[🇧🇩-Land] Military Capability of Bangladesh

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Source : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omnT8T4riWU&t=8s

The following video talks about military capability of Bangladesh. The video is in English.

 

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Armed forces chiefs with the prime minister.

 

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Bangladesh army has procured RPG-29 from Russia. This will augment our anti tank capability.

 

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Winter military exercise of Bangladesh army. The nickname of this exercise is Nabadiganta.

 

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The following video is about a battle drill of Bangladesh army.

 

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Induction Ceremony of Turkish TB-2 Attack Drone.

 

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A cool video on training of Bangladesh army.

 

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Induction of Turkish TG-300 MLRS and Chinese FM-90 SHORAD SAM into Bangladesh Army.

 

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More TRG-300 MLRS for Bangladesh Army. The range of TRG-300 MLRS is 120km.

 

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Hand to hand close combat of Bangladesh army.

 

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Army chief urges soldiers to be ready to face any challenge

Army Chief General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed emphasizes the importance of readiness and modern training in facing 21st-century challenges. Read more about his call to the members of Bangladesh Army to be prepared for any obstacle that may arise.

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Army chief urges soldiers to be ready to face any challenge

Chief of Army Staff General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed on Monday urged the members of Bangladesh Army to be prepared for all times to face the challenges of 21st century obtaining epoch making modern training.

"We had infused our lives in the great Liberation War, when it was necessary for the country and its people and if needed we will do it again," he said.

The army chief was addressing at the 6th Core Reunion and the 42nd Annual Commander Conference-2023 of the Army Service Core at the ASC Center and School at Zahanabad Cantonment in Khulna as the chief guest, said an ISPR press release.

He also remembered the important role and contribution of the Bangladesh army during the Great Liberation War.

General Ahmed paid rich tributes to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Freedom Fighters including Army men during Liberation War at the beginning of his speech.

Remembering the glorious heritage of ASC core of the Army and their active contribution in the infrastructural development of the country as well as service to the motherland when it was necessary, the Army top boss asked to enhance their total skills during their duty in and outside the country.

Stimulation has been created among the Army persons in presence of its Chief and conviction has been reiterated among each of the members (Core) for serving the motherland in future, the ISPR press Release added.
Besides, the Army Chief unveiled the foundation stone of the 50-Bed Combined Military Hospital at the Zahanabad Cantonment.

The army chief later paid homage at the monument 'Sangsaptok', at Zahanabad, built in Memory of the martyred and visited different military establishments.

Army high officials and media personnel, among others, were present at the event.

 

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The following article has been extracted from the official army webpage. It's a good overview of Bangladesh army.

About Bangladesh Army - Bangladesh Army

HeadQuater of Bangladesh Army, All about Bangladesh Army

www.army.mil.bd

About Bangladesh Army

General

Bangladesh Army emerged during the Liberation War of Bangladesh in 1971. The mission of Bangladesh Army is to defend the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Bangladesh. In addition to its primary mission, the Bangladesh Army is also assisting the civilian government during times of national emergency.

Role of Bangladesh Army

Bangladesh Army intends to build a well trained and well-equipped deterrent land force to meet the traditional and non-traditional threats and challenges of 21st century. However, the roles of Bangladesh Army are:

· To defend sovereignty and territorial integrity.
· To plan and develop the mobilization of civil resources in support of land operations.

· To aid the civil administrations in maintenance of internal security and law and order situation, when assigned.

· To assist the civil administration in managing the disasters and natural calamities, when requested.

· To take part in nation development activities as and when asked for.
· To support United Nations Peacekeeping Operations.

· To take part in coalition operations with other nations if authorized by the parliament.


Achievement and Contribution

Achievement and contribution of Bangladesh Army has to be traced back through 5 broad categories of operational engagements. These are Internal Security Operations, Counter Insurgency Operations (CIO) in Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), infrastructure and nation building activities, role in disaster management and UN peacekeeping operations.

Nation Building Activities and In Aid of Civil Power

Bangladesh Army has made commendable contributions in number of nation building activities assigned by government and could earn trust and confidence of common mass. It includes preparation of voter list with picture and National ID cards, Machine Readable Passport, construction of roads, flyover, underpass etc. So far, Bangladesh Army carried out good number of internal security operations in aid to the civil administration to bring back normalcy in life. Besides, in the wake of any disaster like flood, cyclone, earth-quake, building collapse and accidental fire incidents etc, Bangladesh Army provides the quickest support to the affected people.


Chittagong Hill Tracts Conflict

At the outbreak of the insurgency in CHT, the Government of Bangladesh deployed the army to fight CIO. In the process of fighting, many officers and men sacrificed their valuable lives for their utmost dedication and patriotism which led to exemplary counter insurgency conflict termination in South Asia. Due to remarkable contribution of Bangladesh Army in the field of maintenance of security and socio-economic development of CHT, long conflict of more than two decade ended with the signing of CHT Peace Accord in 1997 between the government and the Parbatya Chattagram Jana Sanghati Samiti (PCJSS). At present army is performing the role of post-CIO in order to support government machinery to perform its normal activities.

Contribution to UN Peacekeeping Operations

The Bangladesh is actively involved in a United Nations Peace Support Operations under Blue Helmets since 1988. By this time Bangladesh Army has completed 50 missions in 40 countries. At present 7,085 peacekeepers from Bangladesh Army are deployed in 10 Missions of 10 different countries. Besides establishing world peace, our peacekeepers are earning huge amount of foreign remittance that contributes towards maintaining and increasing the growth rate of our National economy. In search of world peace, our peacekeepers dive deep in fathomless darkness; and they sacrifice their valuable lives. Till now 124 Bangladeshi peacekeepers have embraced martyrdom and many of our peacekeepers were injured.

Conclusion

Bangladesh Army has come a long way since its transformation from a non-descript entity to a credible defence forces in this sub-continent. As an institution, the Army today is self-confident and self-contained, with tremendous potentials to sustain growth, expansion and modernization. Army as deterrent land force is capable to meet the traditional and non-traditional security threats of 21st century in order to maintain territorial integrity of Bangladesh.