Bangladesh Army

[lastofthepatriots]

One on the left? I can spot two.

They were all Pakistani once.

 

[Areesh]

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So 1 guy is indeed from BD??

 

[Major d1]

 

[Bilal9]

Commandos of the 1st Para-commando Battalion of Bangladesh Army arrive at their headquarters after completing 'Operation Thunderbolt'.

 

[Skies]

As a believer of defensive doctrine, BD Aruy must need hundreds of SAMs. May be like SU-400s.

 

[kobiraaz]

As a believer of defensive doctrine, BD Aruy must need hundreds of SAMs. May be like SU-400s.

True These days nations don't want to use manpower. And Urbanized battle have made the infantry less effective. Even little trained part time guerrillas can destroy tanks.. So Aerial Strike is the weapon of Choice. As such effective Air defence is must. However we won't get anything else other than Chinese copies.

 

[bd_4_ever]

@~Phoenix~ - You mentioned about BD acquiring ToT of WS-22 MBRLs. Would be nice to share some links here..?

 

[~Phoenix~]

So 1 guy is indeed from BD??

This guy I rekon

( I guess this pic is also from the exercise )

As a believer of defensive doctrine, BD Aruy must need hundreds of SAMs. May be like SU-400s.

Somebody do humanity a favour and kill that guy rofl

@~Phoenix~ - You mentioned about BD acquiring ToT of WS-22 MBRLs. Would be nice to share some links here..?

Check BDmilitary.com

 

[Aung Zaya]

heck BDmilitary.com

BDmilitary.com itself not a creditable source..!! Another one else..!?

 

[bd_4_ever]

Check BDmilitary.com

BDMilitary is not a very credible source, even though some of their news has been correct. Any other links?

 

[Arthur]

BDMilitary is not a very credible source, even though some of their news has been correct. Any other links?

During the tenure of previous COAS WS-43 an WS-22 assembly was discussed. It was mentioned few times in defence related press release of gov. Though there is little sign of ground work on these, but the news itself is true.

 

[bd_4_ever]

During the tenure of previous COAS WS-43 an WS-22 assembly was discussed. It was mentioned few times in defence related press release of gov. Though there is little sign of ground work on these, but the news itself is true.

Well if that's the case then good work, but I'd like to see it materialize not by 2030 but.. say within 2020. Frankly, MBRLs should not be difficult to assemble with Chinese help, given we already have gradually accumulated experience in the private car sector.

Slowly but surely, we should move towards assembly of tanks. However that also depends on how much the Army is willing to maintain as we usually never go ga-ga over quantity.

 

[bigbossman]

Mi-171SH of Bangladesh Army

 

[Michael Corleone]

They were all Pakistani once.

Yes. Until you guys decided to start killing your own brothers.

As a believer of defensive doctrine, BD Aruy must need hundreds of SAMs. May be like SU-400s.

An air defence system is a combination of multiple Ayten with offense as an attribute.

 

[Bilal9]

Is there a Pakistani equivalent?

Partial description from Wiki:

FN-6 (FN = FeiNu, 飞弩, meaning Flying Crossbow), is a third generation passive infrared homing (IR) man portable air defence system (MANPADS). It was developed by China, and is their most advanced surface-to-air missile offered in the international market. Specially designed to engage low flying targets, it has a range of 6 km and a maximum altitude of 3.8 km. The FN-6 is in service with the People's Liberation Army (PLA), and has also been exported to Malaysia, Cambodia, Sudan and Peru. Based on FN-6, China has developed a number of other MANPADS, such as HN and FY series, as well as other vehicle-based short-range air defense systems such as FN and FB series.

Development
The weapon was specifically designed to be used against targets flying at low and very low altitudes.[1] The FN-6 was developed in parallel with the Qian Wei (QW) missile series. FN-6, or FeiNu-6, is the export name given to the export version derived from this system, and it is known as HongYing-6 (Red Tassel-6) in the PLA.[2][3] The training simulator of FN-6 is not developed by the contractor of the missile system, but instead, the simulator is developed by PLA itself after the missile was purchased, and the general designer of the training simulator of FN-6 is Mr. Liu Weixing (刘卫星). The training simulator of FN-6 is also used for later versions of MANPADS developed from FN-6.

Export sales of the weapon is the responsibility of China National Precision Machinery Import and Export Corporation, a state owned trading company responsible for representing the domestic defense production industry in air defense related products.[4]

Characteristics
According to Janes The FN-6 is a third generation, passive infrared,[1] man portable air defence system (MANPADS). It is equipped with a digital infrared seeker with a strong resistance to flares, solar heat and heat from the ground. The pyramid shaped nose of the missile houses the four unit infrared seeker. The handle of the launcher houses the batteries and cooling system. An IFF antenna and an optional clip-on optical sight are fitted on to the launcher.[1][3]

The missile is capable of all-aspect attack and has a 70% single shot hit probability. It can engage targets manoeuvring at up to 4 g.[1] When FN-6 MANPADS can be equipped with night vision equipment, and it can also be equipped with IFFsystems, two of which were shown to public, one of which is similar in appearance to AN/PPX-1 IFF of FIM-92 Stinger, while the other IFF system is a fish bone configuration. When equipped with IFF system, the name is changed from FN-6 to FY-6, or short for Fei Ying, meaning Flying Eagle (飞鹰).[citation needed]

Specifications
The complete FN-6 missile system weighs 16 kg. The missile is 1.495 m in length, and has a diameter of 0.072 m. The weight of the missile is unknown. It uses a single stage solid rocket motor, and can obtain a maximum speed of 360 m/s when flying head-on, and 300 m/s when tail chasing. The missile's operating range is from 500 m to 6 km, and its operating altitude is from 15 m to 3.5 km.[3]

FN-16
At the 7th Zhuhai Airshow held at the end of 2008, China revealed a new addition to FN series MANPAD, FN-16. FN-16 is an improvement of earlier FN-6, with better all aspect attack capability and better resistance against electronic countermeasures. Another major improvement is in its seeker, which in addition to the original IR guidance, UV guidance is also incorporated, a practice adopted in the later version of FIM-92 Stinger. Like its predecessor FN-6, FN-16 can also be fitted with both IFF systems used on FN-6, and just like FN-6, FN-16 is re-designated as FY-16 (Fei Ying = 飞鹰, meaning Flying Eagle) when equipped with IFFs.