Hellenic Army

Hellenic Army
Hellenic Army
Ελληνικός Στρατός
	Hellenic Army Seal
Founded	1821 (de facto); 1828 (official)
Country	Greece
Type	Land Forces
Role	National Defence
Size	In peacetime:; 200,000 personnelWartime strength:; 1,750,000+
Part of	Hellenic Armed Forces
Formations	Formations of the Hellenic Army
Patron	Saint George
Motto(s)	Ἐλεύθερον τὸ Εὔψυχον; "Freedom Stems from Valour"
Colors	Blue-gray, Khaki & Olive
March	The Army is Coming Through (Περνάει ο στρατός)
Equipment	1,355 MBTs; 4,209 IFVs & APCs; 4,840 Artillery pieces
Engagements	Greek War of Independence; Crimean War; Greco-Turkish War (1897); Balkan Wars; Ohrid–Debar uprising; World War I; Russian Civil War; Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922); Corfu incident; Incident at Petrich; World War II; Greek Civil War; Korean War; Turkish Invasion of Cyprus; Evros River incident; Somali Civil War; Albanian Civil War; Gulf War; Kosovo Force; War on Terrorism; War in Afghanistan (2001–2021); Operation Althea; EUFOR Tchad/RCA; Military Intervention in Libya (2011); EUTM Mali;
Website	Hellenic Army
Commanders
Chief of the Army General Staff	Lt. Gen. Georgios Kostidis
Notable; commanders	Lt. Gen. Theodoros Kolokotronis; Lt. Gen. Panagiotis Danglis; Lt. Gen. Leonidas Paraskevopoulos; Fld. Marshal Constantine I; Lt. Gen. Ioannis Metaxas; Lt. Gen. Georgios Kondylis; Lt. Gen. Nikolaos Plastiras; Fld. Marshal Alexander Papagos; Lt. Gen. Thrasyvoulos Tsakalotos; (see list of generals)
Insignia
Identification marking	ΕΣ
Vehicle marking
Regimental War Flag

The Hellenic Army (Greek: Ελληνικός Στρατός, romanized: Ellinikós Stratós, sometimes abbreviated as ΕΣ), formed in 1828, is the land force of Greece. The term Hellenic is the endogenous synonym for Greek. The Hellenic Army is the largest of the three branches of the Hellenic Armed Forces, also constituted by the Hellenic Air Force (HAF) and the Hellenic Navy (HN). The army is commanded by the chief of the Hellenic Army General Staff (HAGS), which in turn is under the command of Hellenic National Defence General Staff (HNDGS).

The motto of the Hellenic Army is Ἐλεύθερον τὸ Εὔψυχον ('Freedom stems from valour'), from Thucydides's History of the Peloponnesian War (2.43.4), a remembrance of the ancient warriors that defended Greek lands in old times. The Hellenic Army Emblem is the two-headed eagle with a Greek Cross escutcheon in the centre.

The Hellenic Army is also the main contributor to, and lead nation of, the Balkan Battle Group, a combined-arms rapid-response force under the EU Battlegroup structure.

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