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Official Website of Bangladesh Army

Military Units:

Most powerful and prestigious Ninth Infantry Division near Dhaka and Twenty-fourth Infantry Division at Chittagong. Other important infantry divisions at Rangpur, Jessore, Bogra, and Comilla--the latter two containing country's armor regiments.

9th Infantry Division, Savar
11th Infantry Division, Bogra
24th Infantry Division, Chittagong
33rd Infantry Division, Comilla
55th Infantry Division, Jessore
66th Infantry Division, Rangpur

Strength: 100,000

Organization/Formation:

7 infantry divisional headquarters, 16 infantry brigades (26 regiments approximately), 1 armoured brigade (2 regiments) plus 2 armoured regiments, 3 artillery brigades (6 regiments), 1 engineer brigade.

Equipments/ Weapons:

Main Battle Tanks – Some 80 PRC Type-59/-69, 60 T-54/-55 (All Chinese)
Light Tanks – Some 40 Type-62
Armoured Personnel Carrier – 20 BTR-80, some MT-LB
Towed Artillery – (To be launched optically, tracked wire guided missile)
                              105 mm: 30 Model 56 Pack, 50 M-101
                              122 mm: 20 PRC Type-54
                              130 mm: 40 plus PRC Type-59
Multiple Rocket Launcher - 122 mm: Reported
Mors – 81 mm
            82 mm: PRC Type-53
            120 mm: 50 PRC Type-53
Rocket Launcher – 106 mm: 30 M-40 AI
Anti-tank guns – 57 mm: 18 6 pounder
                            37 mm: 16 PRC Type-55
Air Defence guns – 37 mm: 16 PRC Type-59
                                57 mm: PRC Type-59
Surface-to-air missile – Some HN-5A

Gallantry Awards

Source external: http://www.medals.org.uk/bangladesh/bangladesh-text.htm