403 Battle Group (Bangladesh)

403 Battle Group is the only military organization of Bangladesh Army established to test and validate existing and new doctrine related to training and operations. It is part of the Army Training and Doctrine Command (ARTDOC).[1] The current commander is Col Farhad , psc.

Overview

On 25 July 2007 the Flag Raising Ceremony of newly established 403 battle group and five units under its command was held at Momenshahi Cantonment in Mymensingh. ARTDOC undertakes various types of research and development related projects which are later validated through 403 Battle Group.[2]

Mission

The official mission statement for 403 Battle Group states:

Provide ground testing facilities to ARTDOC for formulating the doctrine of Bangladesh Army.[1]

Components

It has five units under its command. Then GOC of ARTDOC Major General Anwar Hossain inaugurated five units under its command. It has one Infantry Battalion, one Independent Armored Squadron, one Independent Field Battery Artillery, one Independent Field Engineer Company and one Independent Division Support Company.[3]

  • 31 Bangladesh Infantry Regiment.
  • 15 Independent Armoured Squadron.
  • 34 Independent Field Battery Artillery.
  • 45 Independent Field Company Engineers.
  • 99 Independent division Support Company.

References
  1. "ARTDOC". 2013-01-21. Archived from the original on 2013-01-21. Retrieved 2017-03-12.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. "Flag raising ceremony of 403 battle group held". The Daily Star. 2009-11-22. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
  3. "Flag Raising Ceremony of 403 battle group held". The New Nation. 2009-11-23. Archived from the original on 2017-03-12.
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