Cobra BMT-2 APC

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Cobra BMT-2
The Cobra BMT-2 APC.
General characteristics
Crew	unknown
Length	unknown
Width	unknown
Height	unknown
Weight	unknown
Armour and armament
Armour	unknown
Main armament	23mm cannon
Secondary armament	unknown
Mobility
Power plant	diesel unknown
Suspension	torsion bar
Road speed	unknown
Power/weight	unknown
Range	unknown

The Iranian Cobra or BMT-2 armored personnel carrier appears to be an indigenous design armed with a 30 mm gun or the ZU-23-2 anti-aircraft gun—a light automatic weapons system that Iran has been manufacturing for some years. Like the Zulfiqar main battle tank, the Cobra has been undergoing field trials in Iranian military exercises since May 1996. In late July 1997 Iranian President Hashemi Rafsanjani of Iran formally inaugurated a production line for the domestically manufactured Zulfiqar MBT main battle tanks and Boragh tracked armoured personnel carriers. The facility will also produce the BMT-2 armored personnel carrier.