10th Infantry Division (Bangladesh)

The 10th Infantry Division (Bengali: ১০ম পদাতিক ডিভিশন) is a formation of the Bangladesh Army and one of the three divisions of Chittagong Division. It's located in the city of Cox's Bazar in southeastern Bangladesh. It was formed as part of the development vision of Bangladesh Armed Forces Forces Goal 2030.

10th Infantry Division
Active	1 March 2015 - present
Country	Bangladesh
Branch	Bangladesh Army
Type	Infantry
Size	Division
Garrison/HQ	Ramu Cantonment
Commanders
Current commander	Major General Md Masudur Rahman
Notable commanders	Major General Fakhrul Ahsan Major General Tabrez Shams Major General Ataul Hakim Sarwar Hasan

History

Chittagong division has a history of ethnic and religious strife. With a purpose of tackling the corresponding problem and protecting the new maritime boundary, it was necessary to increase army's capability in the area. Considering this, initiative and corresponding measures were taken to form an infantry division as it was also part of the development vision of Bangladesh Armed Forces Forces Goal 2030.^[1]

On 19 April 2014, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina confirmed the approval for a new cantonment in Ramu.^[2]

Sheikh Hasina formally announced formation of the 10th Infantry Division, as well the brigade and regiments under its command by raising the flag on 1 March 2015.

Flag of seven units including that of the 2nd Infantry Brigade was hoisted on 10 March 2016.^[3] Flag hoisting ceremony of the seven newly formed units was held on 9 February 2017.^[4] Flag hoisting program of 4 new units was held on 20 February 2018.^[5]

Formation

There are two infantry brigades and an artillery brigade, comprising nine infantry regiments and four artillery regiments respectively. Two engineering battalions and other various units including SSD Ramu and two field workshop units are under the supervision of the 10th Infantry Division.^{[6][failed verification]} Major General Md Masudur Rahman is the current General Officer Commanding of the division.

Combat Arms

• Artillery
  • 10 Artillery Brigade^[7]
  • 9 Field Regiment Artillery^{[citation needed]}
  • 27 Field Regiment Artillery^{[citation needed]}
  • 28 Medium Regiment Artillery^{[citation needed]}
  • Div Locating Artillery^{[citation needed]}
• Armoured:
  • 16 Cavalry Regiment^{[citation needed]}
• Infantry:
  • 2 Infantry Brigade^[8][9]
  • 97 Infantry Brigade^[7]
  • 1 East Bengal Regiment^{[citation needed]}
  • 8 East Bengal Regiment^{[citation needed]}
  • 26 East Bengal Regiment^[7]
  • 63 East Bengal Regiment^{[citation needed]}
  • 24 Bangladesh Infantry Regiment^{[citation needed]}
  • 27 Bangladesh Infantry Regiment^{[citation needed]}
  • 37 Bangladesh Infantry Regiment^{[citation needed]}
  • 38 Bangladesh Infantry Regiment^{[citation needed]}
  • 39 Bangladesh Infantry Regiment^{[citation needed]}

Combat support

• Ordnance Corps
  • 509 Division Ordnance Company^{[citation needed]}
  • 10 Independent Ammunition Platoon^{[citation needed]}
• Corps of Signals (Sig)
  • 9 Signal Battalion^{[citation needed]}
  • 39 Signal Battalion^{[citation needed]}
• Corps of Engineers
  • 6 Engineer Battalion^{[citation needed]}

Combat Service support

• Army Medical Corps
  • 55 field ambulance^{[citation needed]}

References

1. "Remain alert against terrorism and militancy: PM to army". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2016-11-27.
2. "Ramu to see new cantonment". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 2016-11-27.
3. . Dhaka Tribune. BSS. Archived from the original on 2016-11-29. Retrieved 2016-11-27.
4. রামু সেনানিবাসে কক্সবাজার এরিয়ায় নতুন ৭টি ইউনিটের পতাকা উত্তোলন অনুষ্ঠিত. Inter-Services Public Relations (in Bengali). Retrieved 2017-02-10.
5. রামু সেনানিবাসে ১০ পদাতিক ডিভিশনের অধীন ৪ টি ইউনিটের পতাকা উত্তোলন. Inter-Services Public Relations (in Bengali). Retrieved 2018-02-20.
6. "Army allotted forest land illegally". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2016-11-29.
7. . Bangladesh Sangbad Sangtha. 2016-11-28. Archived from the original on 2016-11-28. Retrieved 2016-11-28.
8. . Bangladesh Awami League. Archived from the original on 2016-11-30. Retrieved 2016-11-29.
9. . The News Today. Archived from the original on 2016-11-29. Retrieved 2016-11-28.