List of equipment of the Bangladesh Army

The following is a list of equipment of the Bangladesh Army.

Soldier gear and equipment

Service uniform Name Pattern Uniform Type Origin Notes Military uniform Battle Dress Uniform (BDU) Woodland

Communication equipments Name Image Type Quantity Origin Notes Manpack radio Codan 2110M Manpack radio 200 VHF-90M Manpack radio Sta R-173 VHF radio Used in BTR-80 PRC-2080 Manpack radio PRC-2090 Manpack radio High frequency communication equipment Radio relay system Microwave radio relay Used for secured communication during wartime. Motorola VXR-9000U Repeater Station Leonardo MH-313X Microwave radio relay CD-115E Digital Switchboard R-149MA3 Command and signals vehicle 10

Infantry weapons

Firearms Name Image Caliber Type Origin Notes Pistols Browning Hi Power 9×19mm Parabellum Semi-automatic pistol CF98 9×19mm Parabellum Semi-automatic pistol Type 54 7.62×25mm Tokarev Semi-automatic pistol Bersa Thunder 9 9×19mm Parabellum Semi-automatic pistol Submachine guns KRISS Vector Gen II 9×19mm Parabellum Submachine gun Used by Special Forces Heckler & Koch MP5 9×19mm Parabellum Submachine gun Used by Special Forces Assault rifles BD-08 7.62×39mm Assault rifle Standard-issue rifle. Produced under license by Bangladesh Ordnance Factories. Type 56 7.62×39mm Assault rifle Assembled locally at BOF Carbine M4 Carbine 5.56×45mm NATO Selective fire carbine Used by Special Forces Zastava M59/66 7.62×39mm Semi-automatic carbine Mainly used to fire the M60 rifle grenade. Machine guns BD-15 7.62×39mm Light machine gun LMG variant of BD-08 assault rifle. RPD 7.62×39mm Light machine gun Arsenal MG-1MS 7.62×54mm General-purpose machine gun Bulgarian modernised version of the PKM machine gun. Type 80 7.62×54mm General-purpose machine gun Chinese modernised version of the PKM machine gun. Zastava M87 12.7×108mm Heavy machine gun Serbian version of the NSV machine gun. DShK 12.7×108mm Heavy machine gun Sniper rifle & DMR Cyclone HSR 12.7x99mm NATO Anti-materiel rifle HSR variant. AX308 7.62×51mm NATO Sniper rifle SC-76 Thunderbolt 7.62×51mm NATO Sniper rifle RPA Rangemaster 7.62×51mm NATO Sniper rifle Rangemaster 7.62 variant. Dragunov sniper rifle 7.62×54mmR Designated marksman rifle Chinese Type 85 variant. Grenade-based weapons Arges 84 BD Fragmentation hand grenade Licensed version of Austrian ARGES HG-84, manufactured under license by Bangladesh Ordnance Factories. STK 40 AGL 40x53mm grenade Automatic grenade launcher Milkor MGL 40×46mm grenade Revolver grenade launcher Mk1 M60 rifle grenade 22 mm grenade Rifle Grenade M60P1 variant.

Armored fighting vehicles

Combat tanks Name Image Type Quantity Origin Notes Tanks Type 59 Durjoy Main battle tank 174 174 Type 59 tanks were upgraded to Type 59G(BD) Durjoy with kits from China in 2014–2019. Type 69-IIG Main battle tank 58 58 Type 69-IIA tanks upgraded to Type 69-IIG version with kits from China in 2010–2013. MBT-2000 Main battle tank 44 VT-5 Light tank 44

Armored vehicles Name Image Type Quantity Origin Notes BTR 80 Armoured personnel carrier 330–645 (sources vary) MaxxPro Mine-resistant ambush protected vehicle (MRAP) 81-141 (sources vary) TATA MRAP Mine-resistant ambush protected vehicle (MRAP) 11 Otokar Cobra II Infantry mobility vehicle / MRAP 152-213 (sources vary) Otokar Cobra Infantry mobility vehicle 36-44 (sources vary) BOV M11 Armoured reconnaissance vehicle 8 Type 85 AFV APC/Command vehicle 50

Radars and fire control systems Name Image Type Quantity Origin Notes Radar systems SLC-2 Weapon locating radar10 Oerlikon Skyguard-3 Fire control radar 4-8 (sources vary) Part of Oerlikon GDF-009 guns. FM-90's radar Fire control radar 6 Part of FM-90 air defense system. FW-2 Fire control radar 6 Part of CS/AA3 guns.

Engineering vehicles Name Image Type Quantity Origin Notes Armoured recovery vehicle Type 84 Armoured recovery vehicle 5 Bomb disposal equipment Bozena-5 Remote controlled mine clearing vehicle 1 Dumper Thwaites Dumper 2722E Dumper Forklift TCM FD 50 T 8 Forklift Bulldozer Caterpillar D4 Bulldozer D4C, D4K, D4G, D4E variant. Caterpillar D6 Bulldozer D6R variant. Caterpillar D7 Bulldozer D7R variant. Caterpillar D8 Bulldozer D8R variant. Excavator Doosan Solar 210 W-V Excavator Doosan Solar 200 W-V Excavator Doosan DX-210WA Excavator Road roller HD 90 Tandem Roller HD 70 Tandem Roller Loader Caterpillar 924HZ Wheel Loader Ahlmann AS 200 Wheel Loader Crane GR-120NL Crane GR-300EX Crane

Logistics and utility vehicles Name Image Role Quantity Origin Notes Pickup truck Land Rover Defender Utility Vehicle Assembled by Bangladesh Machine Tools Factory.KM 420Utility Vehicle Mitsubishi Delica Utility Vehicle P15 and L300 seriesToyota Land Cruiser 70Utility VehicleAssembled by Bangladesh Machine Tools Factory.Ford RangerUtility VehicleCurrently produced in Thailand.Toyota HiluxUtility VehicleMitsubishi L200Utility Vehicle Staff car Nissan Patrol Staff car Tata Hexa Staff car 300 Mitsubishi Pajero Staff car Kia Cerato Staff car Kia Cerato EX variant. 4x4 truck Isuzu TS/TW series 4x4 truck HTS-11G and 11J variant. Renault TRM 180.11 4x4 truck BMC-235-16 4x4 truck Arunima Bolyan 4x4 truck 6x4 truck Volvo FM 6x4 truck FM 400 variant. Iveco EuroTrakker 6x4 truck Astra HD9 6x4 truck 38 Renault Kerax 380.34T 6x4 truck 10 Renault CBH 6x4 truck CBH 320 variant. 6x6 truck Tiema XC2200 6x6 truck Jiefang CA-30 6x6 truck Western Star 6x6 truck KamAZ-43118 6x6 truck

Air defence systems

Name Image Type Quantity Origin Notes Surface-to-air missile systems FM-90 Short range air defense 6 systems 6 SAM systems with 275 missiles. Man-portable air-defense systems QW-2 MANPADS Man-portable air-defense system 250 Bangladesh procured 250 QW-2 missiles between 2004 and 2007, "presumably with an undisclosed number of gripstocks as well". FN-16 Man-portable air-defense system QW-18A Man-portable air-defense system Anti-aircraft guns Type 65 37 mm autocannon 132 Type 74 37 mm autocannon Type 59 57 mm autocannon 34 Oerlikon GDF 35 mm autocannon 4–8 (sources vary) GDF-009 variant. CS/AA3 35 mm autocannon Chinese variant of the Oerlikon GDF. Type 56 14.5 mm autocannon

Artillery systems and rocket launchers Name Image Caliber Quantity Origin Notes Multiple rocket launchers WS-22 122 mm 49 According to Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, Bangladesh received 18 units in 2016 and 31 in 2019. TRG-300 Tiger 300 mm 18–36 (sources vary) TRG-230 230 mm 18 Self-propelled artillery Nora B-52 155 mm self-propelled howitzers 18-36 (sources vary) Serbia reported that the 6 Nora B-52 exported in 2013 were the K1 variant. Towed artillery Mod 56 105 mm pack howitzer 85-170 (sources vary) M-56 Howitzer 105 mm howitzer 56 M56A1 variant. Type 59-1 130 mm field gun 62 Chinese version of Soviet M-46 gun. Type 54 122 mm howitzer 57 Type 96 122 mm howitzer 54 Chinese version of Soviet D-30 howitzer. MKE Boran howitzer 105 mm Air transportable howitzer 18 Turkish modernized version of L118 light gun. M101 105 mm howitzer 50 M101A1 variant. 50 delivered in 1982. Status uncertain. Type 83 122 mm howitzer 20 Developed from Chinese Type 54 howitzer.

Mortars Name Image Caliber Quantity Origin Notes M50 120 mm 95 The UBM-52 is the Hotchkiss-Brandt MO-120-AM50 built under license in Yugoslavia. UBM 52 120 mm Type 53 120 mm 50 OFB E1 120 mm 18 Type-87 82 mm 366 M29A1 81 mm 11 BOF type-BD-20 60 mm 60 mm Infantry mortar. Type-93 60 mm 26 Type-63 60 mm

Anti-tank weapons

Name Image Type Quantity Origin Notes Anti-tank guided missile systems Metis-M1 Anti-tank missile 1200 HJ-8/Baktar-Shikan Anti-tank missile 283 114 delivered by China in 2001, 169 more delivered by Pakistan in 2004 according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. PF-98 Unguided anti-tank rocket launcher Alcotán-100 PLOS assisted anti-tank rocket launcher system Type-69 Rocket-propelled grenade 200 M40 Recoilless rifle 238 M40A1 variant. Replaced by PF-98 from active duty.

Aircraft of aviation group Aircraft Image Type Quantity Origin Notes Fixed-wing aircraft Cessna 152 Aerobat Light aircraft 5 A152 Aerobat variant. DA40NG Basic trainer 4 Two more on order. Airbus C-295W Transport aircraft 2 Cessna 208B Grand Caravan Utility aircraft 1 Helicopters Mi-171Sh Transport helicopter with armed assault capabilities 5-6 (sources vary) Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin Utility helicopter 2 AS365 N3+ variant Bell 407 GXi Utility helicopter 2 5 on order Bell 206 Utility helicopter 1 Unmanned aerial vehicle Bramor C4EYE Reconnaissance drone 36 Procured in 2017. Bayraktar TB2 Unmanned combat aerial vehicle 6 RQ-21 Blackjack Unmanned aerial vehicle On order

Watercrafts of Riverine Brigade Name Image Type Quantity Origin Notes Amphibious warfare ship Type C (2012) class LCVP 2 Built by Khulna Shipyard. Specifications:- length: 19.85 m, breadth: 7 m, maximum speed: 15 knots. Shakti Sanchar LCT 1 Designed by GB Marine. Specifications:- length: 65.70, breadth: 7 m, deadweight: 440 MT. The LCT is capable of carrying 1 helicopter, 9 tanks and 150 troops. BS Jahangir LCT 1 One Type 074 built by the People's Republic of China exists in the Bangladesh Army fleet. High speed boat Kingfisher-29 High speed patrol boat 60 Metal Shark Boat High speed interceptor boat 3 5 more on order. Sea Horse-13 High speed interceptor boat 2 Made by METACENTRE ltd.

See also Bangladesh Army Aviation Group Bangladesh Naval Aviation

References

External links

Official Website of Bangladesh Army Library of Congress Country Studies assessment of Bangladesh Army (1988) Janes.com www.bof.gov.bd www.bmtf.com.bd