Royal Thai Army
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The Royal Thai Army or RTA (Thai: กองทัพบกไทย; RTGS: kong thap bok thai) is the army of Thailand and the oldest and largest branch of the Royal Thai Armed Forces.
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The Royal Thai Army or RTA (Thai: กองทัพบกไทย; RTGS: kong thap bok thai) is the army of Thailand and the oldest and largest branch of the Royal Thai Armed Forces.
| Component | Corps | Insignia and color | Mission |
| Combat Component | Infantry Corps | | Its duty is to conduct combat operations using the firepower of its personal weapons to seize territory and destroy the enemy. It has the capability to move independently without relying heavily on vehicles and is considered the branch with the largest number of soldiers. It is known by the title “Queen of the Battlefield.” The insignia features crossed rifles with a cartridge belt. Its corps colour is White. |
| Cavalry Corps | | It conducts combat operations primarily using tanks and fast-moving vehicles, employing firepower to destroy and intimidate the enemy. It is an important combat branch and serves as one of the Army’s main fighting forces, alongside the infantry. The insignia features crossed sabers with a horseshoe and a tank. Its corps colour is Dull Blue. | |
| Combat Support Component | Artillery Corps | | It conducts combat using artillery firepower to destroy enemy strongpoints and to support infantry assaults. It also provides direct fire support and shields the infantry during attacks to enable their operations. It is nicknamed the “King of the Battlefield.” The insignia features crossed cannons with a flaming grenade. Its corps colour is Yellow. |
| Engineer Corps | | Its duties include constructing, modifying, and repairing roads and bridges. In addition, combat engineers can fight alongside infantry units during assaults on enemy fortifications or heavily reinforced positions. The insignia features a crossed shovel and axe with an anchor. Its corps colour is Black. | |
| Signal Corps | | Its duty is to provide communications within and between units to support commanders and staff operations. It is also responsible for the procurement, distribution, and maintenance of communications equipment. The insignia features a lightning bolt with a cogwheel. Its corps colour is Violet or directly translated from Thai as "Mango Purple Seed". | |
| Intelligence Corps | | Its duties include planning, directing, coordinating, supervising, and conducting intelligence and security operations, as well as preparing military intelligence personnel for assignments. The insignia features a crossed lightning bolt and arrow with an eight-pointed star on a shield. It appears to have no corps colours. | |
| Combat Auxiliary Component | Ordnance Corps | | Its duties include researching and developing weapons and military equipment, as well as inspecting, storing, maintaining, advising on, and repairing various weapons to ensure they remain operational at all times. The insignia features a flaming grenade. Its corps colour is Orange and Green. |
| Quartermaster Corps | | Its duties are to sustain and support military units by ensuring they are adequately provided with essential supplies and consumables. It is also responsible for replenishment, logistics support, storage, and distribution of unit supplies. The insignia features crossed sabers with three cogwheels. It appears to have no corps colours. | |
| Medical Corps | | Its duties are to provide medical care and conduct medical operations during both peacetime and wartime. In wartime, it operates alongside infantry units on the front lines by providing first aid and evacuating the wounded from the battlefield to field hospitals. The insignia features a pair of intertwined nagas serpents around a flaming torch. It appears to have no corps colours. | |
| Transport Corps | | Its duties are to transport personnel and supplies for various Army units and other assigned organizations by land, water (inland waterways), and air. It is also responsible for overseeing all transportation operations within the Army. The insignia features a ship's wheel combined with a cogwheel and wings on a shield. It appears to have no corps colours. | |
| Combat Service Support Component | Adjutant General Corps | | Has duties in administrative operations, including the receipt, dispatch, and sorting of official documents; the appointment, promotion, demotion, dismissal, and transfer of personnel; matters relating to pensions, gratuities, and disciplinary actions; maintaining records of correspondence, military service affairs, and other related duties. The insignia features a sword and a quill crossed together, with a book placed at the center of the emblem. It appears to have no corps colours. |
| Finance Corps | | Has duties in disbursing salaries, allowances, and various expenses, as well as supervising the expenditures of the military unit to ensure compliance with military rules and regulations. The insignia features crossed swords combined with Erawan, a three-headed elephant. It appears to have no corps colours. | |
| Judge Advocate General Corps | | Has duties in enforcing military laws and regulations, as well as carrying out all judicial processes involving individuals, soldiers, or military units. The insignia features the scales of justice combined with a chakra wheel. It appears to have no corps colours. | |
| Survey Corps | | Has duties in preparing maps of various local areas for military units to use in movement and strategic operations, as well as surveying routes and updating map details to accurately reflect the actual terrain at all times. The insignia features crossed swords combined with a surveying telescope. It appears to have no corps colours. | |
| Veterinarian Corps | | Has duties in supporting military operations through the use of animals and agricultural activities of the Army, including planning, directing, and coordinating matters related to the affairs and equipment of the Army's Animal Service Corps. The insignia features crossed naga (serpents) combined with a horseshoe. It appears to have no corps colours. | |
| Band Corps | | Has duties in providing entertainment to relieve stress among soldiers and military units, boosting morale and inspiring soldiers through music so that they remain motivated, proud of their warrior's honor, and steadfast in performing their duties. The insignia features a harp (lyre). It appears to have no corps colours. | |
| Military Police Corps | | Has duties related to maintaining discipline, arresting soldiers who commit offenses, overseeing military prisons and traffic within military operations, ensuring security, conducting criminal investigations under military court jurisdiction, preventing and researching crimes within the Army, and managing matters concerning missing soldiers and prisoners of war. The insignia features crossed pistols combined with a chakra wheel. It appears to have no corps colours. |
| Military district number | Provinces under control | Headquarters location |
| 11 | Bangkok, Nakhon Pathom, Nonthaburi, Pathum Thani, Samut Prakan | Laksi, Bangkok |
| 12 | Prachinburi, Nakhon Nayok, Chachoengsao | Fort Chakraphong, Prachinburi |
| 13 | Lopburi, Chai Nat, Sing Buri, Ang Thong | Fort King Narai Maharat, Lopburi |
| 14 | Chonburi, Rayong | Fort Nawaminthrachini, Chonburi |
| 15 | Phetchaburi, Prachuap Khiri Khan | Fort Ramratchaniwet, Phetchaburi |
| 16 | Ratchaburi, Samut Songkhram, Samut Sakhon | Fort Phanurangsi, Ratchaburi |
| 17 | Kanchanaburi, Suphan Buri | Fort Surasi, Kanchanaburi |
| 18 | Saraburi, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya | Fort Adisorn, Saraburi |
| 19 | Sa Kaeo, Chanthaburi, Trat | Fort Surasinghanat, Sa Kaeo |
| 21 | Nakhon Ratchasima, Chaiyaphum | Fort Suranari, Nakhon Ratchasima |
| 22 | Ubon Ratchathani, Amnat Charoen | Fort Sapphasitthiprasong, Ubon Ratchathani |
| 23 | Khon Kaen, Kalasin | Fort Sripatcharin, Khon Kaen |
| 24 | Udon Thani, Nong Khai | Fort Prachaksinlapakhom, Udon Thani |
| 25 | Surin, Sisaket | Fort Weerawatyothin, Surin |
| 26 | Buriram, Maha Sarakham | Fort Somdej Chao Phraya Kasatsuek, Buriram |
| 27 | Roi Et, Yasothon | Fort Prasertsongkhram, Roi Et |
| 28 | Loei, Nong Bua Lamphu | Fort Srisongrak, Loei |
| 29 | Sakon Nakhon, Bueng Kan | Fort Kritsiwara, Sakon Nakhon |
| 210 | Nakhon Phanom, Mukdahan | Fort Phra Yod Mueang Khwang, Nakhon Phanom |
| 31 | Nakhon Sawan, Kamphaeng Phet, Uthai Thani | Fort Chiraprawat, Nakhon Sawan |
| 32 | Lampang | Fort Surasak Montri, Lampang |
| 33 | Chiang Mai, Mae Hong Son, Lamphun | Fort Kawila, Chiang Mai |
| 34 | Phayao | Fort Khun Chueang Thammikkarat, Phayao |
| 35 | Uttaradit, Phrae | Fort Phichai Dabhak, Uttaradit |
| 36 | Phetchabun, Phichit | Fort Phokhun Pha Mueang, Phetchabun |
| 37 | Chiang Rai | Fort King Mengrai Maharat, Chiang Rai |
| 38 | Nan | Fort Suriyaphong, Nan |
| 39 | Phitsanulok, Sukhothai | Fort King Naresuan Maharat, Phitsanulok |
| 310 | Tak | Fort Wachiraprakan, Tak |
| 41 | Nakhon Si Thammarat (except Thung Song District), Phuket | Fort Vajiravudh, Nakhon Si Thammarat |
| 42 | Songkhla, Phatthalung, Satun | Fort Senanarong, Songkhla |
| 43 | Nakhon Si Thammarat (only Thung Song District), Krabi, Trang | Fort Thep Satri Srisunthorn, Nakhon Si Thammarat |
| 44 | Chumphon, Ranong | Fort Khet Udomsak, Chumphon |
| 45 | Surat Thani, Phang Nga | Fort Vibhavadi Rangsit, Surat Thani |
| 46 | Pattani, Narathiwat, Yala | Fort Ingkhayutthaborihan, Pattani |