Bangladesh Army's BMTF ( Bangladesh Machine Tools Factory ) under the '902 heavy workshop is upgrading the old Type-59 light tank into a modern generation main battle tank with Chinese assistance known as Type-59(BD)G Durjoy with equipment equivalent to the Chinese Type-96 MBT. 174 tanks have been upgraded in the first batch.
Weapon upgrades are :
125mm smoothbore main gun with new turret ( 28 rounds ) and also can fire APFSDS,HEAT-FS,HE-FS rounds as well.
Ability to fire ATGMs ( Anti-Tank Guided Missile )
Other upgrades are :
Chinese 3rd generation ERA on front, turret and side skirts. Modular composite armor on turret front. Cage armor on back of turret to protect from RPG hits.
Nuclear radioactivity,Biological and Chemical ( NBC ) protection suite.
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