Tunisian Army

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Tunisian Army
جيش البر التونسي
Seal of the Tunisian Land Army
Founded	1831
Country	Tunisia
Size	90,000 active personnel and 60,000 reserves (estimation)
Part of	Tunisian Armed Forces
HQ	Tunis
Nickname(s)	TAF
Engagements	French conquest of Tunisia Bizerte Crisis Yom Kippur War 1980 Gafsa Uprising Battle of Wazzin Chaambi Operations Battle of Ben Guerdane
Commanders
Commander	General Mohamed El Ghoul

The Tunisian Land Army (Arabic: جيش البر التونسي, romanized: Jaîsh el-Barr et'Tunsi, French: Armée de terre tunisienne) is the ground component of the Tunisian Armed Forces . The Land Forces Command is located in Bizerte. The TAF itself was created on June 30, 1956.

The Land Army is the largest service branch within the Tunisian Armed Forces and has a dominant presence in the current General Staff. It is estimated to number around 90,000, in addition to 60,000 reservists for a total of 150,000 strong.

The modern army was created in the 1830s. It has seen substantive combat on one occasion: against France during the 1961 Bizerte crisis. The mission of the Tunisian army is to defend the country against any foreign attack, to allow the development of a diplomatic counterattack and encourage the involvement of the United Nations, protect Tunisian nationals around the world and participate in peacekeeping missions.^{[citation needed]}