HOW Many Weapons Bangladesh Navy SWADS Can Operate?

Special Warfare Diving And Salvage (SWADS) is the elite commando unit of Bangladesh Navy. SWADS receives various training from USA, South Korea & Turkey. SWADS operating dozens of special warfare small arms, assault rifles, sniper weapons systems, grenade launchers etc. Every SWADS member have to get trained almost all those weapons. 

Here is a short list of the weapons SWADS members operating currently:

Colt M4A1 SOPMOD: primary weapon of SWADS

Daewoo K2 assault rifle

Type 56 assault rifle

BD-08 assault rifle

M24 Sniper Weapon System

Heckler & Koch HK416 Squad automatic weapon

M16 assault rifle

M203 grenade launcher

MK 19 automatic grenade launcher

Heckler & Koch MP5 9mm submachine gun

Close Quarter Battle Receiver (CQBR) Carbine, used by SEAL operatives only;

Accuracy International AS50 Sniper Weapon System

Besides these there are some other arms too SWADS can operate if needed.

Bangladesh Navy (BN) SWADS is one of the deadly naval special operations forces around the world. SWADS formation, training and operational styles are as same as U.S. Navy SEALs. Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S) training of BN SWADS happened in U.S. Navy’s Naval Special Warfare Center in Coronado. Average drop rate of SWADS trainee is 95%.

BN also send their SWADS operator for training in Turkey where Turkish Navy’s SAS-SAT trainers trains the further to make them lethal naval commando. Turkish Naval Forces and Bangladesh Navy enjoying brotherly relations due to their warm military historical relations. Turkey also can be a supplier of Spec Ops equipment for BN SWADS.

On the other hand, South Korean UDT/SEAL is also a US Navy SEAL trained special force, who’re too, providing training and weapons for BN SWADS. UDT/SEAL has a very rigorous training process. And, South Korea have developed various Spec Ops Forces equipment for their UDT/SEAL which can be very useful by Bangladeshi SEALs. Among them Daewoo K2 assault rifle is in current SWADS inventory.