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]

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] Heavy 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. 1 2 3 "Army gets new SP guns, Metis M-1 missiles". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  7. ↑ "PM for maintaining mutual trust, fraternity in army". New Age. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
  8. 1 2 World Air Forces 2015. Flightglobal Insight. 2015. p. 10. (Registration required (help)).
  9. ↑ "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.
  10. ↑ Stevenson, Beth (11 October 2016). "Bangladesh orders single C295W". FlightGlobal. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
  11. ↑ "Bangladesh Army Arms Histories". Global Security.
  12. ↑ "Army helicopter crashes". bdnews24.com. 3 July 2013.
  13. 1 2 3 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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