The Sri Lanka Army is the oldest and largest of the Sri Lanka Armed Forces. The army was officially established as the Ceylon Army in 1949, though the army traces its roots back to 1881 when Ceylon Li
A Portuguese illustration of Sinhalese warriors, produced c. 1540
First Prime Minister of Independent Sri Lanka D. S. Senanayake visiting the 1st battalion of the CLI at the Echelon Square and watching volunteers being trained to handle light machine guns.
Brigadier James Sinclair, Earl of Caithness inspecting a guard of honour wearing khaki drill.
The Sri Lanka Artillery is the artillery arm of the Sri Lanka Army. It is made up of ten regular regiments and two volunteer regiments. The SLA is headquartered at Panagoda Cantonment, Panagoda.
A BL 6 inch gun, of the Ostenburg battery in Trincomalee
A QF 3.7-inch AA gun as a gate guardian at the Artillery Complex in Minneriya
RM-70 multi barrel rocket launcher - Sri Lanka Artillery