Equipment of the Border Guard Bangladesh

The following is a list of the equipment currently in use by the Border Guards Bangladesh. It includes small arms, vehicles, vessels and aircraft.

Border Guards Bangladesh

Monogram of BGB

Military unit

## Small arms

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Bersa Thunder 9 |  | Semi-automatic pistol | 9×19mm Parabellum |
Type 56 carbine |  | Semi-automatic Carbine | 7.62×39mm | Produced under license by BOF. Standard-issue rifle of BGB. Gradually being replaced by BD-08 and Type-56 assault rifles.[1]
BD-08 |  | Assault rifle | 7.62×39mm | Produced under license by BOF.[1]
Type 56 assault rifle |  | Assault rifle | 7.62×39mm |
Type 85 |  | Sniper rifle | 7.62×54mmR |
BD-15 |  | Light machine gun | 7.62×39mm | LMG variant of BD-08 assault rifle.
RPD |  | Light machine gun | 7.62×39mm |

## Anti-tank weapons

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RK-3 Corsar |  | Anti-tank guided missile | 107mm  | 500  | [2]
Alcotán-100 |  | PLOS based anti-tank rocket launcher | 100mm  | 500  |

## Utility vehicles

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Polaris ATVs |  | ATV | 250 | Used for off-road patrolling.[3][4]
KrAZ-Spartan |  | Armoured Personnel Carrier | 100 |
Otokar Cobra |  | Infantry mobility vehicle | 100 |

## Aircraft

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Mi-171E |  | Helicopter | 4 | 4 in active service from 2020.[5][6][7]

## Vessels

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BGB Shah Jalal |  | Coastal Patrol Vessel | 1 | [8]
High speed interceptor vessel |  | Interceptor Vessel | 4 | Received in 2020. The vessels are capable of navigating in inclement weather and are equipped with machine gun, radar, fourth generation GPS, and modern sonar system.[9][10]

## See also

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* Bangladesh Armed Forces
* List of equipment of the Bangladesh Army

## References

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1. ^ a b "Small Arms Factory". Bangladesh Ordnance Factory. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
2. ^ "Bangladesh Fortifies Island Near Myanmar With Heavy Weapons, Gunboats". The Irrawady. 2019-01-02. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
3. ^ "BGB acquires all-terrain vehicles to combat cross-border crime". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
4. ^ "BGB equipped with all-terrain vehicles". Somoy News. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
5. ^ "PM declares BGB a three-dimensional force". The Daily Star. UNB. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
6. ^ "Russian copters to turn BGB into 3-dimensional force". The Independent. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
7. ^ "Mil Mi-171E, Bangladesh - Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB)". Jet Photos. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
8. ^ "BDR-Shahjalal – Patrol Vessel – Details and current position IMO 8106472 MMSI 0 | Vessels". VesselFinder. Retrieved 2017-04-23.
9. ^ "BGB introduces new high speed interceptor vessels equipped with weapon". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
10. ^ "BGB gets high speed interceptor vessels". Prothom Alo. Retrieved 3 June 2020.