Bangladesh Ordnance Factories to Produce 40 mm RPG Systems Indigenously

Reading Time: 2 minutes Bangladesh Ordnance Factories (BOF) is set to embark on a significant new chapter in the nation’s defence industrialisation drive, with plans to manufacture RPG-7-type rocket-propelled grenade systems, including all classes of ammunition, indigenously. The initiative forms part of the government’s ongoing efforts to strengthen self-reliance in key land-forces capabilities under the “Forces Goal 2030” modernisation programme. According to official communications reviewed from BOF, the new programme will centre on 40 mm calibre RPG-7 systems, one of the world’s most widely deployed infantry support weapons. The system’s flexibility, simplicity and combat record have made it a staple of many armed forces, and its adaptation for indigenous production marks an important industrial milestone for Bangladesh’s defence sector. These lightweight portable anti-tank weapons are deployed by the Bangladesh Army and Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) at platoon level and serve as one of the most basic anti-tank warfare weapons fielded