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They consist of the three uniformed military services: the Bangladesh Army, the Bangladesh Navy, and the Bangladesh Air Force. The Armed Forces are under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Defence of the Government of Bangladesh, and are directly administered by the Armed Forces Division of the Prime Minister's Office. [5]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 14 February 2025. Land warfare branch of the Bangladesh Armed Forces Bangladesh Army বাংলাদেশ সেনাবাহিনী Insignia of the Bangladesh Army Founded 26 March 1971 (53 years, 10 months) Country Bangladesh Type Army Role Land warfare Size 160,000 troops 13,408 civilians Part ...
The Bangladesh Army is commanded by the Chief of Army Staff who is a four star general. Under the command of Army Headquarters, Bangladesh Army has 1 training command and 10 area commands consigned with their coequal divisions. The training command also the doctrine body of the army and is commanded by a general officer commanding with the rank ...
Bangladeshi paratroopers descend from a U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules, during exercise Cope South over Bangladesh, Nov. 12, 2013. In 1976, special warfare wing was established at Chittagong Cantonment. Later, it was shifted to the Jalalabad Cantonment. From then this wing started working under the Bangladesh Army School of Infantry and Tactics. [6]
Bangladesh China: Assembled locally at BOF [13] [9] Carbine; M4 Carbine: 5.56×45mm NATO: Selective fire carbine United States: Used by Special Forces [9] Zastava M59/66: 7.62×39mm: Semi-automatic carbine Yugoslavia: Mainly used to fire the M60 rifle grenade. [13] Machine guns; BD-15: 7.62×39mm: Light machine gun Bangladesh China: LMG variant ...
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).
The Military ranks of Bangladesh are the military insignia used by the Bangladesh Armed Forces. Bangladeshi rank structure is similar to that of the United Kingdom except for general officer ranks. Bangladesh Army has junior commissioned officer rank system like India and Pakistan.
Bangladesh Military Academy (BMA) [1] is the military training institute for the officer cadets of Bangladesh Army. It is located in Bhatiary , near the Chittagong Hill Tracts , in the Chittagong District of south-east Bangladesh about 13 kilometers north of Chittagong .