Bangladesh Army

[mil-avia]

Front view of Army APC's :

Photo shot by : Salman Saeed


With RAB personnel :

Photographer unknown


(2 images in this post)

 

[mil-avia]

BanBat / Bangladesh Battalion APC's in Congo (4 images) :

 

[notorious_eagle]

Can anyone please expand on the current state of the Armed Forces of Bangladesh. How formidable is the Officer Core that is present in the 3 sister services? What are the future modernization plans and is Bangladesh arming itself to create a deterrence force against India?

I have very few info about the state of the Armed Forces of Bangladesh and Wiki certainly did not help, so help would be appreciated.

 

[mil-avia]

RAB bike patrol (three images) :

Related link : Post # 375

 

[mil-avia]

RAB with guns (6 images) :

 

[integra]

Bangladesh Navy's band musicians and a Chinese kid performing at a multi-national concert of eight countries (including BD) on the occasion of 60th anniversary of the Chinese PLA Navy in Qingdao city during 21 April 2009 (7 images in this post) :

Source 1 / Source 2 / Source 3 / Source 4 / Source 5

Well, it looks our sailors are doing a fine job when it comes to musical scrolls,
even the little lady is impressed (insert confused)!

 

[mil-avia]

Soldiers portray rebels during a live demonstration of a UN peacekeeping routine at the Bangladesh Institute of Peace Support Operations Training in Rajendrapur military base (2 images) :

 

[mil-avia]

Freedom Fighters celebrating the victory in Dhaka during December 1971 (1 image) :

 

[mil-avia]

Cricketer Nadif Chowdhury crosses a hanging bridge at the School of Infantry and Tactics in Sylhet during 14 August 2007 :

Cricketer Syed Rasel completes a tarzan swing at the School of Infantry and Tactics :

Other cricketers :

(three images)

 

[mil-avia]

Vehicle of Bangladesh Police (1 image) :

Alternate URL

 

[mil-avia]

Policeman with gun (1 image) :

 

[asad71]

RAB bike patrol (three images) :

Related link : Post # 375

RAB is special police, not an army/military outfit. It is under the IG Police and Home Ministry. Some officers of the armed forces are employed on deputation.

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RAB bike patrol (three images) :

Related link : Post # 375

RAB is special police, not an army/military outfit. It is under the IG Police and Home Ministry. Some officers of the armed forces are employed on deputation.

 

[asad71]

Can anyone please expand on the current state of the Armed Forces of Bangladesh. How formidable is the Officer Core that is present in the 3 sister services? What are the future modernization plans and is Bangladesh arming itself to create a deterrence force against India?

I have very few info about the state of the Armed Forces of Bangladesh and Wiki certainly did not help, so help would be appreciated.

1. In history Brahmaputra - Gangetic Delta has been invaded repeatedly by the NW whenever powerful. We never had respite unless NW power center was weak, or we were able to overpower them. Our hero Emperor Sher Shah did that, and the English Co did that using us as their base of power. This attraction had been due to the richness of our soil, our textile, indigo, pearl and food crops. The invasions have also been cultural, economic and political.

2. Therefore, in our assessment of threat perception the present day State of India emerges as our principal concern.Recently Burma has posed some concern, but that is localized and temporary in nature.

3. The Officer Corps of BD contains the flower of the youth. Even boys who stood first, or were among the first ten in the Board exams, join the military. They have done exceedingly well in training abroad. We have excellent training institutions where armed forces from all over the world including Pakistan send their officers. Our troops are highly rated in UN Mission tasks, and have regularly provided the highest numbers.

4.However, the doctrine of BD's national def is Traditional People's War. The mily will take on the leadership of the resistance and provide the linkage among the various elements of fighters after the initial phase of conventional retaliation. We feel our security depends on our inner strength, and the intelligence/innovation of the people.

 

[rajusri]

1. In history Brahmaputra - Gangetic Delta has been invaded repeatedly by the NW whenever powerful. We never had respite unless NW power center was weak, or we were able to overpower them. Our hero Emperor Sher Shah did that, and the English Co did that using us as their base of power. This attraction had been due to the richness of our soil, our textile, indigo, pearl and food crops. The invasions have also been cultural, economic and political.

Sher Shah your hero? When last time he was in Bangladesh? Bengal was full of tribes and local farmers. It was mostly parts of many Indian empires like those of Maurya , Gupta , Mughal , Delhi Sultanates and later Maratha. Historically Eastern Bengal were weak point from all the points. It does not have any historical city which is centuries old. Their war fighting was not good.

 

[asad71]

Sher Shah your hero? When last time he was in Bangladesh? Bengal was full of tribes and local farmers. It was mostly parts of many Indian empires like those of Maurya , Gupta , Mughal , Delhi Sultanates and later Maratha. Historically Eastern Bengal were weak point from all the points. It does not have any historical city which is centuries old. Their war fighting was not good.

1.You have not read even basic history of the subcontinent. Our traditional homeland stretches from the Rajmahal Hills in the West and ends with the Arakan Yoma and Andaman-Nicobar in the East.

2. This is a Pathan-Persian ruled land always at odds with the Mughal-Uzbeks.

3. Only during Emperor Aurangjeb were we fully part of Hindustan because he had declared a path to Dar ul Islam. We fought against all previous Mughals.

4. Under Sher Shah and the British Delhi/N India was ruled from Sasaram and Calcutta.