MBT-2000 of Bangladesh Army Have Arrived In Chittagong Port
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I heard from somewhere that the Yatagan had engine issues in hot and humid weather
Possible though very unlikely seeing that Pakistan went for T-80UDs & T-80UDs with T-84's welded turrets (with alleged improvements later on). These tanks use a 6TD-1 engine whereas the T-84s including the Yatagans & the Oplots use a 6TD-2 engine, the difference being 1000 HP vs 1200 HP respectively. Pakistan has in the past rejected tanks (including the M1As in the '80s) which have failed our tests in the dessert owing to the inability of those engines to sustain themselves in hot, dusty conditions of Sindh-Rajastan where Tanks battles are projected to be fought between Pakistan & India.
Our T-80s have been serving quite well since the late '90s with us collaborating with the Ukrainians on subsequent improvements, many of which have found their way in the Al-Khalid & the Al-Zarrar series.
If there was an issue with their engine, they would have failed the field tests conducted by us in '96 or would have subsequently been phased out in the early-to-mid 2000s ! Instead we modeled many of the improvements on the Al-Zarrar based on the T-80s to bring it up to the Ukrainian MBTs standard.
Edit: Typo ! *unlikely*
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44 MBT 2000 to Bangladesh Army
The long rumored deal is now finalized. Thanks to Bangladesh Military Forces Forum for the alert.
Monday, June 27, 2011
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Army to get 44 tanks
2 helicopters also on purchase list
Hasan Jahid Tusher
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.
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.
China Defense Blog: 44 MBT 2000 to Bangladesh Army
Army to get 44 tanks
The long rumored deal is now finalized. Thanks to Bangladesh Military Forces Forum for the alert.
Monday, June 27, 2011
Front Page
Army to get 44 tanks
2 helicopters also on purchase list
Hasan Jahid Tusher
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.
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.
China Defense Blog: 44 MBT 2000 to Bangladesh Army
Army to get 44 tanks
Note: these questions are for Bangladeshi and Pakistani members, not Arjun tank salesmen and/or trolls.
These are very broad questions but how strong is our army? Based on this procurement and other information from Wiki, which probably isn't 100% correct but should be on the right track, it seems the army is doing well. How is our training? How are our soldiers? How is our army in comparison with Pakistan's?
Comparison with the Pakistani army is due to the fact that the Indian army is clearly (and logically) stronger than ours, all sentiments aside leaving Pakistan as the next comparable army.
No trolls/troll answers please for the love of God.
These are very broad questions but how strong is our army? Based on this procurement and other information from Wiki, which probably isn't 100% correct but should be on the right track, it seems the army is doing well. How is our training? How are our soldiers? How is our army in comparison with Pakistan's?
Comparison with the Pakistani army is due to the fact that the Indian army is clearly (and logically) stronger than ours, all sentiments aside leaving Pakistan as the next comparable army.
No trolls/troll answers please for the love of God.
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we are only lacking in air force.
Please forward to 2:10 to watch the remainng video...
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Indian army is struggling too with very old russian-non russian indigenous equipment. It depends the field of comparison; tanks, mlrs, SAMs, other guns-light weapons-artillery, APCS, APVs gunship AFAIK there can't be any comparison BD Armed Forces are doing everything with-in the budget allotted.
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yes, we all know he said reality```unlike delusional indians
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Congrats BD members! money rightly and wisely spent.... I am sure the machine will prove its worth, down to the last penny!!
let your armored boys take it for a spin .... and after that a follow up order
(provided their is a need)
Adios!
let your armored boys take it for a spin .... and after that a follow up order
(provided their is a need)Adios!
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Our army's training is good. Comparable to both the Indians and the Pakistanis.
However, we fall short on equipment.
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Patience BD economy is doing very well, BD has no danger post 2020 you may see good number of orders for the Armed Forces.
Ground Radars, MLRS, SAMs high medium, ALCMs...if BD keep stronger relationship with China-Pakistan-Turkey you can have great equipment by all 3 of them you won't be needing russians anymore.
Russians were never needed actually. But its a policy of BAL fagots to go for russian high cost weapons rather than chinese relatively low cost effective weapons. Google search "bangladesh mig 29 scandal". IF it wasn't for the army, these BAL fagots would have severed ties with China by now. But the darkest hour is just before the dawn. If this is BD's darkest hour then the dawn is very near. Inshallah BD will again have great ties with china & PAK in the imminent future.
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