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Bangladesh Army adopts Indian Army dress code?

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Sadly I see my thesis in The India Doctrine now coming true. Not by physical violence and aggression but by insipid and gradual steps led by our so-called leaders gifting away our sovereignty and national pride -

Please compare the photos and the uniforms used by the CoAS of India and Bangladesh in 2007 and what we are seeing now -

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Don't tell me you were proud of wielding Pakistani Army dress code? Because honestly, you could choose any form of military dress code. Why'd you want to continue with a code that is of your once enemy?
 
MBI Munshi is back.... Hope his time was well spent on the mission of recruiting more Bangladeshis for RAW...

On topic...: This is getting really scary... Whats next..? Bangladesh will copy India's national flag..?
 
Our new SD has a shade different from IA. The difference may show if both are photographed together. However, this deep color does not go well with the average Bangladeshi complexion. It should have been much lighter. The day to day office uniform with short sleeve shirts is okay.
 
Our new SD has a shade different from IA. The difference may show if both are photographed together. However, this deep color does not go well with the average Bangladeshi complexion. It should have been much lighter. The day to day office uniform with short sleeve shirts is okay.

The shade is almost exact but because of the flash from the camera it looks lighter ....
 
^ doesn't matter. Both are Bangladeshi officer here lolz
 
Bangladeshi pdf members might be Anti India but govt and military of Bangladesh is pro India .
 
if you see this pic there is a difference....one guy is having the golden rope thing to his right while the other wears it on his left

The Chief wears his lane-yard on the right.
 
1.If I may get into little detail. During WW II British IA troops in Africa and Europe kept on wearing the khaki as the battle-dress. Against the Japs OG was introduced. After the war Partition followed, but present IA continued to fight the Nagas who had declared independence for themselves. So OG continued in wide use in IA and was eventually adopted as the standard uniform. PA adopted khaki which, as battle-dress, also camouflaged well in their terrain.

2. Psychologically our people are allergic to anything Indian. This thread is not meant to discuss the reasons, etc. Moreover, the memory of IA's OG uniformed JRB atrocities are too fresh in our minds. People, therefore, are bound to get upset if our army is seen in IA attire. That is a reality which we can do nothing about, but must take into consideration for popular comfort.

3. Globally "khaki" is the army color, as navy blue and white for the navy, and sky blue is for the air force. If you study you will see almost all armies in the tropics or equatorial zone use khaki from the Atlantic to the Pacific - from Algeria - Morocco to Indonesia- Vietnam. Not only the British, the French, the Spanish, the Italians - all armies are using khaki. IA is the lone exception among the larger armies that I know of.

4. Reflecting heat as opposed to absorbing that is so important for a soldier or a policeman doing a long spell of duty exposed to the tropical sun. That must have been a prime consideration, and not by coincidence, that all armies and police forces are in khaki or white in case of the police in the tropics.

5. We are discussing Summer SD. There are a variety of other wear - Winter SD, Summer Mess Kit (monkey jacket), Winter Mess Kit (blue patrol), walking out order (bush shirt) and the routine office uniform. The complexion of the person wearing is important. In published photos Gen Bhuyan doesn't look so bad because of a lighter skin, but IA Gen Singh really looks awful.

6. A point regarding the new office uniform. Short sleeves look smart. I hope, however, a long sleeved version is also there. Old soldiers would know that at sun down sleeves would be rolled down as anti-malaria precaution. Exposed arms are somehow mosquitoes' favorite target. (I pity the policemen attired in new uniform by AVM Altaf Chow. The dark color absorbs heat in the day, and the short sleeves attract mosquito at night!)

7. I have also noted the team jersey above. I was not happy to see out T20 team wearing jersey with "Bangladesh" written at the back. All others had their nation proudly displayed from the chest.
 
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Can I correct you. British first started to use Khaki in what is now Khyber-Paktunkwa province, Pakistan but was known than as North West Frontier Province. The British Army in South Asia was continously involved in fighting the Pashtuns of the NWFP and the British Red uniform would make ideal target in the semi arid terrain common in Pakistan. It was than the Khaki was adopted by British and in in time all their army went khaki.

If you look at British Army in North Africa in WW2 [ Eygpt, Libya, Tunisia and Algeria ] the Khaki was used, the green Italian uniform and green olive German uniform was changed to Khaki for the Afrika Korps because the region is arid to desert. In Europe though the green - brown was used. Today most European Armies use green, light green to brown mix to reflect the European environment.

In the Middle East Khaki or other similar derivitives are in use again because of the desert environment. Now from what I know Bangladesh is lush green tropical region [ if it is arid or desert please correct me ] therefore logic would translate that the uniform should be green. What colour is your neigbour Burma, Thailand?

Let your environment dictate the colour. In Pakistan we now use khaki or khaki with dark brown mix to reflect our environment unless of course it is troops in Siachen when they wear white overalls because of the snow.

Just as a note any Eurpean forces operating in or near Pakistan, Afghanistan or Middle EAst still change over to khaki or khaki brown because their home version green would stick out in this part of the world.

So look around your country if the predominant look is arid or desert change to Khaki-brown, if it is lush green change to green, if it is snowy white go for white.
 
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Can I correct you. British first started to use Khaki in what is now Khyber-Paktunkwa province, Pakistan but was known than as North West Frontier Province. The British Army in South Asia was continously involved in fighting the Pashtuns of the NWFP and the British Red uniform would make ideal target in the semi arid terrain common in Pakistan. It was than the Khaki was adopted by British and in in time all their army went khaki.

If you look at British Army in North Africa in WW2 [ Eygpt, Libya, Tunisia and Algeria ] the Khaki was used, the green Italian uniform and green olive German uniform was changed to Khaki for the Afrika Korps because the region is arid to desert. In Europe though the green - brown was used. Today most European Armies use green, light green to brown mix to reflect the European environment.

In the Middle East Khaki or other similar derivitives are in use again because of the desert environment. Now from what I know Bangladesh is lush green tropical region [ if it is arid or desert please correct me ] therefore logic would translate that the uniform should be green. What colour is your neigbour Burma, Thailand?

Let your environment dictate the colour. In Pakistan we now use khaki or khaki with dark brown mix to reflect our environment unless of course it is troops in Siachen when they wear white overalls because of the snow.

Just as a note any Eurpean forces operating in or near Pakistan, Afghanistan or Middle EAst still change over to khaki or khaki brown because their home version green would stick out in this part of the world.

So look around your country if the predominant look is arid or desert change to Khaki-brown, if it is lush green change to green, if it is snowy white go for white.

We are discussing ceremonial dress of the CoAS and other Generals and ranking officers not combat uniform of the troops.
 
Other than the color Bangladeshi Army uniform looks nothing like the Indian Army.

Bangladeshi uniform is very clumsy and looks like a glorified fotua:lol: Which is fair enough I guess, cause fotua is pretty much the national attire of Bingladesh.


This looks sharp
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This looks like a green fotua.
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