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The Red Army was the army of Soviet Russia (1918–1922) and the Soviet Union (1922–1946).
Red Army may also refer to:
Armies
- Bavarian Red Army of the Bavarian Soviet Republic
 - Catholic and Royal Army of west France royalists opposed to the French Revolution, also known as the "Red Army" due to their Sacred Heart emblem
 - Chinese Red Army, later known as the People's Liberation Army
 - Hungarian Red Army of the Hungarian Soviet Republic
 - Mongolian People's Army, the Red Army of Mongolia
 
Insurgent, militia, militant and terrorist groups
- Red Army Faction (1970–1998), a far-left militant terrorist group in Germany
 - Red Army Faction (1968-1971), a far-left communist militant organization originating in Japan
 - Japanese Red Army (1971–2001), an international communist terrorist group originating in Japan
 - United Red Army (1971–1972), a Japanese far-left domestic terrorist group
 - Lal Sena ("Red Army", 1974–1990), a communist militia group in northwestern India
 - Red Army of Turin, Italy, formed in 1919 to defend socialist activities
 - Red Brigades (1970–2000s), a violent Italian insurgent group
 - Ruhr Red Army (1920), a large military organisation of the Ruhr Workers Councils in Germany
 
Sports
- HC CSKA Moscow, the ice hockey team of the Central Sports Army Club in Moscow, Russia, often called "Red Army" by English speakers
 - Persepolis F.C., a football team from Tehran, Iran, often called "Red Army" by media and supporters
 - Red Army, another name for the Russian Five ice hockey line of the Detroit Red Wings in the NHL in the 1990s
 - Red Army (football), football hooligan firm of Manchester United FC, England
 
Other
- Red Army, the opposing force to the Blue Army in the American web series machinima Red vs. Blue
 - Red Army (film), a 2014 documentary about the Soviet hockey team
 - Red Army (novel), a 1989 cold-war novel by Ralph Peters
 - Red Army Standard Ammunition, a brand and supplier of ammunition cartridges in the United States
 
See also
- Red Guards (disambiguation)
 - Red Ribbon Army in Dragon Ball
 - Soviet Army, successor of the Red Army
 
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