Bangladesh starts operating new Turkish T-300 Tiger multiple rocket launchers

One of the T-300 rocket launchers during the induction ceremony with the Bangladesh Army. Photo c/o Shakir Imroz.

The Bangladesh Army (BA) has brought into service several new T-300 Tiger multiple rocket launchers acquired from Turkey. According to the Bangladesh Armed Forces’ media services Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the new rocket launchers were turned over to the Bangladesh Army during ceremonies held at the Corps of Military Police Centre & School (CMPC&S) near Dhaka on 20 June 2021. The rocket launchers are expected to introduce “a new dimension to the capabilities of the Bangladesh Army”, according to the country’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who attended the event through video conference. Bangladesh signed a contract with Turkey’s ROKETSAN to supply a regiment of medium-range rocket launchers and guided rockets for the Bangladesh Army on March 2019. The T-300 rocket launcher system was made by ROKETSAN of Turkey, and was said to be based from China’s WS-1B rocket launcher system. Each of the T-300 mobile rocket launcher carries four launch tubes, with each launch tube capable of firing ROKETSAN’s 300mm TR-300-series munitions, which includes the TR-300E unguided rocket with a range between 40 to 100 kilometers, and the TRG-300 Tiger guided rocket. The TRG-300 Tiger guided rocket has 2 versions, the Block I which has a range between 30 to 120 kilometers, and the Block II Enhanced Warhead Dynamic Effectiveness variant with a range between 20 to 90 kilometers. Both are guided using GPS, with aid by an inertial navigation system. The Bangladesh Army’s examples uses Russian-made Kamaz 65224 6x6 trucks as its mobile platform. [1] Jane’s [2] Eastern Times [3] Shephard Media