 Armored Personnel Carriers, Headquarters and support units including field artillery batteries. These tenbattalions are organized into three Tactical Operations Commands : one Mechanized Tactical Operations Command(with BTR-3 armored personal carriers) and two Motorized Tactical Operations Command (with EQ-2102 6x6trucks).MOC are equivalent to Light Infantry Division (LID) in Myanmar Army order of battle as both command 10infantry battalions through three TOC (Tactical Operations Command).[17]
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Military Operation Command (MOC) Headquarters Notes
1st Military Operations Command (MOC-1) Kyaukme (ကျောက်မဲ), Shan State
2nd Military Operations Command (MOC-2) Mong Nawng (မိုင်းနောင်), Shan State
3rd Military Operations Command (MOC-3) Mogaung (မိုးကောင်း), Kachin State
4th Military Operations Command (MOC-4) Hpugyi (ဖူးကြီး), Yangon Region Designated Airborne Division
5th Military Operations Command (MOC-5) Taungup (တောင်ကုတ်), Rakhine State
6th Military Operations Command (MOC-6) Pyinmana (ပျဉ်းမနား), Mandalay Region
7th Military Operations Command (MOC-7) Hpegon (ဖယ်ခုံ), Shan State
8th Military Operations Command (MOC-8) Dawei (ထားဝယ်), Tanintharyi Region
9th Military Operations Command (MOC-9) Kyauktaw (ကျောက်တော်), Rakhine State
10th Military Operations Command (MOC-10) Kyigon (ကျီကုန်း (ကလေးဝ)), Sagaing Region
11th Military Operations Command (MOC-11) Loilem (လွိုင်လင်), Shan State
12th Military Operations Command (MOC-12) Kawkareik (ကော့ကရိတ်), Kayin State
13th Military Operations Command (MOC-13) Bokpyin (ဘုတ်ပြင်း), Tanintharyi Region
14th Military Operations Command (MOC-14) Mong Hsat (မိုင်းဆတ်), Shan State
15th Military Operations Command (MOC-15) Buthidaung (ဘူးသီးတောင်), Rakhine State
16th Military Operations Command (MOC-16) Theinni (သိန်းနီ), Shan State
17th Military Operations Command (MOC-17) Mong Pan (မိုင်းပန်), Shan State
18th Military Operations Command (MOC-18) Mong Hpayak (မိုင်းပေါက်), Shan State
19th Military Operations Command (MOC-19) Ye (ရေး), Mon State
20th Military Operations Command (MOC-20) Kawthaung (ကော့သောင်း), Tanintharyi Region
21st Military Operations Command (MOC-21) Bhamo (ဗန်းမော်), Kachin State
Light Infantry Divisions (LID)Light Infantry Division (Chay Myan Tat Ma or Ta Ma Kha), commanded by a Brigadier-General, each with 10 LightInfantry Battalions organised under 3 Tactical Operations Commands, commanded by a Colonel, (3 battalions eachand 1 reserve), 1 Field Artillery Battalion, 1 Armour Squadron and other support units.[7][17]
These divisions were first introduced to the Myanmar Army in 1966 as rapid reaction mobile forces for strikeoperations. 77th Light Infantry Division was formed on 6 June 1966, followed by 88th Light Infantry Division and99th Light Infantry Division in the two following years. 77th LID was largely responsible for the defeat of theCommunist forces of the CPB (Communist Party of Burma) based in the forested hills of the central Bago Yoma inthe mid 1970s. Three more LIDs were raised in the latter half of 1970s (the 66th, 55th and 44th) with theirheadquarters at Pyay, Aungban and Thaton. They were followed by another two LIDs in the period prior to the 1988military coup (the 33rd LID with headquarters at Sagaing and the 22nd LID with headquarters at Hpa-An). 11th LIDwas formed in December 1988 with headquarters at Inndine, Bago Division and 101st LID was formed in 1991 withits headquarters at Pakokku.[7][17]
Each LID, commanded by Brigadier General (Bo hmu gyoke) level officers, consists of 10 light infantry battalions specially trained in counter-insurgency, jungle warfare, "search and destroy" operations against ethnic insurgents and narcotics-based armies. These Battalions are organised under three Tactical Operations Commands (TOC; Nee byu har). Each TOC, commanded by a Colonel (Bo hmu gyi), is made up of three or more combat Battalions, with command and support elements similar to that of brigades in Western armies. One infantry battalion was held in
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reserve. As of 2000, all LID have their own organic Field Artillery units. For example, 314th Field Artillery Batteryis now attached to 44th LID. Some of the LID battalions have been given Parachute and Air Borne Operationstraining and two of the LIDs have been converted to mechanised infantry formation with divisional artillery,armoured reconnaissance and tank battalions[7]
LIDs are considered to be a strategic asset of the Myanmar Army, and after the 1990 reorganisation and restructuringof the Tatmadaw command structure, they are now directly answerable to Chief of Staff (Army).[7][17]
Light Infantry Division(LID)
Yearformed
Headquarters FirstCommander
CurrentCommander
Notes
11th Light InfantryDivision
1988 Inndine Col. Win Myint Formed after 1988 military coup.
22nd Light InfantryDivision
1987 Hpa-An Col. Tin Hla Involved in crackdown of unarmed protestorsduring 8.8.88 democracy uprising
33rd Light InfantryDivision
1984 Sagaing Col. Kyaw Ba
44th Light InfantryDivision
1979 Thaton Col. Myat Thin
55th Light InfantryDivision
1980 Sagaing/Kalaw Col. Phone Myint
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66th Light InfantryDivision
1976 Pyay Col. Taung ZarKhaing
77th Light InfantryDivision
1966 Hmawbi Col. Tint Swe
88th Light InfantryDivision
1967 Magway Col. Than Tin
99th Light InfantryDivision
1968 Meiktila Col. Kyaw Htin
1991 Pakokku Col. Saw Tun Units of 101st LID were deployed during thepurge of Military Intelligence faction in 2004.
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Artillery and armoured unitsArtillery and armoured units were not used in an independent role, but were deployed in support of the infantry bythe Ministry of Defence as required. The Directorate of Artillery and Armour Corps was also divided into separatecorps in 2001. A dramatic expansion of forces under these directorates followed with the equipment procured fromChina, Russia, Ukraine and India.[7] [17]
Directorate of Artillery
707th Artillery Operation Command
No. 1 Artillery Battalion was formed in 1952 with three artillery batteriesunder the Directorate of Artillery Corps. A further three artillery battalionswere formed in the late 1952. This formation remained unchanged until 1988.Since 2000, the Directorate of Artillery Corps has overseen the expansion ofArtillery Operations Commands(AOC) from two to 10. Tatmadaw's statedintention is to establish an organic Artillery Operations Command in each ofthe 12 Regional Military Command Headquarters. Each Artillery OperationCommand is composed of the following:[15]
As of 2000, the Artillery wing of the Tatmadaw has about 60 Battalions and37 independent Artillery companies/batteries attached to various Regional Military Commands (RMC), LightInfantry Divisions (LID), Military Operation Command (MOC) and Regional Operation Command (ROC)s. Forexample, 314th Field Artillery Battery is under 44th LID, 326 Field Artillery Battery is attached to 5th MOC, 074Field Artillery Battery is under the command of ROC (Bhamo) and 076 Field Artillery Battery is underNorth-Eastern RMC. Twenty of these Artillery battalions are grouped under 707th Artillery Operation Command(AOC) headquarters in Kyaukpadaung and 808th Artillery Operation Command (AOC) headquarters in Oaktwin,near Taungoo. The remaining 30 battalions, including 7 Anti-Aircraft artillery battalions are under the Directorate ofArtillery Corps.[7] [17]
Artillery Operations Command (AOC) (အမြောက်စစ်ဆင်ရေးကွပ်ကဲမှု ဌာနချုပ်)
Armoured Operation Command
Armoured Operation Command
•• HQ battalion• 12 Artillery Battalions:
• 6 Light Field artillery battalion equipped with 105 mm, 76 mm, 75 mmhowitzers, field guns and mountain guns,
• 3 Medium Field Artillery battalion equipped with 155 mm, 130 mm,122 mm howitzers and field guns,
• 1 Multiple Rocket Launcher battalion equipped with 122 mmself-propelled and towed launchers,
• 1 Air Defence Artillery battalion with 37 mm, 57 mm Anti-Aircraftguns or SA 18 IGLAs) man portable surface-to-air missiles and
•• 1 target acquisition battalion.•• support unitsLight field artillery battalions consists of 3 field artillery batteries with 36field guns or howitzers (12 guns per battery). Medium artillery battalionsconsists of 3 medium artillery batteries of 18 field guns or howitzers (6 gunsper one battery).[15] As of 2011, all field guns of Myanmar Artillery Corps areundergoing upgrade programs including GPS Fire Control Systems.
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Artillery Operations Command (AOC) Headquarters Notes
505th Artillery Operations Command Myeik(မြိတ်)
606th Artillery Operations Command (သထုံ)
707th Artillery Operations Command (ကျောက်ပတောင်း)
808th Artillery Operations Command (အုပ်တွင်းမြို့)
909th Artillery Operations Command Mong Khon--Kengtung
901st Artillery Operations Command (ဘောနက်ကြီး--ပဲခူးတိုင်း)
902nd Artillery Operations Command
903rd Artillery Operations Command (လွိင်လင်)
904th Artillery Operations Command (မိုးညှင်း)
905th Artillery Operations Command Padein--Ngape
Directorate of ArmourNo.1 Armour Company and No.2 Armour Company was formed in July 1950 under the Directorate of Armour andArtillery Corps with Sherman tanks, Stuart Light Tanks, Humber Amour Scout Cars, Ferret Armoured Cars andUniverl Bren Carriers. These two companies were merged on 1 November 1950 to become No. 1 Armour Battalionwith Headquarter in Mingalardon. On 15 May 1952 No. Tank Battalion was formed with 25 Comet Tanks acquiredfrom United Kingdom. The Armour Corps within Myanmar Army was the most neglected one for nearly thirty yearssince the Tatmadaw did not procure any new tanks or armour carriers since 1961.[19]
Armoured divisions, known as Armoured Operations Command (AROC), under the command of Directorate ofArmour Corps, were also expanded in number from one to two, each with four Armoured Combat battalionsequipped with Infantry fighting vehicles and Armored personnel carriers, three Tank battalions equipped with Mainbattle Tanks and three Tank battalions equipped with Light Tank. [17] In mid-2003, Tamadaw acquired 139+ T-72Main battle Tanks from Ukraine and signed a contract to build and equip a factory in Myanmar to produce andassemble 1,000 BTR Armored personnel carriers in 2004.[20] In 2006, the Government of India transferred anunspecified number of T-55 Main battle Tanks that were being phased out from active service to Tatmadaw alongwith 105 mm Light Field Guns, armoured personnel carriers and indigenous HAL Light Attack Helicopters in returnfor Tatmadaw’s support and cooperation in flushing out Indian insurgent groups operating from its soil.[21]
Armoured Operations Command (AROC)
Armoured Operations Commands (AROC) are equivalent to Independent Armoured Divisions in western term.Currently there are 5 Armoured Operations Commands under Directorate of Armoured Corps in Tatmadaw order ofbattle. Tatmadaw planned to establish an AROC each in 7 Regional Military Commands.[15] Typical ArmouredDivision in Myanmar Army composed of Headquarter, Three Armored Tactical Operations Command - each withone Mechanized battalion equipped with 44 BMP-1 or MAV-1 Infantry Fighting Vehicles, Two Tanks Battalionsequipped with 44 Main Battle Tanks each, one Armored Reconnaissance battalion equipped with 32 Type-63AAmphibious Light Tanks, one Field Artillery battalion and a Support battalion. Support battalion composed of anengineer squadron, two logistic squadrons and a signal company.[15]
Myanmar Army has taken delivery of 150 EE-9 Cascavels from Israeli army(?) surplus in 2005. Although EE 9 arearmoured reconnaissance vehicle, Myanmar Army categorized them as light tank and deploys them in eastern ShanState and triangle regions near Thai-Myanmar border.
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Armoured Operations Command (ArOC) Headquarters Notes
71st Armoured Operations Command Pyawbwe(ပျော်ဘွယ်)
72nd Armoured Operations Command (အုန်းတော)
73rd Armoured Operations Command (မလွန်)
74th Armoured Operations Command (အင်းတိုင်)
75th Armoured Operations Command (သာဂရ)
Bureau of Air DefenseThe Air Defence Command was formed during the late 1990s but was not fully operational until late 1999. It wasrenamed Bureau of Air Defense in the early 2000s (decade). In early 2000, Tatmadaw established MyanmarIntegrated Air Defence System (MIADS) with help from Russia, Ukraine and China. It is a tri-service bureau withunits from all three branches of Myanmar Armed Forces. All Air Defence assets except Anti-Aircraft Artillerywithin Tatmadaw arsenal are integrated into MIADS. AAA guns are mostly unguided and deploy to use inbarrage-style firing against attacking aircraft. MIADS is directly answerable to Bureau of Air Defence underMinistry of Defence.[15]
In 2010, Myanmar Air Defense Command has completed installation of optical fiber communication networkthroughout the country. Those network are to be used for Air defense operations between Central Command HQfrom capital & several air bases, early warning radar stations & mobile anti air craft missile & artillery units. Aftercompletion of fiber optic project & radar stations, MIADS (Myanmar Integrated Air Defense System) becomes themost advance AD system in the region.
Chief of Staff of Air Defence Years Notes
Lt. General Soe Win 1997–2004 Later became Prime Minister
Lt. General Myint Hlaing 2004–2010
Lt. General Sein Win 2010 - current
Sector Operations Commands
Under MIADS, the country was divided into six Air Defense Sectors, each controlled by a Sector Operations Center(SOC) and reporting directly to the National Air Defense Operations Center (ADOC) in Yangon. Each SOCtransmitted data back to Intercept Operations Centers (IOC), which in turn controlled SAM batteries andfighter/interceptor squadrons at various Air Bases. Each IOC was optimized to direct either SAMs orfighter/interceptor aircraft against incoming enemy aircraft or missile. Each IOC was connected to observer and earlywarning area reporting posts (RP) via military owned underground fibre optic cable network. There were about 100radar stations located at approximately 40 sites throughout the country. New Air Defence radars such as 1L117radars, Galaxy Early Warning Radar and P series radars are installed in all radar stations.[15]
Each Sector Operation Center (SOC) is commanded by a Major General and it consists of one air defense divisionfrom Myanmar Army and one fighter-interceptor wing from Myanmar Air Force. Sometimes Air Defense Frigatesfrom Myanmar Navy also operates under the direct command of respective SOC.Each Air Defense division is commanded by a Brigadier General and consists of three Air Defense Tactical Operations Command (TOC) and support units. One Medium Range Surface to Air Missile Tactical Operations Command (MRSAM-TOC), with three battalions equipped with Buk M-1 or Kub missile system is deployed in an Area Defense Belt role. One Short Range Air Defense Tactical Operations Command (SHORAD-TOC), with three battalions equipped with Tor M-1 missile system is deployed in a Point Defense role for critical areas such as radar stations, fighter bases and SOC headquarters. One Electronic Reconnaissance Tactical Operations Command
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(EIR-TOC) with 6 to 8 radar and communication companies for early warnings and interdiction detection.Each fighter-interceptor wing commanded by a Brigadier General and is composed of three Fighter squadrons ofeither MiG-29 and F-7M Airguard Interceptors (ten aircraft per squadron) and their ground base support units.[15]
Sector Operation Centers Headquarters Notes
Northern SOC Myitkyina
Southern SOC Myeik
Western SOC Sittwe
Eastern SOC Tachilek
South Eastern SOC Yay
Central SOC Meiktila
Directorate of Signal
Directorate of Signal
Soon after the independence in 1948, Myanmar Signal Corps was formedwith units from Burma Signals, also known as "X" Branch. It consisted HQBurma Signals, Burma Signal Training Squadron (BSTS) and Burma SignalsSquadron. HQ Burma Signals was located within War Office. BSTS based inPyain Oo Lwin was formed with Operating Cipher Training Troop, DispacthRider Training Troop, Lineman Training Troop, Radio Mechanic TrainingTroop and Regimental Signals Training Troop. BSS, based in Mingalardon,had nince sections: Administration Troop, Maintenance Troop, OperatingTroop, Cipher Troop, Lineman and Dispatch Rider Troop, NBSD SingalsTroop, SBSD Signals Troop, Mobile Brigade Singals Toop and ArakanSingals Toop. The then Chief of Signal Staff Officer (CSO) was Lieutenant Colonel Saw Aung Din. BSTS and BSSwere later renamed No. 1 Signal Battalion and No.1 Signal Training Battalion. In 1952, the Infantry DivisionalSignals Regiment was formed and later renamed to No. 2 Signal Battalion. HQ Burma Signals was reorganised andbecame Directorate Signal and the director was elevated to the rank of Colonel. In 1956, No. 1 Signal SecurityBattalion was formed, followed by No. 3 Signal Battalion in November 1958 and No.4 Signal Battalion in October1959.In 1961, signal battalions were reorganised as No. 11 Signal Battalion under North Eastern Regional MilitaryCommand, No. 121 Signal Battalion under Eastern Command, No. 313 Signal Battalion under Central Command,No.414 Signal Battalion under South Western Command, and No. 515 Signal Battalion under South EasternCommand. No.1 Signal Training Battalion was renamed Burma Signal Training Depot (Baho-Setthweye-Tat).By 1988, Directorate of Signals command one training depot, eight signal battalions, one signal security battalion,one signal store depot and two signal workshops. Siganl Corps under Directorate of Signal further expanded during1990 expansion and reorganisation of Myanmar Armed Forces. By 2000, a signal battalion is attached to eachRegional Military Command and signal companies are now attached to Light Infantry Divisions and MilitaryOperations Commands.In 2000, Command, Control and Communication system of Myanmar Army has been substantially upgraded bysetting up the military fibre optic communication network managed by Directorate of Signal throughout the country.Since 2002 all Myanmar Army Regional Military Command HQs used its own telecommunication system. Satellitecommunication links are also provided to forward-deployed infantry battalions. However, battle fieldcommunication systems are still poor. Infantry units are still using TRA 906 and PRM 4051 which were acquiredfrom UK in 1980s. Myanmar Army also uses Thura (locally built TRA 906) and XD-D6M (Chinese) radio sets.Frequency hopping handsets are fitted to all front line units.[22]
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Between 2000 to 2005, Myanmar army bought 50 units of Brett 2050 Advanced Tech radio set from Aussie throughthird party from Singapore. Those units are distributed to ROCs in central & upper regions to use incounterinsurgency operations. [15][17]
Directorate of Medical Services
Directorate of Army Medical Services
At the time of independence in 1948, the medical corps has two Base MilitaryHospitals, each with 300 beds, in Mingalardon and Pyin Oo Lwin, a MedicalStore Depot in Yangon, a Dental Unit and six Camp Reception Stationslocated in Myitkyina, Sittwe, Taungoo, Pyinmana, Bago and Meikhtila.Between 1958 and 1962, the medical corps was restructred and all CampReception Stations were reorganised into Medical Battalions.In 19889, Directorate of Medical Services has significantly expanded alongwith the infantry. In 2007, there are two 1,000-bed Defence Services GeneralHospitals (Mingalardon and Naypyitaw), two 700-bed hospitals in Pyin OoLwin and Aung Ban, two 500-bed military hospitals in Meikhtila andYangon, one 500-bed Defence Services Orthopedic Hospital in Mingalardon, two 300-bed Defence ServicesObstetric, Gynecological and Children hospitals (Mingalardon and Naypyitaw), three 300-bed Military Hospitals(Myitkyina, Ann and Kengtung), eighteen 100-bed Military Hospitals (Mongphyet, Baan, Indaing, Bahtoo, Myeik,Pyay, Loikaw, Namsam, Lashio, Kalay, Mongsat, Dawai, Kawthaung, Laukai, Thandaung, Magway, Sittwe, andHommalin), fourteen field medical battalions, which are attached to various Regional Military Commandsthroughout the country. Each Field Medical Battalion consist of 3 Field Medical Companies with 3 Field HospitalUnits and a specialist team each. Health & Disease Control Unit (HDCU) is responsible for prevention, control &eradication of diseases.
Units Headquarter RMC
Medical Corps Centre Hmawbi Yangon Command
No.(1) Field Medical Battalion Mandalay Central Command
No.(2) Field Medical Battalion Taunggyi Eastern Command
No.(3) Field Medical Battalion Taungoo Southern Command
No.(4) Field Medical Battalion Pathein South Western Command
No.(5) Field Medical Battalion Mawlamyaing South Eastern Command
No.(6) Field Medical Battalion Hmawbi Yangon Command
No.(7) Field Medical Battalion Monywa North Western Command
No.(8) Field Medical Battalion Sittwe Western Command
No.(9) Field Medical Battalion Mohnyin Northern Command
No.(10) Field Medical Battalion Lashio North Eastern Command
No.(11) Field Medical Battalion Bhamo Northern Command
No.(12) Field Medical Battalion Kengtung Triangle Region Command
No.(13) Field Medical Battalion Myeik Costal Region Command
No.(14) Field Medical Battalion Taikkyi Yangon Command
Health and Disease Control Unit Mingaladon Yangon Command
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TrainingSee: Military Training in Myanmar
[7][15][17]
Defence academies and colleges
Flags Academies Locations
National Defence College - NDC Naypyidaw(ေနၿပည္ေတာ္)
Defence Services Command and General Staff College - DSCGSC Kalaw(ကေလာ)
Defence Services Academy(စစ္တကၠသိုလ္) - DSA Pyin U Lwin(ၿပင္ဦးလြင္)
Defence Services Technological Academy - DSTA Pyin U Lwin (ၿပင္ဦးလြင္)
Defence Services Medical Academy - DSMA Yangon(ရန္ကုန္)
Defence Services Institute of Nursing and Paramedical Science - DSINP Yangon (ရန္ကုန္)
Defence Services Technological College - DSTC Hopong(ဟိုပုံး)
Training schools
Training Schools Locations Badge
Officer Training School - OTS Fort Ba Htoo
Basic Army Combat Training School Fort Ba Htoo
1st Army Combat Forces School Fort Ba Htoo
2nd Army Combat Forces School Fort Bayinnaung
Artillery Training School Mone Tai
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Armour Training School Maing Maw
Electronic Warfare School Pyin U Lwin
Engineer School Pyin U Lwin
Information Warfare School Yangon
Air, Land and Paratroops Training School Hmawbi
Special Forces School Fort Ye Mon
Ranks and insigniaSee: Army ranks and insignia of Myanmar
The various rank of the Myanmar Army are listed below in descending order:[15]
Commissioned officersNote: Senior General (OF-10) and Vice Senior General rank are currently inactive . General is now the highest rankin Myanmar Armed Forces and Lieutenant General in Army, Navy, Air Force, Bureau of Air Defense, Chief of Staff,Adjutant General, Quartermaster General and Bureau of Special Operations.
Myanmar ArmedForces
Myanmar title ဗိုလ်ချုပ်မှူးကြီး ဒုတိယ ဗိုလ်ချုပ်မှူးကြီး ဗိုလ်ချုပ်ကြီး ဒုတိယ ဗိုလ်ချုပ်ကြီး ဗိုလ်ချုပ် ဗိုလ်မှူးချုပ်
MLC TS Bo Gyoke HmuGyi
Du Bo Gyoke HmuGyi
Bo GyokeKyee
Du Bo GyokeKyee
Bo Gyoke Bo Hmu Gyoke
Abbreviation - ဒုဗခမက ဗခက ဒုဗခက ဗခ ဗမခ
Western Version Senior General Vice Senior General General LieutenantGeneral
MajorGeneral
BrigadierGeneral
UK equivalent Field Marshal nil General LieutenantGeneral
MajorGeneral
Brigadier
NATO Code OF-10 OF-9 OF-8 OF-7 OF-6
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Myanmar Armed Forces
Myanmar title ဗိုလ်မှူးကြီး ဒုတိယ ဗိုလ်မှူးကြီး ဗိုလ်မှူး ဗိုလ်ကြီး ဗိုလ္ ဒုတိယ ဗိုလ္
MLC TS Bo Hmu Gyi Du Bo Hmu Gyi Bo Hmu Bo Gyi Bo Du Bo
Abbreviation ဗမက ဒုဗမက ဗမ ဗက ဗ ဒုဗ
Western Version Colonel Lieutenant Colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second Lieutenant
UK equivalent Colonel Lieutenant Colonel Major Captain Lieutenant Second Lieutenant
NATO Code OF-5 OF-4 OF-3 OF-2 OF-1
Non-Commissioned Officers (NCOs)Non-Commissioned Officers are referred to as Saya, meaning Teacher, by both enlisted men and officers. Forexample, Warrant Officers, Regimental Sergeant Majors and Master Sergeant are referred to as Sayagyi, literallymeaning "Old Teacher", Sergeant are referred to as Saya and Corporal/Lance Corporal as Sayalay. These unofficialranks are used throughout the daily life of all branches. Non-Commissioned Officers (NCO) within the MyanmarArmed Forces are usually seasoned veteran soldiers. Thus both Officers and enlisted men refer to them as "teacher"out of respect.
Myanmar Armed Forces
Myanmar title အရာခံဗိုလ် ဒုအရာခံဗိုလ် တပ်ခွဲတပ်ကြပ်ကြီး တပ်ကြပ်ကြီး တပ်ကြပ် ဒုတပ်ကြပ်
MLC TS Ayagan Bo Du-Ayagan Bo Tatkhwè Tatkyatkyi Tatkyatkyi Tatkyat Du-Tatkyat
Western Version Warrant Officer Regimental Sergeant Major Master Sergeant Sergeant Corporal Lance Corporal
UK equivalent Warrant Officer Class One Warrant Officer Class Two Staff Sergeant Sergeant Corporal Lance Corporal
Order of battle[15][17]
•• 13 x Regional Military Commands (RMC) organised in 6 Bureau of Special Operations (BSO)•• 6 x Regional Operations Commands (ROC)•• 20 × Military Operations Commands (MOC) including 1 x Airborne Infantry Division•• 10 x Light Infantry Divisions (LID)• 10 x Armoured Operation Commands (AOC) (Each with 6 Tank Battalions and 4 Armoured Infantry Battalions
(IFVs/APCs).)•• 10 x Artillery Operation Commands (AOC) (with of 113 Field Artillery Battalions)• 6 x Anti-Aircraft Artillery/Air Defence Division (Each with 3 × Medium Range SAM Battalions, 3 × Short Range
SAM Battalions, 3 × AAA/AD Battalion)
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•• 40+ Military Affair Security Companies (MAS Units replaces former Military Intelligence Units after thedisbandment of the Directorate of Defense Service Intelligence (DDSI))
•• 45 Advanced Signal Battalions•• 54 Field Engineer Battalions•• 4 Armoured Engineer Battalions•• 14 Medical Battalions
Equipment
Combat vehicles
Photo Model Type Quantity Origin Notes
T-55 Main battle tank 10[23] USSR Acquired from India.
T-72 Main battle tank 139[24][23][25]
USSR Purchased from Ukraine. [26][27]
Type 69-II[28] Main battle tank 80[29] China
Type 59D Main Battle Tank 160 [30] China
MBT-2000[31] VT-1A Main Battle Tank Unknown[32][33]
China
Type 80 Main Battle Tank 200[34] China
Type 62[35] Light tank 105[36] China
Type 63[37] Light tank 50[38] China
Comet tank Light tank 26[23] UK WWII Vintage
Type 90 AFV Armoured fightingvehicle
55[20] China
Type 85 Armoured fightingvehicle
250[39] China Type 85 AFV#Operators
BTR-3U[40][41] Armoured personnelcarrier
210 ordered(1,000)
Ukraine Purchased as kits to be assembled locally until 2013to circumvent embargo.
MT-LB Armoured personnelcarrier
26[42] Ukraine delivered in 2007
MPV[43] MPV Armoured personnelcarrier
10[23] India Mine protected armoured personnel carrier.
EE-9 Cascavel armouredreconnaissance vehicle
150[44][45] Brazil Sold By Israel, based in eastern Shan State andtriangle regions near Thai-Myanmar border. [46]
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Ferret armouredcar
Armoured personnelcarrier
45[47] UK WWII vintage
Humber Pig Armoured personnelcarrier
40[23] UK
image[48] BAAC orMAV-1[49]
Armoured personnelcarrier
44[50] Myanmar 1983-1991 locally made 12.7mm machine gun
Image [51] PTL02 Wheeled Tank Destroyer unknown [52] China
Type 84 [53] Armouredvehicle-launched bridge
unknown China Seen on Local MRTV
Artillery
Photo Type Origin Quantity Notes
Self-propelled artillery
SH1 Image [54] SH 1[55] China 150 155mm self-propelled howitzer
Nora B-52[56] Serbia 30 155 mm self-propelled howitzer
BM-21/BA-84/Type-90 USSR, China 320[57] Used during Battle of Border Post 9631with Thais, Seen onLocal TV
Towed artillery
D-30M USSR 100[58] 122 mm howitzer
Type 59-1 China 16[59] 130 mm field gun
Various 105 mm guns Yugoslavia&Various
100+[60] Types: M56 and others.
Type 63 China 30[61] 107 mm multiple rocket launcher (towed)
M48 Yugoslavia 100[62][63] 76 mm mountain gun
M101 howitzer United States 172[64] 105 mm M2A1
Jury Axle UK 50[65] 114.3 mm Field gun/Howitzer
KH-179 [66] South Korea 100+ 155mm Howitzer
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Soltam M-68 Israel 16[67] 155 mm 33 calibre towed gun howitzer
BL 5.5 inch MediumGun
UK 230?[68] 140 mm Towed
Air Defence
Photo Type Origin Quantity Notes
Missile systems
BAe Dynamics BloodhoundMk.II[7][69][70]
UK 60 Supplied by Singapore
SA-2 USSR 48[71] surface-to-air missile
SA-6 USSR 24[72] medium-range surface-to-air missile system
Hwasong-6 DPRK 11[73] 700 km
9K38 Igla (SA-18 Grouse)&(SA-16) USSR 100 x SA16[74]
400 xSA18[75]
Very short-range portable surface-to-air missile system(MANPADS)
SA-19 USSR 24[76] Tracked SAM system
Pechora-2M RUSSIA 24 [77][78] surface-to-air missile system
HN-5 China 200[79] Very short-range portable surface-to-air missile system(MANPADS)
Gun systems
Type-74 USSR 24[80] 37 mm
Anti-Aircraft Guns Various model Various 200[81] 37mm/40mm/57mm Anti-Aircraft Guns
KPV heavy machine gun USSR 200[82][83] heavy machine guns in quadruple AAA mounts
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Anti Tank
Photo Type Origin Quantity Notes
systems
M40 recoilless rifle USA 200[84][85] Anti Tank Weapon
Carl Gustav recoilless rifle Sweden 1000[86] Anti Tank
Small Arms• Browning Hi-Power[87]
•• EMERK• FN FAL[87]
• Heckler & Koch G3[87]
• M2 Browning[87]
• Rheinmetall MG3[87]
• Sterling submachine gun[87]
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