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.

Contents

[edit] APC

[edit] RECEE / AIFV

[edit] Light tanks

[edit] Main battle tanks

[edit] Air defence

[edit] Shoulder-launched missiles

[edit] Radar systems

[edit] Towed artillery

105 mm

122 mm

152 mm

  • D-20/M-55

155 mm

203 mm

[edit] Self-propelled artillery

122 mm

152 mm

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

[edit] Army aviation

Attack

Transport

[edit] Unmanned aerial vehicles

[edit] Small arms

[edit] External links

[edit] See also

[edit] External video footage



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