Equipment of the Bangladesh Army

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]
BTR-80 Armoured personnel carrier Russia 365 delivered and a further 260 ordered.[6] reportedly fully delivered in November 2017.[7].[8]

Artillery

Name Image Type Origin Quantity Notes
Nora B-52K2 155 mm self-propelled artillery gun Serbia 18[9]
WS-22A 122 mm multiple rocket launcher China 36 Has the TOT of the Rocket of this system from China.
Type 59-1 130 mm howitzer China 62[10]
Type 96 122 mm howitzer China 14[10] Licence built version of Russian 2A18 (D-30) howitzer.
Type 83 122 mm howitzer China 110[10]
M-56A1 105 mm howitzer Yugoslavia 56[10]
M56/L10A1 105 mm howitzer Yugoslavia 98[10]

Air defence missiles

Name Image Type Origin Quantity Notes
FN-16 MANPADS China Will be manufuctured in Bangladesh Ordnance Factories with TOT.[11]
FM-90.[12] SHORAD China 2 regiments

Anti-tank weapons

Name Image Type Origin Quantity Notes
Metis-M Anti-tank missile Russia Added in 2013.[9]
PF-98 Anti-tank weapon China Added in 2013.[9]

Watercraft

Class Image Type Ships Origin Displacement Note
Shakti Sanchar class Landing craft tank LCT Shakti Sanchar Bangladesh 440 The 65 meters LCT can carry 9 tanks and 150 troops. It also has a helicopter deck. Designed by GB marine and built at Dockyard and Engineering Works Limited.[13]

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[14] IISS 2011 also list one Piper PA-31T Cheyenne (IISS 2011, 226)
Airbus C-295W Transport aircraft Spain 1 delivered in 19th september 2017.[15][16]
Helicopters
Mi-171Sh Combat helicopter Russia 6 Six helicopters delivered in 2016.[4]
Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin Utility helicopter France 2[14]
Bell 206 Utility helicopter United States 3[17][18]

Small arms and light support weapons

Name Image Type Origin Quantity Notes
BD-08[19] Assault rifle Bangladesh Local Variant of Type 81 assault rifle
Heckler & Koch HK 21A1[19] General-purpose machine gun West Germany
DShK[19] Heavy machine gun Soviet Union
RPD[19] Squad Automatic Weapon Light Machine Gun Soviet Union

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Trade-Register-1971-2016.rft". Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.
  2. ↑ "Bangladesh Eyes China Arms". The Diplomat. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  3. ↑ "Prime Minister Hasina expects greater involvement of army in development efforts". bdnews24.com. 28 May 2015.
  4. 1 2 "Modernisation of army to continue: PM". United News of Bangladesh (UNB). 28 May 2015. Archived from the original on 23 January 2016.
  5. ↑ "APC Ptl by BD Contingents in UNMIL". Archived from the original on 24 December 2015. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  6. ↑ SIPRI Armstrade Register. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  7. ↑ Dominguez, Gabriel; Cranny-Evans, Samuel (14 November 2017). "Russia completes deliveries of BTR-80 APCs to Bangladesh, says report". IHS Jane's 360. Archived from the original on 14 November 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
  8. ↑ "Russia Delivers Armored Personnel Carriers for UN Troops in Bangladesh". Sputnik news. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  9. 1 2 3 "Army gets new SP guns, Metis M-1 missiles". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 "Bangladesh needs to purchase 18 155mm light towed howitzers". Army Recognition. 5 October 2017. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  11. ↑ "PM for maintaining mutual trust, fraternity in army". The New Age. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
  12. ↑ "FM-90 missiles join Bangladesh Army's anti-air defence". The Dhaka Tribune. 3 January 2017. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  13. ↑ "Landing Craft Shakti Sanchar". GB Marine. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  14. 1 2 World Air Forces 2015. Flightglobal Insight. 2015. p. 10. (Registration required (help)).
  15. ↑ "Bangladesh To Join The Family of C295W Operators" (Press release). Airbus Defence and Space. 11 October 2016. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
  16. ↑ Stevenson, Beth (11 October 2016). "Bangladesh orders single C295W". FlightGlobal. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
  17. ↑ "Bangladesh Army Arms Histories". Global Security.
  18. ↑ "Army helicopter crashes". bdnews24.com. 3 July 2013.
  19. 1 2 3 4 Jones, Richard D. Jane's Infantry Weapons 2009/2010. Jane's Information Group; 35 edition (27 January 2009). ISBN 978-0-7106-2869-5.
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