Royal Thai Armed Forces

Royal Thai Armed Forces
Royal Thai Armed Forces
กองทัพไทย
	Emblem of the Royal Thai Armed Forces
	Flag of the Royal Thai Armed Forces
Founded	18 January 1852
Service branches	Royal Thai Army; Royal Thai Navy Royal Thai Marine Corps; ; Royal Thai Air Force;
Headquarters	Royal Thai Armed Forces Headquarters, Bangkok
Leadership
Highest Commander of the Armed Forces	King Vajiralongkorn
Prime Minister	Srettha Thavisin
Minister of Defence	Sutin Klungsang
Chief of Defence Forces	General Songwit Noonpakdee
Personnel
Military age	21–45
Conscription	Yes
Active personnel	860,000
Reserve personnel	3,600,000
Expenditures
Budget	฿197.29 billion(FY2023)
Percent of GDP	1.5%
Industry
Domestic suppliers	Panus Assembly; Preecha Thavorn Industry; Chaiseri Defence; Defense Technology Institute; Thai Rung Union Car; Thai Aviation Industry; Bangkok Dock; Italthai Marine; Mahidol Adulyadej Naval Dockyard; Marsun Shipbuilding; Asian Marine Services;
Foreign suppliers	Australia; Brazil; Canada; China; Czech Republic; France; Germany; India; Indonesia; Israel; Italy; Japan; South Korea; Netherlands; Poland; Russia; Singapore; South Africa; Sweden; Switzerland; Taiwan; Ukraine; United Kingdom; United States
Related articles
History	Military history of Thailand List of engagements Haw wars (1865–1890); Franco-Siamese conflict (1893); World War I (1917–1918) Western Front (1917–1918); Asian and Pacific theatre (1914–1919); ; Boworadet rebellion (1933); World War II (1940–1945) Franco-Thai War (1940–1941); South-East Asian Theatre (1941–1945); Pacific War (1941–1945); Japanese invasion of Thailand (1941); Malayan campaign (1941–1942); Burma campaign (1941–1945); Bombing of Bangkok (1941–1945); ; Cold War Korean War (1950–1955); Malayan Emergency (1948–1960); Laotian Civil War (1959–1975); Vietnam War (1967–1973); Cambodian Civil War (1967–1975); Communist insurgency in Thailand (1965–1983); Communist insurgency in Malaysia (1968–1989); Third Indochina War (1975–1991); Vietnamese border raids in Thailand (1979–1989); Thai–Laotian Border War (1987–1988); ; Persian Gulf War (1990–1991); 1999 East Timorese crisis (1999–2000) International Force East Timor (1999–2000); ; War on drugs Internal conflict in Myanmar (Humanitarian); ; Global War on Terrorism (2001–present) Iraq War (Humanitarian) (2003–2004); OEF–Afghanistan (Humanitarian) (2012); OEF–Horn of Africa (Humanitarian) (2014–present); ; South Thailand insurgency (2004–present); Burundian Civil War (2004); Cambodian–Thai border dispute (2008–2011);
Ranks	Military ranks of Thailand

The Royal Thai Armed Forces (RTARF) (Thai: กองทัพไทย; RTGS: Kong Thap Thai) are the armed forces of the Kingdom of Thailand.

The Highest Commander of the Royal Thai Armed Forces (จอมทัพไทย; RTGS: Chom Thap Thai) is the King of Thailand.^[4] The armed forces are managed by the Ministry of Defence of Thailand, which is headed by the minister of defence and commanded by the Royal Thai Armed Forces Headquarters, which in turn is headed by the Chief of Defence Forces.^[5] The commander-in-chief of the Royal Thai Army is considered the most powerful position in the Thai Armed Forces.^[6]

Royal Thai Armed Forces Day is celebrated on 18 January to commemorate the victory of King Naresuan the Great in battle against the Viceroy of Burma in 1593.^[7]

^ ^a ^b International Institute for Strategic Studies (15 February 2023). The Military Balance 2023. London: Routledge. p. 294. ISBN 9781032508955.
^ Grevatt, Jon; Macdonald, Andrew (24 March 2022). "Thailand proposes 2% cut in 2023 defence budget". Jane's. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
^ "GDP declines at softer rate in the fourth quarter". 18 February 2021.
^ Chapter 2 of the 2007 Constitution of Thailand. En.wikisource.org. Retrieved on 18 January 2012.
^ Ministry of Defense Archived 9 April 2010 at the Wayback Machine. www.globalsecurity.org. Retrieved on 18 January 2012.
^ "Apirach set to become Army chief in military appointments". The Nation. 20 July 2018. Archived from the original on 19 July 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
^ "เรื่อง การเปลี่ยนแปลงวันกองทัพไทย". Secretariat of the Cabinet website (in Thai). Retrieved 1 June 2019.

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[IISS1-1] International Institute for Strategic Studies (15 February 2023). The Military Balance 2023. London: Routledge. p. 294. ISBN 9781032508955.

[2] Grevatt, Jon; Macdonald, Andrew (24 March 2022). "Thailand proposes 2% cut in 2023 defence budget". Jane's. Retrieved 5 March 2023.

[3] "GDP declines at softer rate in the fourth quarter". 18 February 2021.

[5] Chapter 2 of the 2007 Constitution of Thailand. En.wikisource.org. Retrieved on 18 January 2012.

[6] Ministry of Defense Archived 9 April 2010 at the Wayback Machine. www.globalsecurity.org. Retrieved on 18 January 2012.

[7] "Apirach set to become Army chief in military appointments". The Nation. 20 July 2018. Archived from the original on 19 July 2018. Retrieved 20 July 2018.

[8] "เรื่อง การเปลี่ยนแปลงวันกองทัพไทย". Secretariat of the Cabinet website (in Thai). Retrieved 1 June 2019.

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