Bangladesh Army

[BDforever]

can anyone post a side by side comparison of a type 59g and the Al-Zarrar,because i read in many forums that bangladesh went with type 59g instead of the AZ,and if so many people have called it a type 96 in the body of a type 59.

Bangladesh is upgrading its 320 Type59 tanks to Al-Zarrar standard. 300 more Type59G will be procured and will be upgraded to AL-Zarrar standard because AL-Zarrar is more improved than Type59G

 

[british_bengali]

There is a Bangladeshi Military Delegation staying in Minsk.However i cannot post the articles since the information is from a subscription website.(Belapan.***)You can easily find the title but unless someone has a subcription here thats all we'll know for a few days or weeks if something comes out of it.

oh and the websites in Russian.

 

[eastwatch]

Bangladesh is upgrading its 320 Type59 tanks to Al-Zarrar standard. 300 more Type59G will be procured and will be upgraded to AL-Zarrar standard because AL-Zarrar is more improved than Type59G

Where from the BA will procure type 59G? These 300 will be certainly old ones from some country's stockyard of obsolete tanks? Instead of working on these tanks BA may well induct a limited number of new ones.

 

[BDforever]

Where from the BA will procure type 59G? These 300 will be certainly old ones from some country's stockyard of obsolete tanks? Instead of working on these tanks BA may well induct a limited number of new ones.

from china, new one. This is medium tank, it will cost much less than MBT2000. BTW Type59G is not old tank, it is 3+ generation tank but Al-Zarrar is 3++ generation tank

 

[eastwatch]

from china, new one. This is medium tank, it will cost much less than MBT2000. BTW Type59G is not old tank, it is 3+ generation tank but Al-Zarrar is 3++ generation tank

It means BA will induct type 59G new tanks from China in FULLY ASSEMBLED condition. BA will then dis-assemble them and fit Al-Zarrar parts in them in its factory.

It is a long procedure. Instead, BA can induct the frame and Al-Zarrar parts from China and assemble the tanks in BD. So, which procedure the BA will take?

 

[BDforever]

It means BA will induct type 59G new tanks from China in FULLY ASSEMBLED condition. BA will then dis-assemble them and fit Al-Zarrar parts in them in its factory.

It is a long procedure. Instead, BA can induct the frame and Al-Zarrar parts from China and assemble the tanks in BD. So, which procedure the BA will take?

do not know, just know that BA will procure Type59G tank and will upgrade them to Al-Zarrar, surely BA will look for cheapest option

 

[british_bengali]

you can upgrade a basic type 59 into Al-Zarrar.
it will be more expensive to upgrade tanks to typ59G then to the Al zarrar.Also the Chinese do not use the Al Zarrar so the upgrades will have to come from Pakistan.
Why need to get uprgades from two different countries when the type 59G will be fine for us?

 

[BDforever]

you can upgrade a basic type 59 into Al-Zarrar.
it will be more expensive to upgrade tanks to typ59G then to the Al zarrar.Also the Chinese do not use the Al Zarrar so the upgrades will have to come from Pakistan.
Why need to get uprgades from two different countries when the type 59G will be fine for us?

because China is the producer of Type59 tank and how do you know Type59G is fine for us when we have much better of option of its kind ? . China is focusing on other modern heavy tank like Type 99 , their demand and our demand are different

 

[british_bengali]

if China made the Al zarrar,there would be no need to go to Pakistan and ask for cooperation and we have not even purchased modifications for the Al zarrar but we have for the Type 59G.
Also we need to take in consideration of Price and Maintanence,why would be buy modifications for 300 tanks and then buy modifications again for them?
As far as better options go,we don't know if the Type 59G is better than the Al zarrar since there has been no detailed analysis done. I personally thought the T-84 Yatagan and the Type 96G was better than the MBT-2000 but we went with the MBT because of Better financing options.

 

[BDforever]

if China made the Al zarrar,there would be no need to go to Pakistan and ask for cooperation and we have not even purchased modifications for the Al zarrar but we have for the Type 59G.
Also we need to take in consideration of Price and Maintanence,why would be buy modifications for 300 tanks and then buy modifications again for them?
As far as better options go,we don't know if the Type 59G is better than the Al zarrar since there has been no detailed analysis done. I personally thought the T-84 Yatagan and the Type 96G was better than the MBT-2000 but we went with the MBT because of Better financing options.

1.Al zarrar (pakistani modified version of Type 59 just like we did to Type 69 tank and made it Type69MK2G) is better than Type59G
2.we are already running Al-zarrar program with existing old Type59.
3. T-84 has heat problem.
4. as far as i know there is very little difference between MBT2000 and Type 96G

 

[Zabaniyah]

Where from the BA will procure type 59G? These 300 will be certainly old ones from some country's stockyard of obsolete tanks? Instead of working on these tanks BA may well induct a limited number of new ones.

The current Type-59's will be upgraded 'G' standards.

 

[BDforever]

The current Type-59's will be upgraded 'G' standards.

no bro , Al-Zarrar standard (more improved)

 

[imkhasif]

Now ! Million dollar question , what's the rank of our BD army by muslim countries and also in the world?

 

[british_bengali]

Now ! Million dollar question , what's the rank of our BD army by muslim countries and also in the world?

In what terms? Size,Equipment,defense spending?

There is no official ranking of who has the Best Army since it is a matter of opinion and there are many factors to Include.

 

[Bamboo Castle]

yes and BDian upgraded Type59 is Al-Zarrar standard which is superior to Type59G

How? I mean the Al-Zarrar is a Pakistan Army's upgraded variant of Type-59 MBT. Whereas, Type 59G is a Type-96 MBT in a Type-59 body. Type-59G has been given a new turret as well. If you compare the tanks, the capabilities comes like this:


Type-59G specifications:

Electronics:
1. Laser rangefinder, wind sensor, ballistic computer, and thermal barrel sleeve
2. Dual axis stabilization ensures effective firing on the move
3. Multiple periscopes
4. Stabilized panoramic sight
5. Roof-mounted stabilized sights with thermal channels, a laser rangefinder and an auto tracker facility.
6. The commander has a display showing the gunner's thermal sight
7. Computerized on-board information processing system: integrated with Inertia/GPS, observation systems and sensors.
8. Ability of real-time command and beyond-vision-range target engaging
9. Explosive Reactive Armour (ERA) protection, fire suppression system, NBC suite

Armament:
1x 125 mm smoothbore gun (Semi-Automatic reloader) and capable of firing ATGM
1x 7.62 mm coaxial machine gun
1x 12.7 mm air-defence machine gun

Engine: Diesel 1000 hp

Suspension: Torsion bar

Operational range: 500 km

Speed: 65 km/h


Al-zarrar Specification:

Electronics:
1. Dual-axis stabilisation system
2. Thermal imaging sights for the commander and gunner
3. Improved gun control system

Armament:
1x 125 mm smoothbore gun (Semi-Automatic reloader)
1x 12.7 mm external anti-aircraft machine gun
1x 7.62 mm coaxial machine gun

Engine:
Diesel 730 hp

Suspension: Torsion bar

Operational range: 450 km

Speed: 65 km/h

It looks like to me that the Type-59G is heavily superior to the Al-Zarrar MBT.