Para-Commando Brigade (Bangladesh)
| ParaCommando Brigade (Bangladesh Army) | |
|---|---|
| Active | 2016 – present |
| Country | Bangladesh |
| Allegiance | Bangladesh |
| Type | Special Operations Force |
| Role | Special Operations |
| Size | 2 Battalions |
| Part of | Bangladesh Army |
| Garrison/HQ | Sylhet Cantonment |
| Nickname(s) | The Cheetahs |
| Motto(s) | Do or Die |
| Colors | Maroon |
| Equipment | KRISS Vector gen-II ,Colt M4A1, Type 56, Type 81, Dragunov SVD, Accuracy International Arctic Warfare, M1911, MP5 A3 |
| Engagements | |
| Commanders | |
| Current commander |
Brigadier General Moin U Mahmood Choudhowry,PSC |
The Para-Commando Brigade is an independent special operations brigade of the Bangladesh Army. The brigade was officially formed on 4 September 2016 on adhoc basis consisting two para-commando battalions.
Crack platoon was a specialized commando unit of Muktibahini during liberation war of Bangladesh.The legendary commando officer Major A.T.M Haider(a formar SSG commando in Pakistan Army) formed this unit under the command of sector no-2.Sector commander Khaled Mosarrof personally took care about this unit. In June 1971, commander Khaled made a plan to send commandos in Dhaka city. Because a delegation came from world Bank to visit the East-Pakistan(Now Bangladesh). For that,The Pakistan government was trying to show them, everything was normal in Dhaka. But The Commander of sector-2, Khaled Mosarrof was trying to show the whole world that nothing was normal in Dhaka.For that he along with Commando Major Haider made a plan to launch an commando assault in Dhaka City. They decided to send the specialized platoon-"Y"(which was renamed as Crack-Platoon) in Dhaka City. The Commandos successfully launched some operations in Dhaka city and showed the whole world that nothing was normal there.
Operations of Crack Platoon
1. Operation Hotel Intercontinental
2. Operation Five power stations
3. Operation Farmgate
4. Operation Dhanmondi
5. Operation Green road
In 1976, special warfare wing was opened at the Bangladesh Army School of Infantry and Tactics (SI&T). This was the first step towards formation of a special force. In 1980, the army commando course and the counter-insurgency course was started in special warfare wing. In the same year, the special warfare wing was expanded to special warfare school. In 1988, the first para training course was started at the special warfare school.
On 30 June 1992, the 1st Para-Commando Battalion started its journey at Jalalabad cantonment of Sylhet. The flag of the battalion was raised in May 1993. On 1 June 2015, 1st Para-Commando Battalion came out as a full fledged regiment. After the formation of adhoc para-Commando Brigade on 4 September 2016, they started working under the command of the Brigade.
The battalion was awarded the national standard on 2 November 2017 as a recognition of their outstanding works.
Para-commando brigade was formed to cope with the security threats of new era. With the increase of unconventional security threats from state and non-state actors, expansion of the special operations force was unavoidable. To meet these needs, para-commando brigade was raised on ad hoc basis on 4 September 2016. the brigade includes the former 1st Para-Commando Battalion and newly formed 2nd Commando Battalion, and 3rd Commando Battalion. The formation is yet to get its full strength.
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