Bangladesh Army Expands Ordnance Production Capacity, Eyes Defence Export Market
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Bangladesh Army is moving to significantly expand the country’s indigenous defence-manufacturing capacity with the development of a new arms and military-equipment production facility at the former Jalil Textile Mills in Bhatiary, Chattogram. On 27 August, 54.99 acres of the closed textile-mill complex were formally handed over by the Bangladesh Continue Reading
Otokar Delivers New Batch Of Cobra-I Light Armoured Vehicles To Bangladesh Army
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Bangladesh Army appears to have received another batch of Turkish-made Otokar Cobra-I light armoured vehicles, with newly surfaced imagery showing the vehicles being transported and subsequently operated on Bangladeshi roads. The latest vehicles were spotted by social media users earlier this week. Unlike the predominantly green camouflage associated with Continue Reading
OFB E1 120 mm Mortar
Reading Time: 5 minutesCountry of Origin: IndiaManufacturer: Ordnance Factories Board (OFB)Type: Heavy Infantry MortarCalibre: 120 mmBangladesh Status: Accepted in 2020; never commissioned; storedQuantity Accepted: 18Source: Indian ArmyTransfer: Military Gratis, 2020 Overview The OFB E1 120 mm mortar is a conventional heavy infantry mortar manufactured by India’s former Ordnance Factories Board (OFB). The system Continue Reading
Building a Defence Strategy for Bangladesh
Reading Time: 18 minutesMilitary strategy is often reduced to the question of how to win a war. That definition is too narrow. Strategy is the process through which a state converts national power into political advantage. It determines how military capabilities are developed, positioned and employed to protect national interests, deter aggression and, Continue Reading
Bangladesh Emerges As Possible Customer Following Reported Turkish SİPER Export
Reading Time: 9 minutesIdentity of Türkiye’s reported first foreign SİPER customer remains undisclosed as Bangladesh expands defence cooperation with Ankara and pursues stronger air-defence capabilities Bangladesh has emerged as a possible candidate for the unidentified foreign customer reportedly associated with Türkiye’s first export of the SİPER long-range surface-to-air missile system, although neither Dhaka Continue Reading