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ශ්‍රී ලංකා යුද්ධ හමුදාව
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{{verylong|date=අගෝස්තු 2011}}
{{Infobox Military Unit
|unit_name        = ශ්‍රී ලංකා යුද්ධ හමුදාව
|image            = [[Image:Sri Lanka Army Logo.png|150px]] [[Image:The Sri Lanka Army Flag And Crest.JPG|150px]]
|caption          = [[Sri Lanka Army Flag And Crest|ශ්‍රී ලංකා යුද්ධ හමුදා නිළ ලාංඡනය සහ ධජය]]
|dates            = 1949 ඔක්තෝබර් මස 09 දින සිට අද දක්වා
|country          = [[Sri Lanka]]
|allegiance       =
|branch           = [[Sri Lanka Armed Forces]]
|type             = [[යුද්ධ හමුදාව]]
|role             = Foreign and Domestic Defense
|size             = 276,700<ref>http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2010/07/25/sec04.asp</ref>
|command_structure= [[ආරක්ෂක අමාත්‍යාංශය (ශ්‍රී ලංකාව)|ආරක්ෂක අමාත්‍යාංශය]]
|garrison         = [[යුද්ධ හමුදා මූලස්ථානය]], [[කොළඹ 03]]
|garrison_label   = Military Headquarters
|nickname         =
|patron           =
|motto            = {{lang-la|[[Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori|Pro Patria]]}} <br> "රට වෙනුවෙන්"
|colors           =
|colors_label     =
|march            =
|mascot           =
|equipment        =
|equipment_label  =
|battles          = [[World War IIදෙවන ලෝක යුද්ධය]]<br />[[1971 JVP Insurrection]]<br />[[1987–89 JVP Insurrection]]<br />[[Sri Lankan Civil War]]
|anniversaries    = ඔක්තෝබර් මස 09 වැනි දින
|decorations      =
|battle_honours   =
|disbanded        =
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|commander1       = [[ලුතිතන් ජෙනරාල්|ලුති.ජෙන.]] [[ජගත් ජයසූරිය]]
|commander1_label = [[යුද්ධ හමුදාධිපති (ශ්‍රී ලංකාව)|යුද්ධ හමුදාධිපති]]
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===Post-independence===
[[Image:SLA-50.jpg|right|thumb|200px|[[Brigadier]] [[James Roderick Sinclair, 19th Earl of Caithness|James Sinclair]], [[Earl of Caithness]] inspecting a guard of honour wearing [[khaki drill]].]]
At the end of [[
World War IIදෙවන ලෝක යුද්ධය]], CDF which had increased in size during the war began demobilization.In 1948 Sri Lanka gained independence from Britain, becoming a Dominion within the [[commonwealth]] and a year earlier Ceylon entered into the bi-lateral Anglo-Ceylonese Defence Agreement of 1947. This followed by the Army Act No. 17 of 1949 which was passed by [[Parliament of Sri Lanka|Parliament]] on April 11, 1949 and formalized in Gazette Extraordinary No. 10028 of October 10, 1949 marked the creation of the Ceylon Army, consisting (contracted; show full)

==Equipment==
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After the 1971 uprising, the army expanded its range of weapons from the original stock of [[
World War IIදෙවන ලෝක යුද්ධය]]-era [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Lee Enfield rifle]]s, [[Sten|Sten Submachine guns]], [[Vickers machine gun]]s, [[Bren gun|Bren machine guns]], [[BL 6 inch Gun Mk 7|6-inch coastal guns]], [[Daimler Armoured Car]]s, [[Universal Carrier|Bren Gun Carriers]],<ref name="SLAC1">Michael K. Cecil - Sri Lanka’s Military:
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[[Category:Sri Lanka Army]]
[[Category:Military units and formations established in 1949]]

[[en:Sri Lanka Army]]
[[ja:スリランカ陸軍]]
[[ru:Сухопутные войска Шри-Ланки]]
[[ta:இலங்கை படைத்துறை]]