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As Thailand has never been colonized by a European power, the Royal Thai Armed Forces boasts one of the longest and uninterrupted military traditions in Asia. The army was organized into a small standing army of a few thousand, which defended the capital and the palace, and a much larger conscription -based wartime army.
Thailand: Standard issue rifle. [13] [14] Daewoo K2: Assault rifle: 5.56×45mm NATO South Korea: 403 K2s transferred according to a 2019 SIPRI small arms report. [8] Type 11: Assault rifle: 5.56×45mm NATO Thailand: The Type 11 (ปลย.11) is a Thai license produced version of the Heckler & Koch HK33.
The Royal Thai Police (RTP) (Thai: สำนักงานตำรวจแห่งชาติ; RTGS: samnakngan tamruat haeng chat) is the national police force of Thailand. The RTP employs between 210,700 and 230,000 officers, roughly 17 percent of all civil servants (excluding the military and the employees of state-owned enterprises).
The Royal Thai Police (RTP) is sometimes considered as the fourth armed service of Thailand (๔ เหล่าทัพ), but reports directly to the Prime Minister's Department rather than to the Ministry of Defense. The Royal Thai Police share the same rank system as the Royal Thai Army but the particularities of the police are the star ...
In modern era, the army has a long history of coups d'état and coup attempts.Its leadership continues to see coup-making as one role of the army. [3] [4] [5]On 22 May 2014 the army deposed the government, appointed military officers to the national assembly, and on 21 August 2014 they elected the army's Commander in Chief, General Prayut Chan-o-cha, as prime minister.
Military training course at the Ministry of Defence HQ with the supervision of Prince Chakrabongse Bhuvanath (center) in 1963. Initially, the Ministry was called Krom Kalahom (Thai: กรมกลาโหม) and its head was called Samuha Kalahom (Thai: สมุหกลาโหม), and it was charged with the protection of the southern border.
Personnel of the RTMC use the uniform, ranks and insignia used by the personnel of the Royal Thai Navy, but with exceptions, such as: Personnel of the RTMC wear combat helmets as part of their ceremonial uniforms instead of sailor caps or peaked caps (except officers who wear peaked caps)
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