Republic of Vietnam Military Forces

Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces
Quân lực Việt Nam Cộng hòa
War Flag.
Flag of the ARVN
Founded	30 December 1955
Disbanded	30 April 1975
Service branches	Army of the Republic of Vietnam Republic of Vietnam Air Force Republic of Vietnam Navy
Headquarters	Saigon
Leadership
Commander-in-Chief	Ngo Dinh Diem (1955 - 1963), Nguyen Van Thieu (1967 - 1975)
Chief of Joint General Staff	Unknown
Personnel
Active personnel	586,838
Deployed personnel	1,000,000 in 1972
Industry
Foreign suppliers	United States  Australia  Taiwan  France  Iran  Japan  New Zealand  Philippines  South Korea  Spain  Thailand
Related articles
History	Military history of Vietnam
Ranks	Ranks and insignia of the Republic of Vietnam

The Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces or ARVN (Vietnamese: Quân-lực Việt-nam Cộng-hòa/QLVNCH), were the official armed defence forces of the Republic of Vietnam (RVN), popularly known as South Vietnam, a state that existed from 1955 to 1975 that control half of Vietnam what is now the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. The QLVNCH was responsible for the defence of the Republic of Vietnam since its independence from France in October 1955.