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History

The establishment of a rifle factory and small-arms ammunition plant for

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began in 1968 with the technical and financial assistance of the

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. The facility was inaugurated on 6 April 1970. Although it suffered considerable damage during the

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in 1971, its capabilities have been restored and expanded since. In 1982-1983 BMR (Balancing, Modernization, Replacement) works started which was completed in 1987. After the BMR the yearly production target of the factory was determined to be 2500 rifles and 15 million ammunition per annum. Project on establishment of ‘Automatic Assault Rifle BD-08’ factory was under taken in 2004-2005 and it was successfully implemented in the year 2008. In June 2021, a

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105 mm and 155 mm artillery sell production line establishment agreement was signed between Bangladesh and Turkish company REPKON. With the modern ''Free Flowforming'' (REPKON patented) technology and computerized machinery from REPKON, BOF will produce high-quality 105 mm and 155 mm artillery shells. According to Uğur Cem Gürpınar, REPKON business development and corporate communications officer, "Bangladesh, like many friendly and allied countries, preferred REPKON because of its technology that is ahead of its competitors in the world". Bangladesh Army is currently using western standard 105 mm and 155 mm artilleries as well as Chinese 122 mm and 130 mm artilleries.

Technology

Initially BOF was set up with technologies machines, equipment and support facilities from China, but gradually technology transfers from

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were added. BOF now boasts a mix of conventional and state of the art computerized controlled processes/systems for manufacturing.

Factories

Bangladesh Ordnance Factories currently operates the following factories. #Small arms manufacturing factory #Small arms ammunition factory #Ball, tracer, blank and API ammunition for rifle, SMG, LMG and HMG manufacturing factory #Rifles manufacturing factory #Machine gun manufacturing factory #Grenade manufacturing factory #Artillery ammunition factory #Tools manufacturing plant

Products

The products of Bangladesh Ordnance Factory are different types of ammunition, artillery shells and infantry weapons. BOF is planning to produce a variety of artillery weapons, military hardware, precision weapons as well as developing and producing indigenous ordnance weapons and equipment.

Infantry weapons

Assault rifles

* BD-08: BD-08 and BD-08 MK-II with optical sight. It is current standard-issue rifle of the

and also used by

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and other forces. It is a Bangladeshi variant of the Chinese

Type 81 assault rifle The Type 81 (; literally; "Type 81 Automatic Rifle") is a Chinese-designed second-generation, selective-fire, gas-operated 7.62×39mm assault rifle based on Kalashnikov and SKS actions adopted by the People's Liberation Army (PLA) and has be ...

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- Assembled locally. It is a Chinese variant of the Soviet-designed

AK-47 The AK-47, officially known as the ''Avtomat Kalashnikova'' (; also known as the Kalashnikov or just AK), is a gas operated, gas-operated assault rifle that is chambered for the 7.62×39mm cartridge. Developed in the Soviet Union by Russian s ...

(specifically Type 3) and

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and other forces in a large quantity. Type 56 mod02 noBG

Semi-Automatic carbine

* Type-56: Chinese variant of SKS. BOF produced Type 56 under license till 2006. It was previous standard-issue rifle of the

before the introduction of BD-08 . Simonov-SKS-45

Machine guns

* BD-15: Light machine gun (LMG) variant of BD-08 assault rifle. Machine gun Type81

Grenades

* Arges 84 BD: Produced under license. Licensed version of Austrian ARGES Type HG-84.

Mortars

* Mortar gun: At least one model under production but official details by BOF is not available. BOF tested their prototype 60 mm and 82 mm mortar guns before 2016.

Ammunition

Small arms

7.62×39mm The 7.62×39mm (aka 7.62 Soviet, formerly .30 Russian Short) round is a rimless bottlenecked intermediate cartridge of Soviet origin. The cartridge is widely used due to the worldwide proliferation of Russian SKS and AK-47 pattern rifles, as ...

Soviet/Russian *

7.62×54mmR The 7.62×54mmR is a rimmed rifle cartridge developed by the Russian Empire and introduced as a service cartridge in 1891. Originally designed for the bolt-action Mosin–Nagant rifle, it was used during the late tsarist era and throughout th ...

Soviet/Russian * 7.62×51mm NATO

Artillery shells

*105 mm artillery shell

Mortar bombs

*Mortar bombs: At least one model under production including fuze manufacturing but official details by BOF is not available. BOF tested their prototype 60 mm and 82 mm mortar bombs before 2016.

Military explosives

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Projects

Future projects

#Opening production line for Anti Tank Guided Weapon (ATGM). #Opening production line for MANPADS. #Opening more modern production line for 105 mm and new production line for 155 mm artillery shells with ''Free Flowforming'' technology and computerized machinery from Turkish company REPKON. #Opening fuze manufacturing production line for 105 mm,122 mm, 130 mm and 155 mm artillery shells. #Opening fuze manufacturing production line for 60 mm and 82 mm mortar bombs. #Opening 40 mm grenade production line for

automatic grenade launcher An automatic grenade launcher (AGL) or grenade machine gun is a grenade launcher that is capable of fully automatic fire, and is typically loaded with either an ammunition belt or magazine. These weapons are often mounted on vehicles or helicopt ...

. BOF planned to produce 100000 HE (High Explosive), 25000 HEDP (High Explosive Dual Purpose) and 75000 training 40 mm grenade cartridges per year. Maximum range of these cartridges will be 2200 meters and effective range will be 1500 meters. #Establishment of different types of computer numerical control (CNC) machining center.

References

External links

Official Site of Bangladesh Ordnance Factories
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