Royal Cambodian Armed Forces

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Royal Cambodian Armed Forces
កងយោធពលខេមរភូមិន្ទ
Emblem of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces
Motto	ជាតិ សាសនា ព្រះមហាក្សត្រ ("Nation, Religion, King")
Founded	9 November 1953; 70 years ago (1953-11-09) (original)
Current form	24 September 1993; 30 years ago (1993-09-24)
Service branches	Royal Cambodian Army Royal Cambodian Navy Royal Cambodian Air Force Royal Cambodian Gendarmerie
Headquarters	Ministry of National Defence, Georgi Dimitrov Blvd, Phnom Penh 12156
Leadership
Supreme Commander	King Norodom Sihamoni
Prime Minister	Hun Manet
Minister of National Defence	General Tea Seiha
Commander-in-Chief	General Vong Pisen
Personnel
Active personnel	170,300
Reserve personnel	100,000
Expenditures
Budget	$770 million (2.5% GDP) (2023)
Industry
Foreign suppliers	China  Czechoslovakia  North Korea  Poland  Soviet Union  Yugoslavia  Vietnam
Related articles
History	Military history of Cambodia
Ranks	Military ranks of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces

The Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF; Khmer: កងយោធពលខេមរភូមិន្ទ, ខ.ភ.ម, UNGEGN: Kâng Yoŭthôpôl Khémôrôphumĭnt, K.P.M, ALA-LC: Kang Yodhabal Khemarabhūmind, K.B.M) is Cambodia's national military force. The Supreme Commander-in-Chief is King Norodom Sihamoni. Since 2018, General Vong Pisen has been the Commander-in-Chief of the RCAF as head of the Army, Navy, Air Force and the Gendarmerie.^[1][2] The armed forces operate under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of National Defence. Under the country's constitution, the RCAF is charged with protecting the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Kingdom of Cambodia.^[3]

It was created in 1993 by a merger of the Cambodian People's Armed Forces (CPAF) and the National Army of Democratic Kampuchea (NADK) which included the Khmer Rouge, the Khmer People's National Liberation Front (KPNLF) and the National United Front for an Independent, Neutral, Peaceful and Cooperative Cambodia (Front uni national pour un Cambodge indépendant, neutre, pacifique, et coopératif, FUNCINPEC). The forerunner of the CPAF was the Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Armed Forces (KPRAF), established in 1979 with support from the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN).^[4]