Bangladesh Army

[boltu]

Bro do they allow cameras ??

 

[boltu]

LY60D SURFACE TO AIR MISSILE FOR BA COMING

I think,this is also a SHORAD system and its for BA.Wow,seems like BA and BAF separately building their own multilevel air defence system.

 

[Lionaides]

so sad today is the end of ARMED FORCES HARDWARE SHOW 2012..........

 

[kobiraaz]

Why sad? You have already visited the show!

 

[Lionaides]

wanted to visit more.......i just love those things..........

 

[AnkurPandey]

what a crap Hardware the BD armed forces possess and still they dream about crusade against India.

 

[kobiraaz]

Look we are talking about defeating india, not china or USA. This crap collection is more than enough for India i guess...@pandey

 

[Avisheik]

Army firing competition-2012 begins


Bangladesh Army Firing Competition-2012 began under the supervision of the Headquarters of 9th Infantry Division in Savar Cantonment on Sunday.

Thirteen groups belonging to different formations are participating in the competition, said an ISPR release.

The five-day competition will be concluded on 5 April

 

[boltu]

*Government has allocated enough funds for Bangladesh Ordnance Factory to double its rate of small arms ammunition production.
*Factory 902 of EME is manufacturing many parts for the BTR-80M and BTR-82s that are the front line APCs of the BA.

Ready to destroy wolf land

 

[Lionaides]

*Government has allocated enough funds for Bangladesh Ordnance Factory to double its rate of small arms ammunition production.
*Factory 902 of EME is manufacturing many parts for the BTR-80M and BTR-82s that are the front line APCs of the BA.

Ready to destroy wolf land

hey bro can you give anything about IFVs of BA??? is there anything on procurement list???

 

[Lionaides]

Bangladeshi Type-69mk2g aren't completely upgraded....they haven't replaced their main gun yet....an army personal at ARMED FORCES HARDWARE SHOW told me this!!!!!!!!!! .....the work of type 59g will be started in the next year....

 

[boltu]

hey bro can you give anything about IFVs of BA??? is there anything on procurement list???

sorry bro don't have any infos regarding IFVs

 

[M.H.J.]

Around 200 new BTR-80MS or BTR-82s will be procured. So far in the last 3 years around 200 BTR-82s have already been bought.

Bangladesh Army is also looking to standardize its 155mm artillery systems. Most of them will be bought from a Certain Eastern European Country/countries, who is quickly becoming one of our largest defense suppliers...

For the first time in the country's history, the government will purchase 44 new tanks and three armoured recovery vehicles (ARV) for the army as part of its plan to modernise the armed forces.

The government will also buy two brand new helicopters for the army to ensure necessary logistic support for the UN peacekeeping activities.

* BA likes western technology helicopter like "Eurocopter" for their Army aviation.

The Main Battle Tanks (MBT-2000) and the ARVs will be bought from China, and the helicopters from France through government-to-government deals, which were recently signed. According to the deals, the cost of the tanks will be around Tk 1,201 crore, and the helicopters Tk 174 crore. Besides, a process is on to buy 18 brand new cannons.

The purchases would be done from the budgetary allocations for the army, said government sources.

The government increased the allocation for the armed forces to Tk 12,134 crore in the proposed budget for fiscal 2011-12 from Tk 10,918 crore in the current fiscal year.

"The tanks will be bought through a government to government deal ensuring maximum transparency," Master General of Ordnance (MGO) of Bangladesh Army Maj Gen Abdul Matin told The Daily Star yesterday.

"The purchase is being done as a part of modernisation of the Bangladesh Army," he said adding that the tanks will be delivered in phases over a span of 27 months. In the first phase 24 tanks will come within 20 months, and the rest will come in the second phase over the next 7 months.

The payment for the purchase will be made in phases over the next eight years, said the major general.

Maj Gen (retd) Amin Ahmed Chowdhury told The Daily Star that through this purchase, the military of the country will definitely get a boost.

“If the authorities concerned that would supply the tanks share transfer of technologies then it would work.”

Mag Gen Abdul Matin however said the Chinese government will provide training to technicians of Bangladesh Army in China and in Bangladesh for a good period of time so that the tanks and ARVs could be maintained properly. The training will be free of charge, he said adding that the China would also give adequate spare parts of the tanks.

The government in 2003 took initiatives to buy tanks for the army, but that initiative did not see the light of day due to budgetary limitations, said the sources.

The government was supposed to buy seven tanks last year and seven more this year. As only a Chinese company took part in the tender, the government cancelled it, and re-invited tender in which four companies from China, Russia, Ukraine, and Pakistan participated. Chinese company Norinco was selected as the lowest bidder.

Later the army requested the government to buy 44 tanks instead of 14.

A five-member committee headed by Maj Gen Abdul Matin signed a deal with the Chinese defence ministry on June 14 to purchase the tanks. According to the deal, China North Industries Corporation (Norinco) will deliver the tanks.

Matin said Eurocopter, a global helicopter manufacturing company in France, will supply the two helicopters by July next year.

The two helicopters will be used in UN peacekeeping missions, he said.

The committee chief said they have signed a draft deal with the countries concerned to purchase 18 new cannons. The agreement will be finalised next year, he added.

Bangladesh first got tanks in 1974 during Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's trip to Egypt. The then Egyptian president Anwar Sadat presented Bangabandhu with 44 tanks that were in good shape, said government sources.

Some refurbished tanks have also been bought for the army over the years...

 

[kobiraaz]

^^ I don't like relationship with that ' East European Country ' ! Russia or China is better source of weapon!

 

[M.H.J.]

But,,,This time Bangladesh Army wants European helos instead of a Chinese one for their army aviation...!!