List of equipment of the Bangladesh Army
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Equipment of the Bangladesh Army is a list of the equipment currently in use in the Bangladesh Army. It includes small arms, vehicles, artillery, and aircraft.
Tanks
Name | Image | Type | Origin | Quantity | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
MBT-2000 VT-1A | Main battle tank | China | 44[1] | Forty four units were purchased from China in 2011 for $162 million.[2] | |
Type 69 II | Main battle tank | China | 50[1] | ||
Type 59 G | Main battle tank | China | 180[1] | Upgraded to Type 59G Durjoy with Chinese help.[3][4] | |
Type 59 | Main battle tank | China | 66[1] | Includes 30 T-54 tank donated by Egypt and later converted. |
Armoured vehicles
Name | Image | Type | Origin | Quantity | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
MT-LB[5] | Armoured personnel carrier | Soviet Union | |||
Otokar Cobra | Light Armoured Vehicle | Turkey | 22[1] |
Artillery
Name | Image | Type | Origin | Quantity | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nora B-52[6] | Self-propelled artillery | Serbia |
Air defence missiles
Name | Image | Type | Origin | Quantity | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
FN-16 | MANPADS | China | Will be manufuctured in Bangladesh Ordnance Factories with TOT.[7] |
Anti-tank weapons
Name | Image | Type | Origin | Quantity | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Metis-M | Anti-tank missile | Russia | Added in 2013.[6] | ||
PF-98 | Anti-tank weapon | China | Added in 2013.[6] |
Aircraft
Aircraft | Image | Role | Origin | Quantity | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fixed-wing Aircraft | |||||
Cessna 152 | Primary Trainer | United States | 5 | Military Balance 2011 | |
Cessna 208B Grand Caravan | Utility aircraft | United States | 1[8] | IISS 2011 also list one Piper PA-31T Cheyenne (IISS 2011, 226) | |
Airbus C-295W | Transport aircraft | Spain | 1 | Will be delivered in the second half of 2017.[9][10] | |
Helicopters | |||||
Mi-171Sh | Combat helicopter | Russia | 6 | Six helicopters delivered in 2016.[4] | |
Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin | Utility helicopter | France | 2[8] | ||
Bell 206 | Utility helicopter | United States | 3[11][12] |
Small arms and light support weapons
Name | Image | Type | Origin | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
L2A3 submachine gun[13] | Submachine gun | United Kingdom | ||
Heckler & Koch HK 21A1[13] | General-purpose machine gun | West Germany | ||
DShK[13] | File:Doushka desert.jpg | Heavy machine gun | Soviet Union |
See also
References
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- ^ "Bangladesh Eyes China Arms". The Diplomat. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
- ^ "Prime Minister Hasina expects greater involvement of army in development efforts". bdnews24.com. 28 May 2015.
- ^ a b "Modernisation of army to continue: PM". United News of Bangladesh (UNB). 28 May 2015. Archived from the original on 23 January 2016.
- ^ "APC Ptl by BD Contingents in UNMIL". Archived from the original on 24 December 2015. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
- ^ a b c "Army gets new SP guns, Metis M-1 missiles". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
- ^ "PM for maintaining mutual trust, fraternity in army". New Age. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
- ^ a b World Air Forces 2015. Flightglobal Insight. 2015. p. 10.
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- ^ Stevenson, Beth (11 October 2016). "Bangladesh orders single C295W". FlightGlobal. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
- ^ "Bangladesh Army Arms Histories". Global Security.
- ^ "Army helicopter crashes". bdnews24.com. 3 July 2013.
- ^ a b c Jones, Richard D. Jane's Infantry Weapons 2009/2010. Jane's Information Group; 35 edition (27 January 2009). ISBN 978-0-7106-2869-5.