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The Bangladesh Armed Forces ( Bengali: বাংলাদেশ সশস্ত্র বাহিনী, romanized : Bānlādēśa saśastra bāhinī) are the military forces of the People's Republic of Bangladesh. They consist of the three uniformed military services: the Bangladesh Army, the Bangladesh Navy and the Bangladesh Air Force. The ...
K Force, under Major Khaled Mosharraf, was created with 4th, 9th and 10th East Bengal Regiment. S Force, under Major K M Shafiullah, was created with 2nd and 11th East Bengal Regiment. Z Force, under Major Ziaur Rahman, was created with 1st, 3rd and 8th East Bengal Regiment.
Name Image Type Quantity Origin Notes Metis-M1: Anti-tank missile: 1200 Russia [21] [22]HJ-8/Baktar-Shikan: Anti-tank missile: 283 People's Republic of China Pakistan 114 delivered by China in 2001, 169 more delivered by Pakistan in 2004 according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.
Chief of the General Staff. Salary. ৳ 100,000 Monthly. (US$ 1,175) ৳ 12,00,000 annually. (US$ 14,104) Website. army.mil.bd. Chief of Army Staff ( CAS) ( Bengali: সেনাবাহিনী প্রধান, romanized : Sēnābāhinī pradhāna) of Bangladesh Army, also known as Army Chief, is the highest-ranking officer of the ...
Generals holding appointments of the army headquarters and ministries within the government have been written in bold format (e.g. Master General of Ordnance - MGO); Other appointments apart from general officer commanding are indicated with the corresponding appointments, such as the vice-chancellor of Bangladesh University of Professionals is designated as (VC BUP).
Medieval armor preserved in the Bangladesh Military Museum. Bangladesh's military history is intertwined with the history of a larger region, including present-day India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan and Myanmar. The country was historically part of Bengal – a major power in South Asia and Southeast Asia. Muslims brought new military technology to ...
In 2021, Bangladesh Air Force requested the Bangladesh Government to earmark around 25,200-crores taka (2.5 billion euro) for 16 Western-origin multirole fighter jets. [78] In order to sign the agreement and for the first installment council, the Bangladesh Air Force requested the allocation of 6,300-crores taka for the 2021-22 financial year. [78]
William Cunningham, Loyalist militia commander in South Carolina. "Bloody George" – George Alan Vasey, Second World War Australian general. "Bluey" – Keith Truscott, Second World War Australian fighter ace. "Blutiger Ferdinand" ("Bloody Ferdinand") – Ferdinand Schörner, World War II German field marshal and convicted war criminal.