# List of equipment of the Bangladesh Army

The following is a list of equipment of the Bangladesh Army.

## Soldier gear and equipment
### Service uniform

| Name | Pattern | Uniform | Type | Origin | Notes |
| Military uniform ||||||
| Battle Dress Uniform (BDU) | | | [BD Hunter ] | Bangladesh | |

### Communication equipments

| Name | Type | Quantity | Origin | Notes |
| Manpack radio ||||||
| Codan 2110M | Manpack radio | 200 | Australia | |
| VHF-90M | Manpack radio | | Australia | |
| Sta R-173 | VHF radio | | Russia | Used in BTR-80 |
| PRC-2080 | Manpack radio | | Australia | |
| PRC-2090 | Manpack radio | | Australia | |
| High frequency communication equipment ||||||
| Radio relay system | Microwave radio relay | | | Used for secured communication during wartime. |
| Motorola VXR-9000U | Reapeter Station | | United States | |
| Leonardo MH-313X | Microwave radio relay | | Italy | |
| CD-115E | Digital Switchboard | | Portugal | |
| R-149MA3 | Command and signals vehicle | 10 | Russia | |

## Infantry weapons
### Firearms

| Name | Caliber | Type | Origin | Notes |
| Pistols ||||||
| Browning Hi Power | 9×19mm Parabellum | Semi-automatic pistol | Belgium United States | |
| CF98 | 9×19mm Parabellum | Semi-automatic pistol | Bangladesh | |
| Bersa Thunder 9 | 9×19mm Parabellum | Semi-automatic pistol | Argentina | |
| Submachine guns ||||||
| KRISS Vector Gen II | 9×19mm Parabellum | Submachine gun | United States | Used by Special Forces |
| Heckler & Koch MP5 | 9×19mm Parabellum | Submachine gun | West Germany | Used by Special Forces |
| Assault rifles ||||||
| BD-08 | 7.62×39mm | Assault rifle | Bangladesh China | Standard-issue rifle. Produced under license by Bangladesh Ordnance Factories. |
| Type 56 | 7.62×39mm | Assault rifle | Bangladesh China | Assembled locally at BOF |
| Carbine ||||||
| M4 Carbine | 5.56×45mm NATO | Selective fire carbine | United States | Used by Special Forces |
| Zastava M59/66 | 7.62×39mm | Semi-automatic carbine | Yugoslavia | Mainly used to fire the M60 rifle grenade. |
| Machine guns ||||||
| BD-15 | 7.62×39mm | Light machine gun | Bangladesh China | LMG variant of BD-08 assault rifle. |
| RPD | 7.62×39mm | Light machine gun | Soviet Union | |
| Arsenal MG-1MS | 7.62×54mm | General-purpose machine gun | Bulgaria | Bulgarian modernised version of the PKM machine gun. |
| Type 80 | 7.62×54mm | General-purpose machine gun | China | Chinese modernised version of the PKM machine gun. |
| Zastava M87 | 12.7×108mm | Heavy machine gun | Yugoslavia Serbia | Serbian version of the NSV machine gun. |
| DShK | 12.7×108mm | Heavy machine gun | Soviet Union | |
| Sniper rifle & DMR ||||||
| AX308 | 7.62×51mm NATO | Sniper rifle | United Kingdom | |
| SC-76 Thunderbolt | 7.62×51mm NATO | Sniper rifle | United Kingdom | |
| Pindad SPR | 7.62×51mm NATO | Sniper rifle | Indonesia | |
| RPA Rangemaster | 7.62×51mm NATO | Sniper rifle | United Kingdom | Rangemaster 7.62 variant. |
| Dragunov sniper rifle | 7.62×54mmR | Designated marksman rifle | Soviet Union China | Chinese Type 85 variant. |
| Grenade-based weapons ||||||
| Arges 84 BD | | Fragmentation hand grenade | Bangladesh Austria | Licensed version of Austrian ARGES HG-84, manufactured under license by Bangladesh Ordnance Factories. |
| STK 40 AGL | 40x53mm grenade | Automatic grenade launcher | Singapore | |
| Milkor MGL | 40×46mm grenade | Revolver grenade launcher | South Africa | Mk1 |
| M60 rifle grenade | 22 mm grenade | Rifle Grenade | Yugoslavia | M60P1 variant. |

## Armored fighting Vehicles
### Combat tanks (200)

| Name | Type | Quantity | Origin | Notes |
| MBT-2000 | Main battle tank | 43 | Pakistan China | |
| Type 59 Durjoy | Main battle tank | 83 | Bangladesh People's Republic of China | 174 Type 59 tanks were purchased, 83 active as of 2025. |
| Type 69-IIG | Main battle tank | 30 | People's Republic of China | 58 Type 69-IIA tanks upgraded to Type 69-IIG version with kits from China in 2010–2013. |
| VT-5 | Light tank | 44 | People's Republic of China | |

### Armored vehicles (850)

| Name | Type | Quantity | Origin |
| BTR 80 | Armoured personnel carrier | 500 | Soviet Union |
| MaxxPro | Mine-resistant ambush protected vehicle (MRAP) | 81 | United States |
| TATA MRAP | Mine-resistant ambush protected vehicle (MRAP) | 11 | India |
| Otokar Cobra II | Infantry mobility vehicle / MRAP | 100 | Turkey |
| Otokar Cobra-1 | Light armoured vehicle | 100 | Turkey |
| BOV M11 | Armoured reconnaissance vehicle | 8 | Serbia |
| Type 85 AFV | APC/Command vehicle | 50 | China |

### Radars and fire control systems

| Name | Type | Quantity | Origin | Notes |
| Radar systems ||||||
| SLC-2 | Weapon locating radar | 10 | China | |
| FM-90's radar | Fire control radar | 6 | China | Part of FM-90 air defense system. |
| Oerlikon Skyguard-3 | Fire control radar | 8 (sources vary) | Switzerland | Part of Oerlikon GDF-009 guns. |
| FW-2 | Fire control radar | 6 | China | Part of CS/AA3 guns. |

### Engineering vehicles

| Name | Type | Quantity | Origin | Notes |
| Armoured recovery vehicle ||||||
| Type 84 | Armoured recovery vehicle | 10 | China | |
| Bomb disposal equipment ||||||
| Bozena-5 | Remote controlled mine clearing vehicle | 25 | Slovakia | |
| Dumper ||||||
| Thwaites Dumper 2722E | Dumper | 25+ | United Kingdom | |
| Forklift ||||||
| TCM FD 50 T 8 | Forklift | 20+ | Japan | |
| Bulldozer ||||||
| Caterpillar D4 | Bulldozer | 50 | United States | D4C, D4K, D4G, D4E variant. |
| Caterpillar D6 | Bulldozer | 50 | United States | D6R variant. |
| Caterpillar D7 | Bulldozer | 50 | United States | D7R variant. |
| Caterpillar D8 | Bulldozer | 50 | United States | D8R variant. |
| Excavator ||||||
| Doosan Solar 210 W-V | Excavator | 10 | Republic of Korea | |
| Doosan Solar 200 W-V | Excavator | 10 | Republic of Korea | |
| Doosan DX-210WA | Excavator | | Republic of Korea | |
| Road roller ||||||
| HD 90 | Tandem Roller | 10 | South Africa | |
| HD 70 | Tandem Roller | | South Africa | |
| Loader ||||||
| Caterpillar 924HZ | Wheel Loader | 20 | United States | |
| Ahlmann AS 200 | Wheel Loader | 15 | Netherlands | |
| Crane ||||||
| GR-120NL | Crane | | Japan | |
| GR-300EX | Crane | 23 | Japan | |

### Logistics and utility vehicles

| Name | Role | Quantity | Origin | Notes |
| Pickup truck ||||||
| Land Rover Defender | Utility Vehicle | 1000 | United Kingdom | Assembled by Bangladesh Machine Tools Factory. |
| KM 420 | Utility Vehicle | 50 | Republic of Korea | |
| Mitsubishi Delica | Utility Vehicle | 200 | Japan | P15 and L300 series |
| Toyota Land Cruiser 70 | Utility Vehicle | 2000 | Bangladesh  Japan | Assembled by Bangladesh Machine Tools Factory. |
| Ford Ranger | Utility Vehicle | 100+ | United States  Thailand | Currently produced in Thailand. |
| Toyota Hilux | Utility Vehicle | 100+ | Japan | |
| Mitsubishi L200 | Utility Vehicle | 100+ | Japan | |
| Staff car ||||||
| Nissan Patrol | Staff car | 300 | Japan | |
| Mitsubishi Pajero | Staff car | 250 | Japan | |
| Kia Cerato | Staff car | 250 | Republic of Korea | Kia Cerato EX variant. |
| Tata Hexa | Staff car | 300 | India | |
| 4x4 truck ||||||
| Arunima Bolyan | 4x4 truck | 15/ | Bangladesh | |
| Isuzu TS/TW series | 4x4 truck | 1000 | Japan | HTS-11G and 11J variant. |
| Renault TRM 180.11 | 4x4 truck | 200 | France | |
| BMC-235-16 | 4x4 truck | 100 | Turkey | |
| 6x4 truck ||||||
| Renault Kerax 380.34T | 6x4 truck | 50 | France | |
| Renault CBH | 6x4 truck | 50 | France | CBH 320 variant. |
| Astra HD9 | 6x4 truck | 73 | Italy | |
| Iveco EuroTrakker | 6x4 truck | 200 | Italy | |
| Volvo FM | 6x4 truck | 320 | Sweden | FM 400 variant. |
| 6x6 truck ||||||
| Tiema XC2200 | 6x6 truck | 100+ | China | |
| Jiefang CA-30 | 6x6 truck | | China | |
| Western Star | 6x6 truck | | Canada | |

## Air defence systems

| Name | Type | Quantity | Origin | Notes |
| Surface-to-air missile systems ||||||
| FM-90 | Short range air defense | 36 SAM systems | China | 36 SAM systems with 275 missiles. |
| QW-18A | Man-portable air-defense system | | China | |
| FN-16 | Man-portable air-defense system | 250 | China | |
| QW-2 MANPADS | Man-portable air-defense system | 250 | China | Bangladesh procured 250 QW-2 missiles between 2004 and 2007, "presumably with an undisclosed number of gripstocks as well". |
| Anti-aircraft guns ||||||
| Oerlikon GDF | 35 mm autocannon | 4–8 (sources vary) | Switzerland | GDF-009 variant. |
| CS/AA3 | 35 mm autocannon | | China | Chinese variant of the Oerlikon GDF. |
| Type 65 | 37 mm autocannon | 132 | China | |
| Type 74 | 37 mm autocannon | 132 | China | |
| Type 59 | 57 mm autocannon | 34 | China | |
| Type 56 | 14.5 mm autocannon | | China | |

## Artillery systems & Rocket launchers

| Name | Caliber | Quantity | Origin | Notes |
| Multiple rocket launchers (42) ||||||
| TRG-300 Tiger | 300 mm | 23 | Turkey | |
| TRG-230 | 230 mm | 12 | Turkey | |
| WS-22 | 122 mm | 7 | China | |
| Self-propelled artillery (34) ||||||
| Nora B-52 | 155 mm self-propelled howitzers | 34 | Serbia | In Service. |
| Towed artillery (200) ||||||
| Type 59-1 | 130 mm field gun | 54 | China | Chinese version of Soviet M-46 gun. |
| Type 83 | 122 mm howitzer | 36 | China | Developed from Chinese Type 54 howitzer. |
| Mod 56 | 105 mm pack howitzer | 110 | Italy | Being a pack howitzer, it is designed to be broken down into 12 parts, each of which can be transported easily. |

## Aircraft of aviation group

| Aircraft | Type | Quantity | Origin | Notes |
| Fixed-wing aircraft ||||||
| Airbus C-295W | Transport aircraft | 2 | Spain | |
| Cessna 208B Grand Caravan | Utility aircraft | 1 | United States | |
| DA40NG | Basic trainer | 4 | Austria | Two more on order. |
| Cessna 152 Aerobat | Light aircraft | 5 | United States | A152 Aerobat variant. |
| Helicopters ||||||
| Mi-171Sh | Transport helicopter with armed assault capabilities | 5 | Russia | |
| Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin | Utility helicopter | 2 | France | AS365 N3+ variant |
| Bell 206 | Utility helicopter | 1 | United States | |
| Bell 407 GXi | Utility helicopter | 7 | United States | |
| Unmanned aerial vehicle ||||||
| Bayraktar TB2 | Unmanned combat aerial vehicle | 6 | Turkey | Procured in 2023. 6 more on order |
| Bramor C4EYE | Reconnaissance drone | 36 | Slovenia | Procured in 2017. |
| RQ-21 Blackjack | Unmanned aerial vehicle | | United States | On order |
| RQ-12B Wasp AE | Miniature UAV | | United States | on order |

## Mortars

| Name | Caliber | Quantity | Origin | Notes |
| M50 | 120 mm | 95 | France | The UBM-52 is the Hotchkiss-Brandt MO-120-AM50 built under license in Yugoslavia. |
| UBM 52 | 120 mm | 95 | Yugoslavia | The UBM-52 is the Hotchkiss-Brandt MO-120-AM50 built under license in Yugoslavia. |
| Type 53 | 120 mm | 50 | People's Republic of China | |
| OFB E1 | 120 mm | 18 | India | |
| Type-87 | 82 mm | 366 | People's Republic of China | |
| M29A1 | 81 mm | 11 | United States | |
| BOF type-BD-20 | 60 mm | | Bangladesh | 60 mm Infantry mortar. |
| Type-93 | 60 mm | 26 | China | |
| Type-63 | 60 mm | | People's Republic of China | |

## Anti-tank Weapons

| Name | Type | Quantity | Origin | Notes |
| Anti-tank guided missile systems ||||||
| Type 69 RPG | Anti-tank missile | | China | |
| Metis-M1 | Anti-tank missile | 1200 | Russia | |
| 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. |
| PF-98 | Unguided anti-tank rocket launcher | | People's Republic of China | |
| Alcotán-100 | PLOS based unguided anti-tank rocket launcher system | | Spain | |
| Type-69 | Rocket-propelled grenade | 200 | People's Republic of China | |
| M40 | Recoilless rifle | 238 | United States | M40A1 variant. Replaced by PF-98 from active duty. |

## Watercrafts of Riverine Brigade

| Name | Type | Quantity | Origin | Notes |
| Amphibious warfare ship ||||||
| Shakti Sanchar | LCT | 1 | Bangladesh | Designed by GB Marine. Specifications:- length: 65.70, breadth: 7 m, deadweight: 440 MT. The LCT is capable of carrying 1 helicopter, 9 tanks and 150 troops. |
| BS Jahangir | LCT | 1 | China Bangladesh | One Type 074 built by the People's Republic of China exists in the Bangladesh Army fleet. |
| Type C (2012) class | LCVP | 2 | Bangladesh | Build by Khulna Shipyard. Specifications:- length: 19.85 m, breadth: 7 m, maximum speed: 15 knots. |
| High speed boat ||||||
| Metal Shark Boat | High speed interceptor boat | 3 | United States | 5 more on order. |
| Sea Horse-13 | High speed interceptor boat | 2 | Bangladesh | Made by METACENTRE ltd. |
| Kingfisher-29 | High speed patrol boat | 60 | Canada | |