FLAG
CREST
HISTORY
5th Regiment Sri Lanka Armoured Corps was formed as a reinforcement battalion to be deployed initially on the Infantry role. The Regiment was officially raised on Thursday, 06 January 1994 at Rock House Camp by Lt Col N A Ranasinghe RSP psc. This was an unprecedented step in the history of the Sri Lanka Armoured Corps. It was the first time that SLAC was required to form and deploy a regiment on the infantry role. Subsequently, Regiment was equipped with AFVs and contributed to many operations in classic role till end of the Humanitarian Operation in 2009.
Later in 2009 5 SLAC was placed under SF HQ (KLN) and convert as Armour Coordinating Headquarter. After raising Reserve Strike Corps, Amour Coordinating Headquarter renamed as Bravo Squadron - 5 SLAC
VISION/MISSION
Armour contribute in achieving set vision, mission and objective of 1 Corps through following aspects:
- Armour provides versatility and ability to strike
- Provide requires fire power with deterrence
- Rapid response with using its specific features
- Decisive arm in both conventional and COIN operation
- Combined and interoperable operation capability
ROLE
To provide required fire support and act as deterrent force as a mobile reserve of 1 Corps in safeguarding the nation across the entire spectrum of conflict
TASKS
Task of Armour in various type of operation which would be undertaken by 1 Corps are as follows:
Conventional Operation
- Destroy the enemy Armour
- Close quarter combat in conjunction with infantry
- The advance contact in advance in contact
- The assault and destruction of the enemy
- Penetration, exploitation and pursuit
- Covering force operations
- Mobile and Positional defensive operations
- Counter attack and counter penetrations
- Exploitation of support of nuclear fire
- Reconnaissance and gathering of information
- Act as mobile reserve
High Intensity Operations (COIN)
- Area domination in conjunction with infantry
- Assault on objectives
- Provide intimate fire support for infantry
- Escorting unprotected columns
- Provide anti-tank defence
- Extricating infantry
- Act as mobile reserve
- Air defence
- Reinforcement
- Flank protection
- Penetration, exploitation and pursuit
Low Intensity Operations (IS)
- Security (Area, line of communication, surveillance, quick reaction, escort and area dominating)
- Reconnaissance
- Populace and resource control
- Military civil actions
- Offensive and defensive operations as necessary
- Crowd dispersal
- Road Blocks
- Cordons during cordon and search ops
- Escort for convoys or VIPs
- Show off force ops
- Traffic control
Special Operations
- Public order ops
- Aid to civil authority in national disaster/emergencies
- CIMIC action
- MACA
- Reinforcement
- Quick reaction
- Extricating of troops
- Combined operations
- Riot control
- Communication
PAST OFFICER COMMANDING
| RANK | NAME | FROM | TO |
| Capt | LBK Pussadeniya RWP | 06.01.1994 | 23.11.1996 |
| Capt | MMIPM Banrada | 23.11.1996 | 18.01.1997 |
| Maj | WA Ariyarathne | 18.01.1997 | 10.03.1997 |
| Capt | MMIPM Bandara | 10.03.1997 | 15.03.1997 |
| Maj | MP Samarakoon | 15.05.1997 | 08.04.1998 |
| Maj | DKN De Silva RSP | 08.04.1998 | 15.01.1999 |
| Capt | WMSP Wawegama | 15.01.1999 | 10.04.2000 |
| Capt | TAMK De Silva | 10.04.2000 | 27.07.2003 |
| Capt | WP Kariyawasam | 27.07.2003 | 22.02.2004 |
| Maj | ABIC Baduge | 22.02.2004 | 03.08.2005 |
| Capt | NRL Gunasena | 03.08.2005 | 24.05.2007 |
| Capt | PAR Wijerathne | 24.05.2007 | 19.07.2007 |
| Capt | KCJ Kothalawala | 19.07.2007 | 24.09.2007 |
| Capt | PAL Wijerathne | 24.09.2007 | 22.11.2008 |
| Capt | RAS Jayasinghe | 22.11.2008 | 04.05.2009 |
| Capt | WKSR Wijesiri | 04.05.2009 | 24.03.2011 |
| Maj | WDSP Wickramasinghe | 04.03.2011 | 17.08.2014 |
| Capt | PDS Anura Kumara RSP | 17.08.2014 | 17.11.2014 |
| Maj | DMSLK Bandara | 17.11.2014 | 21.09.2015 |
| Maj | KSRP Gunathilake | 21.09.2015 | 25.11.2016 |
| Capt | ELP Edirisinghe | 25.11.2016 | 23.01.2017 |
| Maj | BANS Kumara psc | 23.01.2017 | 09.02.2018 |
| Maj | TMT De Silva psc | 09.02.2018 | 15.09.2019 |
| Capt | TD Kaludewa | 15.09.2019 | 16.01.2020 |
| Maj | TMNB Aberathne | 16.01.2020 | 21.11.2020 |
| Maj | SDUT Munasinghe | 21.11.2020 | 26.06.2021 |
OPERATIONS CONTRIBUTED
- Lightning Srtike
- Leap forward
- Operation Shake Hand I ,II
- Operation Hard Knock
- Thunder Strike
- Operation Rivirasa II
- Operation Rivirasa III
- Operation Link Up
- Operation Sathjaya I,II,III
- Jayasikuru
- Operation Edibala
- Humanitarian Operation 2006-2009
CONTACT DETAILS
| Postal Address | : | Armoured Coordinating Headquarters,Thirumurukkandi,Kilinochchi |
| Email Address | : | 5slcarmrcood@gmail,com |
| Telephone Numbers | : | 0233233710 |
