Bahrain

Bahrain

Bahrain

Capital: Manama

Have forces in Afghanistan (2011)

Approximately 13,000 military personnel

ATACMS short range tactical missiles fired from M270 MLRS vehicles

Royal Bahrain Air Force

1,500 personnel

F-16 fighter aircraft (33)

F-5 fighter aircraft (16)

Hawk trainer aircraft (6)

T-67 Firefly trainer aircraft (3)

BAe 146 transport aircraft (1)

AH-1 Cobra attack helicopters (22)

Bell 212 helicopters (11)

MBB BO-105 helicopters (3)

UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters (11)

Bell 412 helicopters used by the Bahrain Police (2)

Bell 427 helicopters used by the Bahrain Police (1)

The king of Bahrain has a Boeing 747 which is equipped with electronic countermeasures to evade missiles.

Sheik Isa Air Base- Single 3,700 meter (12,100 feet) runway. Bahrain operates its fighter and trainer aircraft from here.

Rifa'a Air Base- Bahrain operates its helicopters from Rifa'a.

Muharraq Air Base- Located with the Bahrain International Airport. Used by the United States Air Force. Once a British airbase.

Sakhir Air Strip- Helipad and short runway located west of the Mountain of Smoke.

Royal Bahrain Navy

700 personnel

Frigate with Harpoon anti-ship missiles (1)

Corvettes with MM40 Exocet anti-ship missiles (8)

Patrol Boats (22)

MBB BO-105 helicopters that operate off corvettes (2)

Mina Sulman Naval Base

This naval base is shared with U.S. navy personnel and vessels. Used as a logistical support base for the U.S. 5^th Fleet.

Manama Naval Base

Used by the U.S. navy. Not used by Bahrain.

Royal Bahrain Army

6,000 personnel

M-60A3 tanks (180)

AML-90 armored reconnaissance vehicles (22)
AIFV infantry fighting vehicles (42)

YPR-765 infantry fighting vehicles (25)
M113 armored personnel carriers (110)

Panhard M3 armored personnel carriers (110)

Saxon armored personnel carriers (10)

HMMWV utility vehicles

Feisal armored vehicles. Made in Bahrain.

M270 MLRS multiple rocket launchers (9)
Standard 227mm rockets and ATACMS tactical missiles fired from the M270 rocket launch system.

M110 203mm self propelled howitzers (13)

M109 155mm self propelled howitzers

M198 155mm towed howitzers (18)

L-118 105mm towed guns (8)

BGM-71 TOW anti-tank guided missiles

Barrett M82A1 .50 sniper/anti-material rifles

M-16 assault rifles

M4 carbines

HK MP5 sub-machine guns

Caracal pistols. Made in the United Arab Emirates.

MIM-23 Hawk surface-to-air missiles (8)

Crotale surface-to-air missiles (7)

Avenger surface-to-air missiles system

FIM-92 Stinger surface-to-air missiles (18)

RBS-70 surface-to-air missiles (60)

Bofors L70 40mm anti-aircraft guns (12)

Oerlikon GDF-005 twin 35mm anti-aircraft guns (15)

Bahrain National Guard
Approximately 2,000 personnel

Royal Guard
Green berets

Royal Bahrain Medical Services

Coast Guard- Falls under the Ministry of the Interior

Police- Falls under the Ministry of the Interior.

Intelligence
National Security Agency
Financial Intelligence Directorate- Falls under the Ministry of the Interior


Bahrain Defence Force pictures

Bangladesh

Bangladesh

Bangladesh

Capital: Dhaka

1947- India and Pakistan (consisting of East Pakistan and West Pakistan) are granted independence from Britain.

1971-Separatist in East Pakistan revolt causing West Pakistan to send forces to suppress the rebellion. India intervenes on the side of the East Pakistan rebels, widening the conflict. After bitter fighting between West Pakistan, India, and East Pakistan, East Pakistan (Bangladesh) gains independence from West Pakistan.

Air Force

11,000 personnel

MiG-29 fighter aircraft (8)

F-7 fighter aircraft (32)

Yak 130 trainer/light attack aircraft (16)

FT-7 trainer aircraft (8)

FT-6 trainer aircraft (6)

A-5 attack aircraft (8)

L-39 trainer/light attack aircraft (15)
PT-6 trainer aircraft (24)

C-130 transport aircraft (4)

An-32 transport aircraft (3)

An-2 aircraft converted to bombers?

Mi-17 transport helicopters

PL-2 air-to-air missiles
PL-5 air-to-air missiles
PL-7 air-to-air missiles
PL-9 air-to-air missiles
Vympel R-27 (AA-10) air-to-air missiles
Vympel R-73 (AA-11) air-to-air missiles
Vympel R-77 (AA-12) air-to-air missiles
LT-2 laser guided bomb
LS-6 satellite guided bomb

Navy

19,000 personnel

Frigates (5)

Fast Attack Craft (Missile)- 9

Fast Attack Craft (Torpedo)-8 total
Chinese made Huchuan (Type 025) torpedo boats-4
Chinese made P4 torpedo boats-4

Patrol Boats
Mine Warfare vessels (5)

Amphibious Warfare vessels (11)
Auxiliary vessels

C802 anti-ship missiles

Otomat anti-ship missiles

SY-1 anti-ship missiles

HY-2 anti-ship missiles
C704 anti-ship missiles

A244/S light weight torpedoes
ET52C light weight torpedoes

Naval version of the FM-90 (HQ-7) surface-to-air missile system on a couple of frigates.

Special Warfare Diving and Salvage (SWADS) unit

Army

280,000 personnel

Main Battle Tanks-644+

Light Tanks- 140+

Armored Personnel Carriers- 1356+

MBT-2000 tanks (44)

Type 79 (60)

Type 69 II Mk 2G (145)

Type 69 II (65)

Type 62 (140)

Type 59 II (60)

Type 59 (60)

BTR-T (30+)

BTR-80 armored personnel carriers

MT-LB armored personnel carriers

Otokar Cobra (23)

ZFB-05 armored vehicles

Dongfeng EQ2050 utility vehicles

Army Aviation

Cessna CE-152 utility aircraft

Air Defense

FM-90 (HQ-7) surface-to-air missiles

HN-5 shoulder fired surface-to-air missiles

QW-2 shoulder fired surface-to-air missiles

Type 59 towed 100mm anti-aircraft guns. Chinese KS-19 copy.

Type 55 towed 37mm anti-aircraft guns. Chinese made M1939 copy.

Type 65 towed twin barrel 37mm anti-aircraft guns.

Type 74 towed twin barrel 37mm anti-aircraft guns. 
Type 56 towed quad barrel 14.5mm anti-aircraft guns. Chinese copy of the ZPU-4.

Type 58 twin barrel 14.5mm  anti-aircraft guns. Chinese copy of the ZPU-2.
Type 75 14.5mm anti-aircraft gun

P-35M radar?

PRV-11 radar?

Anti-Tank Weapons

9M133 Kornet (AT-14 Spriggan) anti-tank guided missiles
9K115-2 Metis M (AT-13 Saxhorn 2) anti-tank guided missiles

HJ-8 anti-tank guided missiles

9M14 Malyutka (AT-3 Sagger)

Type 75 recoilless guns (Chinese copy of the U.S. M-20 recoilless gun)

Type 69 anti-tank rocket launchers (Chinese copy of the RPG-7)

Type 70 anti-tank rocket launchers

Carl Gustav anti-tank rocket launchers

M-40 recoilless guns

Type 54 anti-tank gun

Rifle grenades

BD-14 (Bangladesh made general purpose machine guns)

Type 80 (Chinese PK copy)

Type 56 (Chinese RPD copy)

BD-08 light machine gun (license produced copy of the Chinese Type 81 light machine gun)

Accuracy International Arctic Warfare sniper rifles

Dragunov sniper rifles

Type 56 assault rifles (Chinese AK-47 copy)

SKS rifle

BD-08 rifles (license produced copy of the Chinese Type 81)

M4 carbines

Artillery

Type 82 130mm multiple rocket launchers
WS-22A  guided 122mm multiple rocket launchers

Type 90 122mm multiple rocket launchers

KRL 122- Pakistani made 122mm multiple rocket launchers

Nora B-52 self propelled howitzers

Type 96 towed 122mm howitzers (230)

Type 86 towed 122mm howitzers

Type 83 towed 122mm howitzers

Type 54-1 towed 122mm howitzers (20+)

M-101 towed 105mm howitzers (50+)

Oto Melara Model 56 towed 105mm howitzers (30)

Type 59-1 (40+)

2S23 Nona 120mm self propelled mortars

Type 63 mortar

Para Commandos

Coast Guard

Bangladesh Police

Armed Police Battalions (APBN)

Airport Armed Police- Part of the Armed Police Battalions

Special Security and Protection Battalion (SPBN)

Railway Police

Industrial Police

Highway Police

Police Bureau of investigation (PBI)

Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)

ZFB-05 armored vehicles

Metropolitan Police

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP)

Armored vehicles

Includes a SWAT like unit
Includes a Detective and Criminal intelligence Branch or Detective Branch (DB)

Chittagong Metropolitan Police

Khulna Metropolitan Police

Rajshahi Metropolitan Police

Sylhet Metropolitan Police

Barisal Metropolitan Police

Formed Police Unit (FPU)
Bangladesh police contribution to the United Nations serving in many nations.

Tourist Police

Intelligence
National Security Intelligence (NSI)

Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI)- Military intelligence

Detective Branch-  Intelligence unit of Bangladesh Police (DB)




Companies
Bangladesh Ordnance Factories (BOF)
State owned company responsible for the production of small arms and ammunition

Khulna shipyard 
Located near Khulna, Bangladesh. Produce Padma Class patrol boats and Durjoy Class Large Patrol Craft 



Bangladesh Military Pictures