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

Small arms

Name	Image	Type	Caliber	Notes
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

Name	Image	Type	Caliber	Quantity
RK-3 Corsar		Anti-tank guided missile	107mm	14 launcher	[2]
Alcotán-100		PLOS based anti-tank rocket launcher	100mm	N/A

Utility vehicles

Name	Image	Type	Quantity	Notes
Polaris ATVs		ATV	120	Used for off-road patrolling.[3][4]
KrAZ-Spartan		Armoured Personnel Carrier	12
Otokar Cobra		Infantry mobility vehicle	28

Aircraft

Name	Image	Type	Quantity	Notes
Mi-171E		Helicopter	2	2 in active service from 2020.[5][6][7]

Vessels

Name	Image	Type	Quantity	Notes
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

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

References

1. "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.