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class="infobox-data">18</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Conscription" title="Conscription">Conscription</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Voluntary</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Active personnel</th><td class="infobox-data">8,000 (approximately)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Related articles</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">History</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_Bhutan" title="Military history of Bhutan">Military history of Bhutan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Military_rank" title="Military rank">Ranks</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Military_ranks_of_Bhutan" title="Military ranks of Bhutan">Military ranks of Bhutan</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <style 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plainlist"><b>This article contains <a href="/wiki/Tibetan_alphabet" class="mw-redirect" title="Tibetan alphabet">Tibetan script</a>.</b> Without proper <a href="/wiki/Help:Multilingual_support_(Indic)" title="Help:Multilingual support (Indic)">rendering support</a>, you may see very small fonts, misplaced vowels or missing conjuncts instead of <a href="/wiki/Tibetan_alphabet" class="mw-redirect" title="Tibetan alphabet">Tibetan characters</a>.</div></div> </div> <p>The <b>Royal Bhutan Army</b> (<b>RBA</b>; <a href="/wiki/Dzongkha_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Dzongkha language">Dzongkha</a>: <span lang="dz">བསྟན་སྲུང་དམག་སྡེ་</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Dzongkha" class="mw-redirect" title="Romanization of Dzongkha">romanized</a>: </small><span title="Dzongkha-language romanization"><i lang="dz-Latn">bStan-srung dmag-sde</i></span>)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is a branch of the <a href="/wiki/Military_of_Bhutan" title="Military of Bhutan">armed forces</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Bhutan" title="Bhutan">Kingdom of Bhutan</a> responsible for maintaining the country's territorial integrity and sovereignty against security threats. The <a href="/wiki/Druk_Gyalpo" class="mw-redirect" title="Druk Gyalpo">Druk Gyalpo</a> is the <a href="/wiki/Commander-in-chief" title="Commander-in-chief">Supreme Commander in Chief</a> of the RBA.<sup id="cite_ref-Constitution_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Constitution-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Chief Operations Officer is <i>Goonglon Gongma</i> (<a href="/wiki/Lt._Gen." class="mw-redirect" title="Lt. Gen.">Lt. Gen.</a>) Batoo Tshering.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The RBA includes the Royal Bodyguard of Bhutan (RBG), an elite branch of the armed forces responsible for the security of the <a href="/wiki/List_of_rulers_of_Bhutan" title="List of rulers of Bhutan">King</a>, the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Wangchuck" class="mw-redirect" title="House of Wangchuck">royal family</a> and other <a href="/wiki/VIP" class="mw-redirect" title="VIP">officials</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-csaf_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-csaf-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It was customary, but not obligatory, for one son from each Bhutanese family to serve in the army.<sup id="cite_ref-csaf_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-csaf-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition, militia may be recruited during emergencies. It may, from time to time, be called on to assist the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Bhutan_Police" title="Royal Bhutan Police">Royal Bhutan Police</a> (RBP) in maintaining law and order.<sup id="cite_ref-cs_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cs-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Bhutan_Army&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_Bhutan" title="Military history of Bhutan">Military history of Bhutan</a></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sir_Ugyen_Wangchuck,_with_his_bodyguards,_Tongsa_Dzong_in_Bhutan,_1905.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Sir_Ugyen_Wangchuck%2C_with_his_bodyguards%2C_Tongsa_Dzong_in_Bhutan%2C_1905.jpg/250px-Sir_Ugyen_Wangchuck%2C_with_his_bodyguards%2C_Tongsa_Dzong_in_Bhutan%2C_1905.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="214" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Sir_Ugyen_Wangchuck%2C_with_his_bodyguards%2C_Tongsa_Dzong_in_Bhutan%2C_1905.jpg/375px-Sir_Ugyen_Wangchuck%2C_with_his_bodyguards%2C_Tongsa_Dzong_in_Bhutan%2C_1905.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Sir_Ugyen_Wangchuck%2C_with_his_bodyguards%2C_Tongsa_Dzong_in_Bhutan%2C_1905.jpg/500px-Sir_Ugyen_Wangchuck%2C_with_his_bodyguards%2C_Tongsa_Dzong_in_Bhutan%2C_1905.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3430" /></a><figcaption>First King of Bhutan <i>Gongsar</i> <a href="/wiki/Ugyen_Wangchuck" title="Ugyen Wangchuck">Ugyen Wangchuck</a> with his bodyguards in 1905 before the formation of the RBA</figcaption></figure> <p>With intense support from <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>, the RBA was formed in the 1950s in response to the Chinese annexation and subsequent <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Liberation_Army" title="People's Liberation Army">People's Liberation Army</a> actions in <a href="/wiki/Tibet" title="Tibet">Tibet</a>. In 1958, the Royal Government of Bhutan introduced a <a href="/wiki/Conscription" title="Conscription">conscription</a> system and plans for a standing army of 2,500 soldiers.<sup id="cite_ref-csaf_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-csaf-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Indian_government" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian government">Indian government</a> had also repeatedly urged and pressured Bhutan to end its neutrality or isolationist policy and accept Indian economic and military assistance. This was because India considered Bhutan one of the most vulnerable sectors in its strategic defense system in regards to China.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When Bhutan accepted the Indian offer, the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Army" title="Indian Army">Indian Army</a> became responsible for the training and equipping of the RBA. By 1968 the RBA consisted of 4,850 soldiers; by 1990 this had risen to 6,000.<sup id="cite_ref-csaf_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-csaf-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following the increases after an anti-militant operation in 2003, the RBA peaked at over 9,000 in 2007 before being reduced to 8,000 in 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-fhcross_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fhcross-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Bhutanese officers were deployed to <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Disengagement_Observer_Force" title="United Nations Disengagement Observer Force">UNDOF</a> as staff officers in 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2021, the first cohort of women were admitted to the Army.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Relationship_with_the_Indian_Armed_Forces">Relationship with the Indian Armed Forces</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Bhutan_Army&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Relationship with the Indian Armed Forces"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Indian Army maintains a training mission in Bhutan, known as the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Military_Training_Team" title="Indian Military Training Team">Indian Military Training Team</a> (IMTRAT), which is responsible for the training of RBA and RBG personnel.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> All RBA and RBG officers are trained at the Indian Army's officer training institutes, namely the <a href="/wiki/National_Defence_Academy_(India)" title="National Defence Academy (India)">National Defence Academy</a> (NDA) in <a href="/wiki/Pune" title="Pune">Pune</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Military_Academy" title="Indian Military Academy">Indian Military Academy</a> (IMA) in <a href="/wiki/Dehradun" title="Dehradun">Dehradun</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Dantak" class="mw-redirect" title="Dantak">Project DANTAK</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Border_Roads_Organisation" title="Border Roads Organisation">Border Roads Organisation</a>, a subdivision of the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Army_Corps_of_Engineers" title="Indian Army Corps of Engineers">Indian Army Corps of Engineers</a>, has been operating in Bhutan since May 1961. Since then Project DANTAK has been responsible for the construction and maintenance of over 1,500 km of roads and bridges, <a href="/wiki/Paro_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Paro Airport">Paro Airport</a> and <a href="/wiki/Yongphulla_Airport" title="Yongphulla Airport">Yongphulla Airport</a> (upgraded in 2018, with scheduled fixed-wing civilian flights), heliports and other infrastructure. While these serve India's strategic defense needs, they are also an obvious economic benefit for the people of Bhutan.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Army_aviation">Army aviation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Bhutan_Army&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Army aviation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Royal Bhutan Army relies on <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Air_Command,_Indian_Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Air Command, Indian Air Force">Eastern Air Command</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Air_Force" title="Indian Air Force">Indian Air Force</a> for air medical evacuation assistance.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Indian Air Force helicopters evacuated RBA casualties to India for treatment during <a href="/wiki/Operation_All_Clear" title="Operation All Clear">Operation All Clear</a> in 2003.<sup id="cite_ref-tribute_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tribute-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2003_Operation:_All_Clear">2003 Operation: All Clear</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Bhutan_Army&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 2003 Operation: All Clear"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Operation_All_Clear" title="Operation All Clear">Operation All Clear</a></div> <p>During the early '90s Indian separatist groups <a href="/wiki/United_Liberation_Front_of_Asom" title="United Liberation Front of Asom">United Liberation Front of Asom</a> (ULFA), <a href="/wiki/National_Democratic_Front_of_Bodoland" class="mw-redirect" title="National Democratic Front of Bodoland">National Democratic Front of Bodoland</a> (NDFB) and <a href="/wiki/Kamtapur_Liberation_Organization" class="mw-redirect" title="Kamtapur Liberation Organization">Kamtapur Liberation Organization</a> (KLO) had begun to clandestinely set up camps in Bhutan's dense southern jungles. These camps were used to train <a href="/wiki/Militants" class="mw-redirect" title="Militants">militants</a>, store equipment and launch attacks on targets in India.<sup id="cite_ref-problem_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-problem-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Bhutan" title="Politics of Bhutan">Bhutanese government</a> became aware of their presence in 1996, and from 1997 the issue was regularly discussed in the National Assembly.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Government of India began exerting diplomatic pressure on the Royal Government of Bhutan to remove the militant presence and offered to conduct joint military operations with Bhutan against the militants. The Royal Government of Bhutan, preferring a peaceful solution, declined the offer and instead initiated dialogue with the militant groups in 1998.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By December 2003 negotiations had failed to produce any agreement and the Royal Government, unable to tolerate the groups' presence any longer, issued a 48-hour ultimatum on 13 December. On 15 December the RBA commenced military operations against the militant groups.<sup id="cite_ref-problem_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-problem-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Combat_operations">Combat operations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Bhutan_Army&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Combat operations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Under the leadership of <a href="/wiki/Jigme_Singye_Wangchuck" title="Jigme Singye Wangchuck">His Majesty the 4th King Jigme Singye Wangchuck</a> the RBA and RBG, with a total strength of 6,000, attacked an estimated 3,000 militants spread across 30 camps.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 27 December 2003 all 30 camps had been captured. Additionally, the RBA seized "<i>more than 500 AK 47/56 <a href="/wiki/Assault_rifles" class="mw-redirect" title="Assault rifles">assault rifles</a> and 500 other assorted <a href="/wiki/Weapons" class="mw-redirect" title="Weapons">weapons</a> including <a href="/wiki/Rocket_launchers" class="mw-redirect" title="Rocket launchers">rocket launchers</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mortar_(weapon)" title="Mortar (weapon)">mortars</a>, along with more than 1,000,000 rounds of <a href="/wiki/Ammunition" title="Ammunition">ammunition</a>. An <a href="/wiki/Anti-aircraft_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="Anti-aircraft gun">anti-aircraft gun</a> was also found at the site of the GHQ of the ULFA</i>."<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By 3 January 2004 all 30 camps (ULFA-14, NDFB-11, KLO-5) and an additional 35 observation posts were destroyed and the militants dislodged.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A total of 485 ULFA, NDFB and KLO militants were killed or captured; those captured along with the seized weapons and ammunition were handed over to the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_India" title="Government of India">Government of India</a>. Captured non-combatants were handed over to <a href="/wiki/Assam" title="Assam">Assamese</a> civil authorities. The RBA suffered 11 soldiers <a href="/wiki/Killed_in_action" title="Killed in action">killed in action</a> and 35 <a href="/wiki/Wounded_in_action" title="Wounded in action">wounded in action</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-tribute_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tribute-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personnel">Personnel</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Bhutan_Army&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Personnel"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Haa-Dzong_Bhutan.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Haa-Dzong_Bhutan.jpg/250px-Haa-Dzong_Bhutan.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Haa-Dzong_Bhutan.jpg/375px-Haa-Dzong_Bhutan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Haa-Dzong_Bhutan.jpg/500px-Haa-Dzong_Bhutan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3150" data-file-height="1613" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Haa_District" title="Haa District">Haa</a> <a href="/wiki/Dzong_architecture" title="Dzong architecture">Dzong</a> complex houses IMTRAT army offices.</figcaption></figure> <p>As of 2008 the RBA stood at 8,000 active-duty personnel.<sup id="cite_ref-fhcross_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fhcross-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This follows an initiative introduced in 2005 by the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Government_of_Bhutan" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Government of Bhutan">Royal Government of Bhutan</a> to reduce the strength of the RBA while increasing <a href="/wiki/Militia" title="Militia">militia</a> training of the Bhutanese population.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Army_Welfare_Project">Army Welfare Project</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Bhutan_Army&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Army Welfare Project"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Army Welfare Project (AWP) is a commercial enterprise of the RBA established in 1974 to provide benefits for retired RBA and RBG personnel in the form of employment, pensions and loans.<sup id="cite_ref-csaf_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-csaf-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The AWP manufactures <a href="/wiki/Alcoholic_beverage" title="Alcoholic beverage">alcoholic beverages</a> in two <a href="/wiki/Distilled_beverage" class="mw-redirect" title="Distilled beverage">distilleries</a> located in <a href="/wiki/Gelephu" title="Gelephu">Gelephu</a> and <a href="/wiki/Samtse" title="Samtse">Samtse</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Equipment">Equipment</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Bhutan_Army&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Equipment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: 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Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">April 2018</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The RBA is a <a href="/wiki/Mechanized_infantry" title="Mechanized infantry">mobile infantry</a> force lightly armed with weapons largely supplied by India. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pistols">Pistols</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Bhutan_Army&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Pistols"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Browning_Hi_Power" class="mw-redirect" title="Browning Hi Power">Browning Hi Power</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glocks" class="mw-redirect" title="Glocks">Glocks</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rifles">Rifles</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Bhutan_Army&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Rifles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/INSAS" class="mw-redirect" title="INSAS">INSAS</a> rifle<sup id="cite_ref-MishraReetika_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MishraReetika-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MPi-KMS-72" class="mw-redirect" title="MPi-KMS-72">MPi-KMS-72</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AK-103" title="AK-103">AK-103</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AKMS" class="mw-redirect" title="AKMS">AKMS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AKM" title="AKM">AKM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heckler_%26_Koch_G3" title="Heckler & Koch G3">Heckler & Koch G3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FN_FAL" title="FN FAL">FN FAL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/L1A1" class="mw-redirect" title="L1A1">L1A1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M16_rifle#M16A2" title="M16 rifle">M16A2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IWI_ACE" class="mw-redirect" title="IWI ACE">IWI ACE</a><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Infantry_support_weapons">Infantry support weapons</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Bhutan_Army&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Infantry support weapons"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/81mm_Mortar" class="mw-redirect" title="81mm Mortar">81mm Mortar</a> (33) </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Armoured_vehicle">Armoured vehicle</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Bhutan_Army&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Armoured vehicle"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/BTR-60" title="BTR-60">BTR-60</a> (27)<sup id="cite_ref-Czołgi_Świata_4_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Czołgi_Świata_4-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Win" title="First Win">First Win</a> (15)<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <table class="wikitable"> <caption><big>Army aviation</big> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Aircraft </th> <th>Variant </th> <th>In service </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mil_Mi-8" title="Mil Mi-8">Mil Mi-8</a> </td> <td>Mi-8T Hip C<sup id="cite_ref-Czołgi_Świata_4_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Czołgi_Świata_4-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>2<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bases">Bases</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Bhutan_Army&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Bases"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Royal Bhutan Army maintains a camp at <a href="/wiki/Doklam" title="Doklam">Zompelri</a> which is a border outpost under the control of army's Wing I at <a href="/wiki/Tendruk" class="mw-redirect" title="Tendruk">Tendruk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Samtse_District" title="Samtse District">Samtse</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Hindustan_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hindustan-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Army's Military Training Centre is in Tencholing, <a href="/wiki/Wangduephodrang" class="mw-redirect" title="Wangduephodrang">Wangduephodrang</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Bhutan_Army&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tensung_FC" title="Tensung FC">Tensung FC</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Bhutan_Army&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span 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