Equipment of the Iranian army
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From 1925 to the Iranian Revolution in 1979, Iran used to be equipped with the very latest Western hardware. Cases exist where Iran was supplied with equipment even before it was made standard in the countries that developed it (for example the US F-14 Tomcat, or the British Chieftain Tank). Primary suppliers included the United States, Britain, France, the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany), Italy, Israel, and the Soviet Union.
The Iran-Iraq War, and post revolutionary sanctions at the time had a dramatic effect on Iran's inventory of western equipment. Under the pressures of war all supplies were quickly exausted and replacements became increasingly difficult to come by.The war eventually forced Iran to turn towards the Soviet Union, North Korea, Brazil, and China to meet its short term military requirements. Nevertheless, the experience of using advanced and high quality equipment was not lost on any of the branches of the Iranian armed forces. Severely disappointed by its more recent purchases of inferior, more dated designed Russian and eastern equipment, Iran sought to develop its own ability to mirror the high technology of its likely enemies, the West and to provide a totally reliable source of equipment for the future.
Initial developments in every field of military technology were carried out with the technical support of Russia, China, and North Korea to lay the foundations for future industries. Iranian reliance on these countries has rapidly decreased over the last decade in most sectors where Iran sought to gain total independence; however, in some sectors such as the Aerospace sector Iran is still greatly reliant on external help. Iran has, at present, developed an uncanny ability to reverse engineer existing foreign hardware, improve it to its own requirements and then manufacture the finished product. Examples of this are the Boragh and the IAMI Azarakhsh. In an attempt to make its military industries more sustainable Iran has also sought to export its military products, see Iranian Military Exports.
[edit] APC
- Cobra BMT-2 APC (Iranian Origin)
- Boragh APC (Iranian Origin)
- M113A1/A2 APC
- EE-11 Urutu APC
- BTR-60 APC
- BTR-50 Amphibious APC
[edit] RECEE / AIFV
[edit] Light tanks
- FV101 Scorpion
- Tosan (Iranian origin)
[edit] Main battle tanks
- Zulfiqar 1,2,3 (Iranian Origin)
- Safir-74 (Iranian Origin)
- T-72
- T-62
- Soviet T-55/54 Variants including
- Chieftain
- M-60A1
- M-48
- M-47
[edit] Air defence
- I-Hawk (Improved version of the original US Hawk system)
- Tigercat
- Crotale
- Sayyad-1 (copy of the SA-2 Guideline under the name of Sayyad-1 & Sayyad-1A)
- Pechora-2A (Russian upgrade of the basic SA-3)
- Ghareh (copy of the SA-5 Gammon with 250 km range)
- Kub (aka SA-6)
- S-300 (aka SA-10) (citation needed)
- Buk-M1 (aka SA-13)
- Tor-M1 (aka SA-15) (contract signed but not (yet) delivered to Iran)
- Shahab Thaqeb (copy of the Chinese FM-80 Feimeng system)
[edit] Shoulder-launched missiles
- Misagh-1 (copy of Chinese QW-1)
- Misagh-2 (copy of Chinese QW-2)
- RBS-70
- FIM-92_Stinger[citation needed]
- SA-7 Grail
- SA-16
- SA-18 Igla
[edit] Radar systems
- Gamma
- Kasta
- Kolchuga [1]
- JY-14 (Chinese origin)
- several other systems from various countries such as France, Israel, USA, India, etc...
[edit] Towed artillery
105 mm
122 mm
- D-30/2A18M
- Type-54
152 mm
- D-20/M-55
155 mm
203 mm
[edit] Self-propelled artillery
122 mm
152 mm
- Raad 1 (Iranian Origin)
155 mm
170 mm
- M-1978
175 mm
203 mm
[edit] Surface-to-surface missiles
This refers to ballistic missiles and not battlefield systems. Iran's missile forces are under the command of the Revolutionary Guards and not under the command of the regular Army.
Additional information is available in Iran's Missile Forces.
[edit] Cruise missiles
[edit] Battlefield missile systems
Short Range (Iranian origin)
- Samid Artillery Rocket
- Fajr-2 Artillery Rocket
- Fajr-3 Artillery Rocket
- Fajr-5 Artillery Rocket
- Tondar-69 Artillery Rocket
- Oghab Artillery Rocket
- Shahin-II Artillery Rocket
- Naze'at Artillery Rocket
- Zelzal Artillery Rocket
- Fateh-110
Anti-tank missiles
- Toophan (Iranian origin)
- Toophan 2 (Iranian origin)
- Toophan 3 (Iranian origin)
- Saeghe 1/2 (Dragon)
- AT-3 Sagger
- AT-4 Spigot
- AT-5 Spandrel
- AT-14 Kornet
- Saegheh improved version of the RPG-7.
- RPG-29
- RPG-7
- Metis-M (built as M-113 in Iran)
- Kornet-E
- MILAN
[edit] Army aviation
Attack
- Bell AH-1J Sea Cobra (upgraded and produced under the name of Panha 2091)
Transport
- Shabaviz 206 (Iranian Origin)
- Shabaviz 2-75 (Iranian Origin)
- Bell 204 UH-1
- Agusta/Bell 206
- Agusta/Bell 212
- Bell 214
- Boeing CH-47 Chinook
- RH-53D Sea Stallion
- Hughes-300C
- Mi-17
- Mi-8
[edit] Unmanned aerial vehicles
- Ababil
- Mohajer I/II/III/IV
- Sahand
- Faraz I
- Faraz II
- Saeqeh
- Sabokbal
[edit] Small arms
- Heckler & Koch G3 Cal.7.62 mm (model G3A6 licence production) [1]
- Heckler & Koch MG3 Cal.7.62 mm (licence production) [2]
- Tondar Sub-Machine Gun 9mm (MP5 manufactured under licence)
- AK-47
- PKM
- Dragunov Sniper Rifle
- M-16 A2
- Khaybar KH2002 an Iranian designed 5.56mm bullpup rifle that is based on the M16 [3]
- RPG-7 [4]
- Zoaf Pistol 9 mm
- Sig P-226 Pistol
- Gas masks
- Bullet Proof Vests
[edit] External links
- Manufacturing equipment for the Iranian Army
- Iranian Defense Industries Organization
- GlobalSecurity.Org - Iran
- GlobalSecurity.Org - Equipment Estimation
[edit] See also
[edit] External video footage
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