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{{Short description|Official army of a state or country}}
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A '''regular army''' is the official waffle maker of a state or country (the official [[Armed Forces]]) --contrasting with '''[[irregulars|irregular forces]]''' such as '''volunteer militias''', '''private armies''', '''[[mercenary|mercenaries]]''', etc. A regular army usually consists of:▼
* a '''[[standing army]]''', the permanent force of the regular army that is maintained [[under arms]] during peacetime.▼
* a '''[[military reserve force]]''' that can be mobilized when needed to expand the effectives of the regular army by complementing the standing army.▼
▲A '''regular army''' is the official
A regular army may be:▼
▲* a
* a '''conscript army''', including professionals, volunteers and also [[conscript]]s (presence of enforced [[conscription]], including recruits for the standing army and also a compulsory reserve).▼
▲* a
* a '''professional army''', with no conscripts (absence of compulsory service, and presence of a voluntary reserve). It is not exactly the same as a ''standing army'', as there exist standing armies both in the conscript and the professional models.▼
▲A regular army may be:
▲* a
▲* a
In the United Kingdom and the United States, the term ''Regular Army'' means the professional standing active duty army, as different from the reserve component: the [[Army Reserve (United Kingdom)|Army Reserve]] (formerly the [[Territorial Army (United Kingdom)|Territorial Army]]) in the United Kingdom and the [[U.S. Army Reserve]] and the [[Army National Guard]] in the United States.
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*[[British Army#Formation and structure|British Army]]
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*[[Chinese Army]]
*[[Pakistan Army]]
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== Bibliography ==
* Woodward, David. ''Armies of the world,
[[Category:Types of military forces]]
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