Burma Times-Befitting response: 4 Myanmar Army personnel killed, 3 injured in BGB retaliation

[EastBengalPro]

Burma Times: 02 June 2014

Intelligence sources revealed that a Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) mortar shell had killed at least 4 Myanmar Army personnel and injured three others when the Bangladeshi border guards responded to firing from Myanmar Army and Border Guard Police on Friday, 30 May 2014.

According to the source, when a BGB team tried to bring back the dead body of Naik Mizanur Rahman last Wednesday the Myanmar forces opened fire on them at Border Pillar 52 from three sides without any provocation.

At the time the BGB team was led by Brigadier General Syed Ahmed Ali, Regional Commander (Chittagong) and with him were other senior BGB officers including Colonel Farid Hasan Khandaker and Lieutenant Colonel Shafiqur Rahman, 31 BGB Battalion CO (Naikhancharri).

The indiscriminate firing at senior officials of the BGB forced the Bangladeshi border guards to retaliate with powerful weapons resulting in a five hour battle where both sides used mortars, rocket launchers and heavy machine guns.

A local source on condition of anonymity confirmed that the retaliatory firing by BGB had killed two Myanmar officers on the spot including a Captain besides other two of non-commissioned ranks. Three more Myanmar Army personnel also received injuries by another mortar shell which fell on their position during the same exchange of fire.

The injured Myanmar Army regular soldiers were shifted to Maungdaw hospital to receive emergency treatment.

Embarrassed by their actions, Myanmar government has refused to acknowledge the deaths and casualties sustained by its forces. These add to four Myanmar Border Guard Police members who were killed in an earlier ambush by a Rohingya organisation fighting against genocide of the Rohingya Muslim community in Rakhine (Arakan) state. They also spun strange propaganda which were easily debunked by observers in a futile attempt to excuse pre-planned ambush on the BGB patrol.

Interestingly the BGB regional commander hinted at journalists to probe the Burmese casualty figures asking them to utilise their investigative skills at a press conference on Sunday – 1, June, 2014 where he also warned the Burmese that any aggression on Bangladesh would be met by a befitting response.

The general also added that morale was high amongst his forces dug in across the border with Myanmar.

Naik Mizanur Rahman, 43 hailing from Comilla will be buried with full state honours and possibly awarded posthumous gallantry medal for his service to the nation. His father having also served in East Pakistan Rifles (EPR) was killed during the 1971 War of Liberation while Mizanur was still in his mothers womb. His mother stated that her husbands body was never found. Mizanur’s step-father also served the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR).

Shaheed (martyr) Naik Mizanur Rahman was survived by his wife and five children. Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) authorities have stated they will assist the martyrs family and already approved distribution of Tk 5 lakh to support them.

 

[Bandula]

Burma Times: 02 June 2014

Intelligence sources revealed that a Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) mortar shell had killed at least 4 Myanmar Army personnel and injured three others when the Bangladeshi border guards responded to firing from Myanmar Army and Border Guard Police on Friday, 30 May 2014.

According to the source, when a BGB team tried to bring back the dead body of Naik Mizanur Rahman last Wednesday the Myanmar forces opened fire on them at Border Pillar 52 from three sides without any provocation.

At the time the BGB team was led by Brigadier General Syed Ahmed Ali, Regional Commander (Chittagong) and with him were other senior BGB officers including Colonel Farid Hasan Khandaker and Lieutenant Colonel Shafiqur Rahman, 31 BGB Battalion CO (Naikhancharri).

The indiscriminate firing at senior officials of the BGB forced the Bangladeshi border guards to retaliate with powerful weapons resulting in a five hour battle where both sides used mortars, rocket launchers and heavy machine guns.

A local source on condition of anonymity confirmed that the retaliatory firing by BGB had killed two Myanmar officers on the spot including a Captain besides other two of non-commissioned ranks. Three more Myanmar Army personnel also received injuries by another mortar shell which fell on their position during the same exchange of fire.

The injured Myanmar Army regular soldiers were shifted to Maungdaw hospital to receive emergency treatment.

Embarrassed by their actions, Myanmar government has refused to acknowledge the deaths and casualties sustained by its forces. These add to four Myanmar Border Guard Police members who were killed in an earlier ambush by a Rohingya organisation fighting against genocide of the Rohingya Muslim community in Rakhine (Arakan) state. They also spun strange propaganda which were easily debunked by observers in a futile attempt to excuse pre-planned ambush on the BGB patrol.

Interestingly the BGB regional commander hinted at journalists to probe the Burmese casualty figures asking them to utilise their investigative skills at a press conference on Sunday – 1, June, 2014 where he also warned the Burmese that any aggression on Bangladesh would be met by a befitting response.

The general also added that morale was high amongst his forces dug in across the border with Myanmar.

Naik Mizanur Rahman, 43 hailing from Comilla will be buried with full state honours and possibly awarded posthumous gallantry medal for his service to the nation. His father having also served in East Pakistan Rifles (EPR) was killed during the 1971 War of Liberation while Mizanur was still in his mothers womb. His mother stated that her husbands body was never found. Mizanur’s step-father also served the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR).

Shaheed (martyr) Naik Mizanur Rahman was survived by his wife and five children. Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) authorities have stated they will assist the martyrs family and already approved distribution of Tk 5 lakh to support them.

Do you know that Burma Times . Net is running by Rohingya Group. Do you know that they manufacture millions of rumors?

 

[EastBengalPro]

Do you know that Burma Times . Net is running by Rohingya Group. Do you know that they manufacture millions of rumors?

No my friend! I didnt know that.I have seen the news first in one of our local newspaper. Anyways,Its universal truth too,that the Myanmar authority are well skilled to hide news that may go against them.

 

[asad71]

Myanmar Army Battalions



The Army uses the battalion as the basic maneuver formation, but is most competent conducting operations at the company level. The battalions, like the British system are grouped into regiments for morale and administrative purposes. These included the Burma Regiment having some 90 battalions, the Light Infantry Regiment having about 10 battalions, plus the Burma Rifles, the Kachin Rifles, the Chin Rifles, the Shan Rifles, and the Kayah Rifles, all having between one and six battalions. Despite their names, regiments were ethnically integrated as of early 1983.

Operationally, in 1983 the army was organized into six light infantry divisions of 10 battalions each, two armored battalions, some 85 independent infantry battalions, four artillery battalions, one combination antitank and artillery battalion, and one antiaircraft battery.

A battalion is organized into four rifle companies of three platoons, plus a support company with Mortar, MMG, and RCL platoons, and an administrative company. The battalion establishment is 27 officers and 723 ORs, but the normal strength is less. The Light Infantry Battalions have much lower establishment strength of around 500.One source notes that this may lead to these units being mistakenly identified by the observers and reporters as under strength infantry battalions.

The number and actual strength of these battalions is unclear. Orbat.com reports a total of 540 battalions [335 Light Infantry Battalions and 205 Infantry Battalions], and IISS reports 437 battalions [100 infantry battalions and another 337 regional command battations], while wiki reports a total of 337 infantry battalions, including 266 light infantry battalions [thus 71 mechanized battalions].

According to wiki, the Myanmar Army had some 370,000 active troops in the year 2000 [implying a typical battalion strength of 110 soldiers], while IISS reports a strength of 375,000 as of 2011 [implying a typical battalion strength of 86 soldiers]. As of 2009 orbat.com reports a total authorized strength of 450,000 with only 250,000 actually on hand. While orbat.com reports that "Generally battalions are 200 strong as against an authorized TO of about 750 (TO = 500 for Light Infantry Battalions), but often are no more than company size of even just a couple of platoons" their 540 reported battalions would be a mere 46 soldiers apiece averaged over their "on hand" headcount.

According to the Thailand Burma Border Consortium, as of 2007 the military junta stationed 273 battalions, with over 150,000 soldiers [which was said to be 30% of its total nominal personnel strength], in Eastern Burma alone, which is the home of Karen, Shan, Karenni, Mon and other ethnic groups, suggesting a battalion strength of about 550 troops.

All of these calculations assume that the entire strength of the Army is assigned to field maneuver units, which is of course improbable. While the tooth-to-tail ratio of Myanmar's military is unknown, the United States Army is about half tooth and half tail, requiring about one soldier in non-deploying support units for every soldier deploying in a tactical maneuver unit. Possibly the tooth-to-tail ratio is Myanmar is about the same, reflecting the paucity of resources that could be reliably obtained from external sources. Possibly the tooth-to-tail ratio in Myanmar is much more favorable to the tooth side of the equation, reflecting the logistical resources that can be extracted from the local civilian population through forced requisition, known to be a common practice in Myanmar, and certainly a common practice in pre-modern armies around the world.

Myanmar - Army Battalions

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[Bandula]

Myanmar Army Battalions
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Well, no war result would be found from some paper and research. You and I know that your country and our country would be at war one day. ( Because of people like you who wants war and wants to win but now in dream ) . One day we will know it for sure. Just live well and don't die yet.

 

[Eesikali]

Thanks for your jokes.

 

[Aung Zaya]

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