Artillery Centre and School
Brief History
Artillery Center & School (AC&S) was raised on 01 November 1976 at Halishahar, Chittagong. Much before that, from March 1974, School of Artillery was functioning as a separate wing of Combined Arms School (COMBAS) at Jessore Cantonment. On 02 February 1977 the School was relocated to its present location. From 30 April 1981 this prestigious institution is functioning as Artillery Center & School with its full Components. So far, 106 officers from friendly Countries have attended various courses in School of Artillery. Training Regiment started the training of first recruit batch at Kurmitola airport in October 1976. On 3rd November 1976, it started functioning in its present location. So far 24,967 recruits have been trained by successfully completing training of 74 recruit batches. Training of 75th recruit batch started with 322 recruits.
Location
AC&S is located at Halishahar Cantonment in the outskirts of ‘Port City’, Chittagong. It is about 1 km east of the Bay of Bengal and 22 km north of Chittagong Airport. The postal address is:
Artillery Centre and School
Halishahar Cantonment
Chittagong
Bangladesh
Telephone: (0088) (031) 726374-6
Fax: (0088) (031) 713669
E-mail: gunner@gononet.com
Communication Means
By Road. The institution is 03 km away from nearby bus station and well connected by road with Dhaka and other regions.
By Rail. Chittagong has the best possible railway communication with Dhaka and other parts of the country.
By Air. National carrier and private airlines operate everyday in Dhaka-Chittagong-Dhaka route.
Places of Interest
Ajana Shaheed Samadhi (memorial for unknown martyrs of our Liberation War), Smriti Amlan (Liberation War based museum), War Cemetery (memorial for martyrs of our WWII), Marine Academy, Foy’s Lake, Potenga Sea Beach. Besides these, Cox’s Bazar, the longest sea beach of the world, Kaptai artificial lake and hill stations of Rangamati and Bandarban can also be visited from Chittagong.
Courses Run by AC&S
|
Ser |
Name of Course |
Code |
Maximum Duration in Weeks
|
Number of Courses in a year |
|
(a) |
(b) |
(c) |
(d) |
(e) |
|
1. |
Officers Gunnery Staff Course (Field) |
OGSC (FD) |
40 |
Two courses in three yea |
|
2. |
Officers Gunnery Staff Course (Air Defence) |
OGSC (AD) |
40 |
One course in three years |
|
3. |
Artillery Officers Advance Course (Field) |
AOAC (Fd) |
10 |
Two Courses in three years |
|
4. |
Artillery Officers Advance Course (Air Defence) |
AOAC (AD) |
10 |
One Course in three years |
|
5. |
Mid Career Course (Field) |
MCC (FD) |
15 |
Two courses in three years |
|
6. |
Mid Career Course (Air Defence) |
MCC (AD) |
15 |
One course in three years |
|
7. |
Target Acquisition and Survey Course |
TA&SC |
14 |
One course in two years |
|
8. |
Officers Basics Course (Field) |
OBC (FD) |
23 |
One course per year |
|
9. |
Officers Basics Course (Air Defence) |
OBC (AD) |
21
|
One course per year |
|
10. |
Assistant Regiment Instructor Course Gunner (Field) |
ARIC (FD) |
12 |
One course in two years |
|
11. |
Assistant Regiment Instructor Course Gunner (Air Defence) |
ARIC (AD) |
10
|
One course in two years |
|
12. |
Assistant Regiment Instructor Course (Target Acquisition and Survey) |
ARIC (TA&S) |
12
|
One course in two years |
|
13. |
Assistant Regiment Instructor Course (Operator) |
ARIC (OPR) |
10 |
One course in every two years |
|
14. |
Unit Command Course (Artillery) |
UCC (Arty) |
12 |
As required by Artillery Directorate |
|
15. |
Air Defence Artillery Familiarization Course |
ADAFC |
03 |
One course per year |
|
16. |
Junior Commissioned Officers/Non Commissioned Officers Gunnery Staff Course (Field) |
JNGSC (FD) |
32 |
Two courses in 3 years |
|
17. |
Junior Commissioned Officers/Non Commissioned Officers Gunnery Staff Course (Air Defence) |
JNGSC (AD) |
32 |
One course in three years |
|
18. |
Warrant Officers Course (Artillery) |
WOC (Arty) |
10 |
One or two courses per year |
|
19. |
Sergeants Course (Artillery) |
SGC (Arty) |
10 |
Two courses per year |