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Bangladesh welcomes home its first VT5 light tanks

18th November 2022 - 00:51 GMT | by Gordon Arthur in Christchurch

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Bangladesh is the first export customer for the VT5 light tank produced by Norinco. This screengrab shows one of the initial tanks at a live-fire event.

The Bangladesh Army continues to modernise with the arrival of light tanks, rocket artillery and man-portable rocket launchers from various sources.

The Bangladesh Army’s first Norinco-manufactured VT5 light tanks have arrived in the country, with five of them appearing in a live-fire event in Chattogram in mid-November.

A first batch of tanks arrived by ship in the first week of November, and Shephard understands that all 44 were delivered in one go. So far, they have not been seen fitted with a turret-mounted RWS.

Imagery of the new tanks was circulating in late 2021, but it has taken till now for the initial batch of tanks to reach Bangladeshi shores. COVID-19 was probably responsible for delays, though Bangladesh crews had

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Gordon Arthur was the Asia Pacific editor for Shephard Media. Born in Scotland and educated …

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