List of equipment of the Bangladesh Army

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

Soldier gear and equipments

Service uniform
Name Pattern Uniform Type Origin Notes
Military uniform
Uniform of Bangladesh Army US Woodland  Bangladesh [1]

Communication equipments
Name Image Type Quantity Origin Notes
Personal Role Radio
H4855 Personal role radio 2000  Italy PRR is issued to every member of an eight-strong infantry section.[2]
Manpack radio
Codan 2110M Manpack radio 200  Australia [3]
VHF-90M Manpack radio  Australia [4]
PRC-2080 Manpack radio  Australia [5]
PRC-2090 Manpack radio  Australia [5]
High frequency communication equipment
Radio relay system Microwave radio relay Used for secured communication during wartime.[6]
R-149MA3 Command and signals vehicle 10  Russia [6]

Infantry weapons

Firearms
Name Image Caliber Type Origin Notes
Pistols
Browning Hi Power 9×19mm Parabellum Semi-automatic pistol  Belgium [7]
QSZ 92 9×19mm Parabellum Semi-automatic pistol  China [7]
Bersa Thunder 9 9×19mm Parabellum Semi-automatic pistol  Argentina [8]
Submachine guns
KRISS Vector Gen II 9×19mm Parabellum Submachine gun  United States [9]
Heckler & Koch MP5 9×19mm Parabellum Submachine gun  Germany [7]
Assault rifles
BD-08 7.62×39mm Assault rifle  China
 Bangladesh		 Produced under license by Bangladesh Ordnance Factories.[7][10]
Type 56 7.62×39mm Assault rifle  China
 Bangladesh		 Assembled locally at BOF.[11][7]
AK-15 7.62×39mm Assault rifle  Russia In January 2022, DGDP floated a tender for 2,000 AK-15 rifles for the Bangladesh Army.[12]
Carbine
M4 Carbine 5.56×45mm NATO Selective fire carbine  US [7]
Type 56 Carbine 7.62×39mm Semi-automatic carbine  Bangladesh
 China		 Produced under license by Bangladesh Ordnance Factories till 2006.[10]
Zastava M59/66 7.62×39mm Semi-automatic carbine  Yugoslavia [11]
Machine guns
BD-15 7.62×39mm Light machine gun  Bangladesh LMG variant of BD-08 assault rifle.[13][14]
RPD 7.62×39mm Light machine gun  Russia [7]
Type 80 7.62×54mm General-purpose machine gun  China
 [15]
DShK 12.7×108mm Heavy machine gun  Russia [7][11]
Sniper rifle & DMR
AX308 7.62×51mm NATO Sniper rifle  UK [16]
SC-76 Thunderbolt 7.62×51mm NATO Sniper rifle  UK [16]
Pindad SPR 7.62×51mm NATO Sniper rifle  Indonesia [17]
RPA Rangemaster 7.62×51mm NATO Sniper rifle  UK Rangemaster 7.62 variant.[16]
Dragunov sniper rifle 7.62×54mmR Designated marksman rifle  China Chinese Type 85 variant.[7][15]
Grenade-based weapons
Arges 84 BD[18] Fragmentation hand grenade  Bangladesh
 Austria		 Licensed version of Austrian ARGES HG-84, manufactured under license by Bangladesh Ordnance Factories.[19]
STK 40 AGL 40x53mm grenade Automatic grenade launcher  Singapore [20]

Anti-tank weapons
Name Image Type Quantity Origin Notes
Metis-M1 Anti-tank missile 1200  Russia Delivered in 2013.[21][22]
HJ-8/Baktar-Shikan Anti-tank missile 344  China
 Pakistan		 Ordered in 2000, 114 delivered by China in 2001, 230 more delivered by Pakistan between 2001 and 2004 according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.[22]
PF-98 Anti-tank rocket  China [21][23]
Type-69 Rocket-propelled grenade 200  China [24]
M40 Recoilless rifle 238  US M40A1 variant.[25] Replaced by PF-98 from active duty.

Mortars
Name Image Caliber Quantity Origin Notes
Hotchkiss-Brandt MO-120-AM50 120 mm 95  France The UBM-52 is the Hotchkiss-Brandt MO-120-AM50 built under license in Yugoslavia.[25][26]
UBM 52 120 mm  Yugoslavia
Type 53 120 mm 50  China [22]
BOF Morter  Bangladesh At least one model under production but official details by BOF is not available.[27] BOF tested their prototype 60 mm and 82 mm mortar guns before 2016.[28]
Type-87 82 mm 366  China [25]
M29A1 81 mm 11  US [25]
Type-93 60 mm 26  China [15]

Vehicles and artillery

Combat tanks
Name Image Type Quantity Origin Notes
MBT-2000 Main battle tank 44  China [22][25]
Type 59 Durjoy Medium tank 174  Bangladesh
 China		 174 Type 59 tanks were upgraded to Type 59G(BD) Durjoy with kits from China in 2014–2019.[22][25]
Type 69-IIG Medium tank 58  China 58 Type 69-IIA tanks upgraded to Type 69-IIG version with kits from China in 2010–2013.[22][25]
VT-5 Light tank 5  China 44 ordered in 2019, 5 delivered in 2021[22]

Armored vehicles
Name Image Type Quantity Origin Notes
BTR 80 Armoured personnel carrier 330–645 (sources vary)


 Russia [22][25]
MT LB Armoured personnel carrier 134  Russia [25]
MaxxPro Mine-resistant ambush protected vehicle (MRAP) 50-81 (sources vary)  US [22][25]
Otokar Cobra II Infantry mobility vehicle / MRAP 67  Turkey [22]
Otokar Cobra-1 Light armoured vehicle 17–44 (sources vary)  Turkey [22][25][21]
Pindad Anoa Armoured personnel carrier 6  Indonesia [29]
BOV M11 Armoured reconnaissance vehicle 8  Serbia [22][25]
RN-94 Armoured ambulance 9  Turkey
 Romania		 [22]
Type 85 AFV APC/Command vehicle 50  China [22]

Artillery systems
Name Image Caliber Quantity Origin Notes
Multiple rocket launchers
TRG-300 Tiger 300 mm 6–18 (sources vary)  Turkey [30] [25]
WS-22 122 mm 49  China [22][25]
Self-propelled artillery
Nora B-52 155mm self-propelled howitzers 18-36 (sources vary)  Serbia [21][22][25]
Towed artillery
Type 59-1 130 mm field gun 62  China Chinese version of Soviet M-46 gun.[25]
Type 54-1 122 mm field howitzer 57  China [22][25]
PL-96 122 mm howitzer 54  China [22][25]
Type 83 122 mm pack howitzer 20  China [22][25]
Mod 56 105 mm pack howitzer 85–170 (sources vary)  Italy [22][25]
M101A1 105 mm pack howitzer 50  US Status uncertain.[22]

Air defence systems
Name Image Type Quantity Origin Notes
Surface-to-air missile systems
FM-90 Short range air defense 4 SAM systems  China 4 SAM systems with 150 missiles.[22][25]
Man-portable air-defense systems
FN-16 Man-portable air-defense system 100  China [22][25]
QW-2 Vanguard 2 Man-portable air-defense system 250  China Bangladesh procured 250 QW-2 missiles between 2004 and 2007, "presumably with an undisclosed number of gripstocks as well".[22][25][31]
Anti-aircraft guns
Oerlikon GDF 35 mm autocannon 4-8 (sources vary)   Switzerland GDF-009 variant.[22][25][32]
Type 65 37 mm autocannon 132  China [25]
Type 74 37 mm autocannon  China [25]
Type 59 57 mm autocannon 34  China [25]
Type 56 14.5 mm autocannon  China [33]

Radars and fire control systems
Name Image Type Quantity Origin Notes
Radar systems
SLC-2 Weapon locating radar  China [34][35]
FM-90 Fire control radar 4  China Part of FM-90 air defense system.[22][25]
Oerlikon Skyguard-3 Fire control radar 4-8 (sources vary)   Switzerland Part of Oerlikon GDF-009 guns.[22][25]

Engineering vehicles
Name Image Type Quantity Origin Notes
Armoured recovery vehicle
Type 84 Armoured recovery vehicle 5  China [22][25]
Type 654 Armoured recovery vehicle 3  China [22][25]
BREM-K Armoured recovery vehicle 10+  Russia In 2011, Bangladesh received 80 BTR-80s, including an unknown number of ARVs. In 2016–17, Bangladesh received 340 BTR-80s, including 10 ARV version.[22]
Bomb disposal equipment
Bozena-5 Remote controlled mine clearing vehicle 1  Slovakia [36]

Logistics and utility vehicles
Name Image Role Quantity Origin Notes
Pickup truck
Land Rover Defender Utility vehicle  UK Assembled by Bangladesh Machine Tools Factory.[37]
Staff car
Tata Hexa Staff car 200  India [38][39][40]
4x4 truck
Arunima Bolyan 4x4 truck  Bangladesh [41]
6x4 truck
Renault Kerax 380.34T 6x4 truck 10  France [42]

Aircraft of aviation group
Aircraft Image Type Quantity Origin Notes
Fixed-wing aircraft
Airbus C-295W Transport aircraft 1  Spain [22][25][43]
Cessna 208B Grand Caravan Utility aircraft 1  US [43]
DA40NG Basic trainer 4  Austria Two more on order.[22][44]
Cessna 152 Aerobat Light aircraft 5  US A152 Aerobat variant.[25][44]
Helicopters
Mi-171Sh Transport helicopter with armed assault capabilities 3-5 (sources vary)  Russia [25][43]
Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin Utility helicopter 2  France AS365 N3+ variant[22][25][43]
Bell 206 Utility helicopter 2-3 (sources vary)  US [25][43]
Bell 407 Utility helicopter 2  US [43]
Unmanned aerial vehicle
Bramor C4EYE Reconnaissance drone 36  Slovenia Procured in 2017.[45]

Watercrafts of Riverine Brigade
Name Image Type Quantity Origin Notes
Amphibious warfare ship
Shakti Sanchar LCT 1  Bangladesh 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.[46][47]
Type 074 class: BS Jahangir LCT 1  China One Type 074 built by the People's Republic of China exists in the Bangladesh Army fleet.[48]
Type C (2012) class LCVP 2  Bangladesh Build by Khulna Shipyard. Specifications:- length: 19.85 m, breadth: 7 m, maximum speed: 15 knots.[49][50]
High speed boat
Metal Shark Boat High speed interceptor boat 3[51]  USA 5 more on order.[51]
Sea Horse-13 High speed interceptor boat 2  Bangladesh Made by METACENTRE ltd.[52][53]
Kingfisher-29 High speed patrol boat 60  Canada [54]
MFG-23C High speed patrol boat 100  Bangladesh Made by Yamaha Marine Bangladesh Ltd.[55]

See also

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