The term army could indicate a wide range of military formations, ranging from the war-bands of a few hundred soldiers used by the clans and tribes of stone-technology-level worlds like Endor and Dathomir, to a galaxy-spanning war-machine with billions of troops. But within the Imperial Army of the Galactic Empire, the term Army, when used on its own, indicated a distinct level of formation, commanded by a full General, and consisting of a nominal total of 193,644 front-line soldiers in an establishment strength of 293,686 personnel. An average Sector apparently contained four such surface armies, which served as the main, planetary-assault, and surface-warfare force for the Moff's regime; along with a number of garrisons built around Corps HQs, that made up the Systems Army.

Until the last years of the Empire, an Army was rarely deployed as a single formation on a single planet, but it was designed to operate in concert with a standard Troop Squadron of the Imperial Navy, and deployment of the entire formation together began to be considered as the Rebellion grew in force after the Battle of Yavin. More usually, an Army would deploy subordinate units to specific battlefields or theaters: its primary subdivisions were four Corps, any one of which was considered sufficient to retake a rebellious world.

Contents 1 Major historic armies 2 Imperial Army army level symbol 3 Appearances 4 Sources 5 See also 5.1 In other languages

Major historic armiesEdit

• Alliance Army
• Army of Light
• Droid Army
• Galactic Alliance Army
• Grand Army of the Republic
• Gungan Grand Army
• Imperial Army
• New Republic Army
• Republic Army

Imperial Army army level symbolEdit

AppearancesEdit

• The Clone Wars: Decide Your Destiny: The Lost Legion

SourcesEdit

• The Imperial Sourcebook
• Ultimate Adversaries
• The Clone Wars Campaign Guide
• Xim Week: The Despotica (Part III: Xim at Vondor) on Hyperspace (article) (content now obsolete; backup links 1 2 on Archive.org)

See alsoEdit

• Sector Army
• Surface Army
• Systems Army