In recent years, the
Iranian government
The Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran ( fa, نظام جمهوری اسلامی ایران, Neẓām-e jomhūrī-e eslāmi-e Irān, known simply as ''Neẓām'' ( fa, نظام, lit=the system) among its supporters) is the ruling state a ...
states that it has self-sufficiency in essential military hardware and defense systems.
Tehran
Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most popul ...
established an arms development program during the
Iran–Iraq War
The Iran–Iraq War was an armed conflict between Iran and Iraq that lasted from September 1980 to August 1988. It began with the Iraqi invasion of Iran and lasted for almost eight years, until the acceptance of United Nations Security Council ...
to counter the weapons embargo imposed on it by the US and its Western allies. Since 1993, Iran has manufactured its own tanks, armored personnel carriers, missiles, radars, boats, submarines, unmanned aerial vehicles, and fighter planes.
History
From 1925 to the
Iranian Revolution
The Iranian Revolution ( fa, انقلاب ایران, Enqelâb-e Irân, ), also known as the Islamic Revolution ( fa, انقلاب اسلامی, Enqelâb-e Eslâmī), was a series of events that culminated in the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynas ...
in 1979,
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...
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
The Grumman F-14 Tomcat is an American carrier-capable supersonic aircraft, supersonic, twinjet, twin-engine, two-seat, twin-tail, variable-sweep wing fighter aircraft. The Tomcat was developed for the United States Navy's Naval Fighter Experi ...
, or the British
Chieftain Tank
The FV4201 Chieftain was the main battle tank of the United Kingdom during the 1960s–1990s.
A development of the Centurion, the Chieftain introduced the supine (reclining) driver position to British design allowing a heavily sloped hull with r ...
). Primary suppliers included the
United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie ...
,
Britain
Britain most often refers to:
* The United Kingdom, a sovereign state in Europe comprising the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland and many smaller islands
* Great Britain, the largest island in the United King ...
,
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...
, the Federal Republic of
Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...
(West Germany),
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...
,
Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
, and the
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...
.
The
Iran–Iraq War
The Iran–Iraq War was an armed conflict between Iran and Iraq that lasted from September 1980 to August 1988. It began with the Iraqi invasion of Iran and lasted for almost eight years, until the acceptance of United Nations Security Council ...
, 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 exhausted and replacements became increasingly difficult to come by. The war eventually forced Iran to turn to the
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...
,
North Korea
North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and shares borders with China and Russia to the north, at the Yalu River, Y ...
,
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
, and
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
to meet its short term military requirements. Nevertheless, the experience of using quality equipment was not lost on any of the branches of the Iranian armed forces. Disappointed by the older
Warsaw Pact
The Warsaw Pact (WP) or Treaty of Warsaw, formally the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance, was a collective defense treaty signed in Warsaw, Poland, between the Soviet Union and seven other Eastern Bloc socialist republic ...
equipment, Iran sought to develop its own ability to mirror the technology of its likely enemies, and to provide a totally reliable source of equipment for the future.
After the
Iranian revolution
The Iranian Revolution ( fa, انقلاب ایران, Enqelâb-e Irân, ), also known as the Islamic Revolution ( fa, انقلاب اسلامی, Enqelâb-e Eslâmī), was a series of events that culminated in the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynas ...
, developments in military technology were carried out with the technical support of
Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...
,
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
, and
North Korea
North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and shares borders with China and Russia to the north, at the Yalu River, Y ...
; building upon the foundations established by western contractors. Iranian reliance on these countries has rapidly decreased over the last decade in most sectors as Iran sought to gain total independence; A major exception however, is the aerospace sector, where Iran is still dependent on external help. Iran has, at present, reverse engineered existing foreign hardware, adapted it to their own requirements and then mass-produced the finished product. Examples of this abound, such as the
Boragh and the
IAMI Azarakhsh
The HESA Azarakhsh ( fa, آذرخش ''Âzarakhš'', "Thunderbolt") is a jet fighter aircraft manufactured by the Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Industrial Company (HESA). It is widely regarded as a rebuilt and renamed American Northrop F-5 Freedom ...
. In an attempt to make its
military industries more sustainable Iran has also sought to export its military products, see
Iranian Military Exports
Iran's military industry manufactures and exports various types of arms and military equipment. Iran's military industry, under the command of Iran's Ministry of Defence and Armed Forces Logistics, is composed of the following main components:
S ...
.
Defense production
![Bavar 373 sketch](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/95/Bavar_373_sketch.svg)
The following list consists of some weapons systems that Iran manufactures domestically:
Aircraft
*
Azarakhsh
The HESA Azarakhsh ( fa, آذرخش ''Âzarakhš'', "Thunderbolt") is a jet fighter aircraft manufactured by the Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Industrial Company (HESA). It is widely regarded as a rebuilt and renamed American Northrop F-5 Freedom ...
– modified copy of U.S.
F-5 Freedom Fighter, one-seat fighter aircraft, and combat capable trainer.
*
Saeqeh
The HESA Saeqeh ( fa, صاعقه, "thunderbolt"), alternatively spelt Sa'eqeh; Saegheh, or Saeqeh-80, is an Iranian built single-seat jet fighter, derived from the American Northrop F-5. A joint product of the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force ...
– fighter aircraft. Second generation Azarakhsh with a twin canted tail configuration.
*
Saeqeh 2 – double-cockpit supersonic fighter jet
*
Kowsar – fourth-generation fighter jet
*
Shafaq
The HESA Shafaq or Shafagh ( fa, هواپیمای شفق, "Twilight" or "Aurora") is an Iranian subsonic stealth aircraft project being developed by the Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Industrial Company (HESA).
Development
According to reports, ...
– advanced light fighter/trainer, still in development.
*
Qaher-313 – Stealth single-seat multi-role combat aircraft.
*
IR.An-140. – licensed production of Ukrainian
Antonov An-140
The Antonov An-140 is a turboprop regional airliner, designed by the Ukrainian Antonov ASTC bureau as a successor to the Antonov An-24, with extended cargo capacity and the ability to use unprepared airstrips.
Design and development
First flown ...
*
Parastoo – propeller-driven training aircraft. Reverse engineered
Beech F33 Bonanza.
*
Dorna – training aircraft
*
JT2-2 Tazarv – third generation of the
Dorna mentioned above.
Still in prototype stage.
*
Simorgh (aircraft) – training aircraft.
*
Fajr F.3 – Indigenous trainer aircraft
*
Bavar 2
The HESA Bavar 2 ( fa, باور ٢) is a ground effect vehicle unveiled in September 2010 by the IRGC Navy. It is designed to have a small radar signature, and therefore be difficult to track on radar, to be able to remain undetected while carry ...
– fixed-wing
seaplane
A seaplane is a powered fixed-wing aircraft capable of takeoff, taking off and water landing, landing (alighting) on water.Gunston, "The Cambridge Aerospace Dictionary", 2009. Seaplanes are usually divided into two categories based on their tec ...
capable of patrol and reconnaissance missions.
* Saba 248 – medium-weight, double-engine, quadrotor aircraft, capable of carrying eight occupants
* Tizro – training aircraft
*
Yasin – training aircraft
*
Chakavak (plane)
The Chakavak (ultralight training-reconnaissance plane) ( fa, هواپیمای آموزشی-شناسایی چکاوک) is an Iran, Iranian ultralight training-reconnaissance plane which is able to fly at an altitude of 14000 feet above sea-level f ...
– ultralight training-reconnaissance planes
* Simorgh – light military transport aircraft
Helicopters
*
Panha 2091
The Panha 2091 "Toufan" is an Iranian overhaul and upgrade of the Bell AH-1J International (export version of the SeaCobra) attack helicopter purchased before the 1979 Islamic Revolution. – overhauled U.S.
AH-1J SeaCobra
The Bell AH-1 SuperCobra is a twin-engined attack helicopter that was developed on behalf of, and primarily operated by, the United States Marine Corps (USMC). The twin Cobra family, itself part of the larger Huey family, includes the AH-1J S ...
refitted with indigenous components.
*
Toufan I, II – helicopter based on AH-1J and produced by
Iran Aviation Industries Organization
The Iran Aviation Industries Organization (IAIO) ( fa, سازمان صنایع هوایی ایران, ''Sazman-e Sânai'-ye Havaii-ye Iran''), also known as the Aerospace Industries Organization, is an Iranian state-owned corporation established ...
, 10 Toufan I were delivered to Army in May 2010. Improved Toufan II unveiled in January 2013.
* Shabaviz 2061 – overhauled U.S.
Bell 206
The Bell 206 is a family of two-bladed, single- and twin-engined helicopters, manufactured by Bell Helicopter at its Mirabel, Quebec, plant. Originally developed as the Bell YOH-4 for the United States Army's Light Observation Helicopter progra ...
JetRanger refitted with indigenous components.
*
Shabaviz 275 – overhauled U.S.
Bell 205
The Bell 204 and 205 are the civilian versions of the UH-1 Iroquois single-engine military helicopter of the Huey family of helicopters. They are type-certificated in the transport category and are used in a wide variety of applications, inc ...
JetRanger refitted with indigenous components
*
Bell 214
The Bell 214 is a medium-lift helicopter derived from Bell Helicopter's ubiquitous UH-1 Huey series. The Bell 214ST shares the same model number, but is a larger, much-modified twin-engine derivative.
Design and development
The original dev ...
– Reverse engineered and built in Iran
*
HESA Shahed 278
The HESA Shahed 278 ( fa, شاهد ۲۷۸) is an Iranian-made light utility helicopter.
Iran's ''Shahed Aviation Industries Research Center'' plans to produce several variants of ''Shahed'', according to sources. The first platform was the ''Sh ...
– Developed from Bell 206 & Panha Shabaviz 2061
*
HESA Shahed 285
HESA Shahed 285 ( fa, شاهد ۲۸۵) is a light attack/reconnaissance helicopter developed in Iran. It was unveiled on . It is being produced in two versions: a light attack/recon version and a maritime patrol/anti-ship version.
Design and ...
– New Iranian Designed Attack Helicopter
*
Sorena (helicopter)
* Shahed 216
*Zafar300 :was the first iranian made helicopter
Unmanned aerial vehicles
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), commonly known as a drone, is an aircraft without any human pilot, crew, or passengers on board. UAVs are a component of an unmanned aircraft system (UAS), which includes adding a ground-based controller ...
*
A1 – A1 is capable of flying for at least two hours, and can carry a 5-kilogram payload.
*
AB-3
*
Ababil – Domestically-manufactured surveillance plane. Ababil-5 is for attack missions and the Ababil-T is for short/medium-range attack missions.
* Ababil 2
* Ababil 3 - Among the most advanced UAVs made in Iran
* Arash – a suicide and anti-radar drone with a portable launcher
*
Farpad – hand-launched surveillance aircraft
*
Fotros – UCAV with a range of 2000 km, flight ceiling of 25,000 ft and 16–30 hours flight endurance, armed with missiles.
*
Gaza - a wide-body UAV with a flight endurance of 35 hours and operational range of 2,000 kilometers. It is capable of carrying 13 bombs and 500 kilograms of payload.
*
Hamaseh
The HESA Hamaseh ( fa, حماسه, Ḥamāseh, lit=Epic) is an Iranian tactical and reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with high flight endurance built by Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Industrial Company (HESA). The Hamaseh was unveiled ...
– A medium-range drone, capable of carrying air to ground missiles.
*
Kaman-12 (UAV)– combat UAV. The aircraft can fly at 200 kilometers per hour for 10 straight hours. It can use an airstrip as short as 400 meters and covers a 1,000-kilometer combat radius. The UAV weighs 450 kilograms and can carry a payload as heavy as 100 kilograms.
*
Kaman 22 (UAV)– The first wide-body combat UAV made by Iran. The aircraft can fly at a 3000 km distance for 24 hours.
*
Karrar – capable of carrying a military payload of rockets to carry out bombing missions against ground targets. It is also capable of flying long distances at a very high speed.
* Khodkar – wide-body combat and surveillance; using J85 turbojet engine
* Kian – the newest Iranian UCAV
* Kian 2
*
Meraj (UAV) – a reconnaissance drone that has a service ceiling of 3,650 meters (12,000 feet) and can reach a maximum speed of 140 km/h
* Me’raj-214 – Target drone
* Me’raj-504 – Target and suicide drone
*
Mobin (UAV)
*
Mohajer I/II/III/IV
*
Mohajer-6 (UAV)
* Mohajer 92
*
Nazir (surveillance)
* Oghab – a combat drone capable of carrying air-to-surface missiles
* Omid - an anti-radiation drone used for electronic warfare
* Pelican-2 – a vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) naval drone.
*
Raad 85 –
Loitering munition
A loitering munition (also known as a suicide drone[Loitering Muniti ...](_blank)
.
*
Rad
RAD or Rad may refer to:
People
* Robert Anthony Rad Dougall (born 1951), South African former racing driver
* Rad Hourani, Canadian fashion designer and artist
* Nickname of Leonardus Rad Kortenhorst (1886–1963), Dutch politician
* Radley R ...
(with offensive capabilities)
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*
Sabokbal – First Iranian super lightweight drone, capable of recording and dispatching films and can be prepared for flight in less than five minutes.
* Sadeq – a newer version of Mohajer-4
*
Saeghe – Target drone
*
Saegheh
The Saegheh ("Lightning" or "Thunder" in Persian) (also spelled Saegre, Saeghe, Saeqeh, etc.) is any of at least eight completely separate Iranian weapons systems: a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) warhead, an anti-tank guided missile family, a s ...
*
Sayeh – Reverse-engineered copies of ScanEagle, made on a domestic production line and put into service by the Iranian armed forces.
*
H-110 Sarir – capable of carrying air-to-air missiles.
* Sepeher, Shahab-2 and Hodhod-4 – vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) naval drones
*
Shahed 121
*
Shahed 129
The Shahed 129 ( fa, شاهد ۱۲۹, English: "witness"; sometimes S129) is an Iranian single-engine medium-altitude long-endurance unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) designed by Shahed Aviation Industries for the Islamic Revolutionary Guar ...
– UCAV with 24-hour flight capability and armed with Sadid missiles.
* Shahin – a drone that can collect information on the positions and movements of enemy forces on reconnaissance missions
*
Shaparak (Butterfly) – has a maximum operational radius of 50 kilometers (31 miles), and a maximum flight ceiling of 15,000 feet (4,572 meters). This UAV is capable of three and half hours of non-stop flying, and can carry an 8-kilogram (17-pound) payload.
*
Sofreh Mahi
Sofreh Mâhi ( fa, سفره ماهی, "Eagle ray") is an Iranian stealth UCAV under development. Little is known about the drone but scaled down mock-ups shown during Iranian Army Day 2010 parade show that it has a flat diamond shape body with tw ...
– Stealth UCAV (under development)
*
Talash 1,2 – Iranian training UAV.
*
Yasir – Modified version of ScanEagle, it has a 19,500 ft service ceiling, an endurance of 24 hours, and an operational radius of about 750 km.
*
Zohal – VTOL unmanned aerial vehicle
*
Shahed 136
The HESA Shahed 136 ( fa, شاهد ۱۳۶, literally "Witness-136"), or Geran-2 in Russian service, is an Iranian loitering munition in the form of an autonomous pusher-prop drone. It is designed and manufactured by Shahed Aviation Industries ...
– A suicide drone (kamikaze)
* Homa, Chamrosh, Jubin, Ababil-4 and Bavar-5 - naval drones
* Safir - training drone
*Shahab - training and reconnaissance drone
*
Shahed 131
The Shahed 131, or Geran-1 in Russian service, is an Iranian-made drone which came to prominence in October 2022 during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. It is powered by a Wankel engine model Shahed-783/788. Janes created an in-depth technical ...
– A suicide drone (kamikaze)
* Meraj-521 - suicide drone similar to the US Switchblade kamikaze drone
Aircraft upgrades and components
* Iran claims to have upgraded its US-made
F-4
The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II is an American tandem two-seat, twin-engine, all-weather, long-range supersonic jet interceptor and fighter-bomber originally developed by McDonnell Aircraft for the United States Navy.Swanborough and Bo ...
,
F-5, and
F-14
The Grumman F-14 Tomcat is an American carrier-capable supersonic, twin-engine, two-seat, twin-tail, variable-sweep wing fighter aircraft. The Tomcat was developed for the United States Navy's Naval Fighter Experimental (VFX) program after the ...
fighter jets, and produced spare parts including tires, avionics, and engine components.
* Shahed (Observer) flight recorder – able to record flight, image, and sound parameters.
*
Jahesh-700 Turbofan engine
The turbofan or fanjet is a type of airbreathing jet engine that is widely used in aircraft propulsion. The word "turbofan" is a portmanteau of "turbine" and "fan": the ''turbo'' portion refers to a gas turbine engine which achieves mechanic ...
- Reverse engineered Williams FJ33.
*
Owj Turbojet engine
The turbojet is an airbreathing jet engine which is typically used in aircraft. It consists of a gas turbine with a propelling nozzle. The gas turbine has an air inlet which includes inlet guide vanes, a compressor, a combustion chamber, and ...
- Reverse engineered General Electric J85.
*
Toloue-4 Turbojet engine - Reverse engineered
Microturbo TRI 60
The Microturbo TRI 60 is a small, expendable turbojet engine developed for use in cruise missiles, target drones, and other small unmanned air vehicles. Variants of this engine produce from 3.5 - 5.3 kN (800 - 1200 lbf) of thrust. The e ...
.
Satellite carrier
*
Qaem-100 satellite carrier; the first 3-stage satellite carrier with solid fuel developed by the IRGC Aerospace Force, carries satellites weighing 80 kg into an orbit 500 km above the Earth.
Simulators
*
F-4
The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II is an American tandem two-seat, twin-engine, all-weather, long-range supersonic jet interceptor and fighter-bomber originally developed by McDonnell Aircraft for the United States Navy.Swanborough and Bo ...
Phantom Simulator
*
Toufan or
AH-1J assault helicopter simulator
*
Shahed-278
The HESA Shahed 278 ( fa, شاهد ۲۷۸) is an Iranian-made light utility helicopter.
Iran's ''Shahed Aviation Industries Research Center'' plans to produce several variants of ''Shahed'', according to sources. The first platform was the ''Sh ...
and Bell-206 simulator – Under project Mansour Iran built 27 Bell-206 simulators in 2003.
*
Bell 214
The Bell 214 is a medium-lift helicopter derived from Bell Helicopter's ubiquitous UH-1 Huey series. The Bell 214ST shares the same model number, but is a larger, much-modified twin-engine derivative.
Design and development
The original dev ...
simulator – it was built under project Qader-3 and it had cost Iran 17 billion and 500 million rials.
* Submarine Simulator – Iran's "Tareq-class" submarine.
*
F-5 Tiger simulator
*
Misagh rocket launcher simulator
*
Mig-29 Fulcrum simulator
*
F-14 Tomcat
The Grumman F-14 Tomcat is an American carrier-capable supersonic aircraft, supersonic, twinjet, twin-engine, two-seat, twin-tail, variable-sweep wing fighter aircraft. The Tomcat was developed for the United States Navy's Naval Fighter Experi ...
simulator
*
Mirage F-1 simulator
*
Hawk
Hawks are bird of prey, birds of prey of the family Accipitridae. They are widely distributed and are found on all continents except Antarctica.
* The subfamily Accipitrinae includes goshawks, sparrowhawks, sharp-shinned hawks and others. Th ...
and
Mersad
Mersad ( Persian: مرصاد, meaning 'Ambush') is an Iranian low- to mid-range air defense system developed in 2010. It fires Shahin (Falcon) missiles which are reverse-engineered, domestically upgraded versions of the American MIM-23 Hawk sur ...
air defense systems simulator
*
Iran-140 full flight simulator (FFS)
*
Iran-140 fix base flight simulator
*
Fokker-100 fix base flight simulator
*
SOCATA TB-21 Trinidad fix base flight simulator
* Emad simulator
*
Ilyushin Il-76
The Ilyushin Il-76 (russian: Илью́шин Ил-76; NATO reporting name: Candid) is a multi-purpose, fixed-wing, four-engine turbofan strategic airlifter designed by the Soviet Union's Ilyushin design bureau. It was first planned as a comm ...
simulator
Radar systems
*
BSR-1 –
VHF radar.
*
Matla-ul-fajr I/II radar system
*
Kashef 1,2 and 99 radars
*
Alvand radar
*
Asr (radar) Asr ( fa, رادار عصر Radar) is an Iranian passive electronically scanned array long-range radar unveiled in 2013.
The Air Surveillance Radar or ASR is a 3-D solid state phased array radar, capable of detecting boats, low flying aircraft wi ...
– Asr radar is described by Iranian officials as a
S band
The S band is a designation by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) for a part of the microwave band of the electromagnetic spectrum covering frequencies from 2 to 4 gigahertz (GHz). Thus it crosses the convention ...
naval three-dimensional phased array radar with a range of 200 km and capable of simultaneously identifying and intercepting 100 targets at water level or above, this radar will be installed on Jamaran frigates.
*
Alim
Alim (''ʿAlīm'' , also anglicized as ''Aleem'') is one of the Names of God in Islam, meaning "''All-knowing one''". It is also used as a personal name, as a short form of Abdul Alim, "''Servant of the All-Knowing''":
Given name
* Alim ad-Din ...
radar system
*
RASIT
RASIT (''RAdar de Surveillance des InTervalles'') is a ground-surveillance pulse Doppler radar developed by Thomson-CSF (now Thales), and fielded by several militaries. The original version of RASIT had a range of 20 kilometers and allowed a skille ...
ground-surveillance radar – Iran captured a number of Iraqi radars during the 1980–1988 war, and now manufactures a reverse-engineered version carried aboard a truck
*
Thamen – radar system
* Electro-optical/
radar
Radar is a detection system that uses radio waves to determine the distance (''ranging''), angle, and radial velocity of objects relative to the site. It can be used to detect aircraft, ships, spacecraft, guided missiles, motor vehicles, w ...
system
* E-warfare systems
*
Sepehr –
OTH radar with a range of 3,000 kilometers in radius
[The first photos from the newest Iranian radars](_blank)
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*
Najm-802 – Phased array radar system
[Arash and Sepehr radars will be active](_blank)
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*
Ghadir Ghadir or Ghadeer ( ar, غدير , link=no) means ''hollow'' or ''pond'' in Arabic. It may refer to:
Places
* Ghadir, a village in Keserwan District, Lebanon
* Ghadir-e Sab, a village in Khuzestan Province, Iran
* Ghadir Kuhi, a village in Hor ...
– The Ghadir radar system which covers areas (maximum) 1,100 km in distance and 300 km in altitude has been designed and built to identify aerial targets, radar-evading aircraft, cruise missiles and ballistic missiles as well as low-altitude satellites.
*
Arash
Arash the Archer ( fa, آرش کمانگیر ''Āraš-e Kamāngīr'') is a heroic archer-figure of Iranian mythology.
According to Iranian folklore, the boundary between Iran and Turan was set by an arrow launched by Arash, after he put his own ...
– long-range radar, entered service in December 2013.
*
Ghamar (3D radar) is an Iranian native production in electronic warfare.
* Khalij-e fars and Moraqeb – three dimensional phased array radar systems that can detect aerial threats up to a range of 800 and 400 kilometers respectively
* Fat’h 14 (Conquer 14) – with a range of 600 kilometers and can detect small airborne targets at a high altitude
* Me’raj 4 – ground-based long-range 3D surveillance radar system
* Nazir – long-range radar system with the capability of detecting radar-evading targets
* Bina
* Kavosh – based on MPQ-50
* Hadi
– based on MPQ-46
* Hafez – 3D phased array radar
* Melli – with a range of 450 km
* Jooya
* Alvand
* Tareq
* Basir-110
* GSR-110
* Ofogh
* 10th Shahrivar
* Arash I/II
* Mesbah
* Shahab
* Alam ol-Hoda
* Bashir
* Fath-2
* Keyhan
* Afagh – Coastal radar
*
Falaq (radar) – Reconstructed from Russian 67N6E (GAMMA) 3D radar
* Soroush – it can detect targets with small radar cross-section area (RCS) at low and medium altitudes within a range of 220 kilometers
* Sepehr (Sky) – a smart system for monitoring the small flying objects.
* Quds long-range pulse-array radar
* Alborz - a phased-array three-dimensional radar
* Hormuz tactical mid-range radar
Missiles
Short-range ballistic missiles (SRBM)
''Short-range missiles are considered to have a range up to 1000 kilometers.''
*
Shahab-1
The Shahab-1 ( fa, شهاب ۱, Ŝahāb 1, meaning "Meteor-1") was the foundation of the short-range Iranian missile program. During the Iran–Iraq War, Iran purchased R-17 Elbrus missiles from Libya, Syria and North Korea ( Hwasong-5). It is a ...
– Liquid-propelled SRBM with a range of 350 km. Copy of Soviet
SS-1C/Scud-B
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Shahab-2
The Shahab-2 ( fa, شهاب ۲, Ŝahāb 2, meaning "Meteor-2") is the successor to the Iranian Shahab-1 missile. It is based on the North Korean Hwasong-6 (modified version of the Hwasong-5, itself a modification of the R-17 Elbrus).
On November ...
– Liquid-propelled SRBM with a range of 750 km. Copy of Soviet
SS-1D/Scud-C
*
Qiam 1
The Qiam 1 ( Persian: قیام-١, "Uprising-1") is a short-range ballistic missile designed and built by Iran. It was developed from the Iranian Shahab-2, a licensed copy of the North Korean Hwasong-6, all of which are versions of the Soviet ...
– Liquid-propelled SRBM with a range of 750 km. Has a smart targeting system.
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Naze'at
The Naze'at 6-H and Naze'at 10-H/Mushak-120/Iran-130 ( fa, نازعات) are two Iranian long-range artillery rockets with ranges of about 100 km. The Naze'at 10-H is larger, more powerful, and has a longer range than the Nazeat 6-H. Like Ir ...
– Unguided rocket series.
* Zelzal
1/
2/
3/3B – Single-stage SRBM with a range of 200 to 400 km
*
Fateh-110
The Fateh-110 ( fa, فاتح-۱۱۰ "conqueror"), also known as NP-110 is an Iranian solid-fueled surface-to-surface ballistic missile produced by Iran's Aerospace Industries Organization since 2002. It is single-stage, road-mobile and can carr ...
– Single-stage solid-propelled SRBM with a range of 300 km.
*
Fath-360 – An Iranian short-range tactical ballistic missile with range of 80 to 100 km.
*
Fateh-313
Fateh-313 ( fa, فاتح-313, "Conqueror-313"), an Iranian solid-fuel short-range ballistic missile, was unveiled on 21 August 2015. The Fateh-313 missile is the newest model within the Fateh missiles family. It is almost identical to the previous ...
– Solid-propelled SRBM with a range of 500 km.
*
Raad-500 – Solid-propelled SRBM with a range of 500 km. Tactical lightweight variant of Fateh-110 family of tactical SRBM with a 200 km increased range
*
Zolfaqar – Solid-propelled SRBM with a range of 750 km.
*
Khalij Fars – Solid-propelled
anti-ship SRBM with a range of 300 km.
*
Hormuz-1 – Solid-propelled
anti-radar
An anti-radiation missile (ARM) is a missile designed to detect and home in on an enemy radio emission source. Typically, these are designed for use against an enemy radar, although jammers and even radios used for communications can also be ...
and
anti-ship SRBM with a range of 300 km.
*
Hormuz-2 – Solid-propelled
anti-ship SRBM with a range of 300 km.
*
Fateh-Mobin – Solid-propelled SRBM with a range of 300 km.
Medium-range ballistic missiles (MRBM)
''Medium-range missiles are considered to have a range between 1000 and 3000 kilometers.''
*
Shahab-3
The Shahab-3 ( fa, شهاب ۳, Šahâb 3; meaning "meteor-3") is a liquid-propelled medium-range ballistic missile (MRBM) developed by Iran and based on the North Korean Nodong-1. The Shahab-3 has a range of ; a MRBM variant can now reach (ca ...
A/B/C – Liquid-propelled MRBM with a range of 1,200 km to 2,100 km.
*
Ghadr-110 – Liquid-propelled MRBM with a range of 2000–3000 km.
*
Emad – Liquid-propelled MRBM with a range of 2000 km. Improved version of Shahab-3 with 500-meter precision.
*
Khorramshahr
Khorramshahr ( fa, خرمشهر , also romanized as ''Khurramshahr'', ar, المحمرة, romanized as ''Al-Muhammerah'') is a city and capital of Khorramshahr County, Khuzestan Province, Iran. At the 2016 census, its population was 170,976, in ...
– Liquid-propelled MRBM with a range of 2000 km. Capable of carrying multiple warheads.
*
Fajr-3
The Fajr-3 (rarely Fadjr-3) ( fa, فجر-۳) is an Iranian heavy 240 mm intermediate-range multiple-launch artillery rocket (MLRS). The Fajr-3 is a license-built copy, with slight modifications, of a North Korean MLRS called the M-1985. The Fa ...
– MIRV warhead.
*
Dezful
Dezful ( fa, دزفول, pronounced , Dezfuli dialect: Desfil, pronounced ) also Romanized as Dezfūl and Dezfool; also known as Dīzfūl and Ab I Diz is a city and capital of Dezful County, Khuzestan Province, Iran. At the 2011 census, its popu ...
– Solid-propelled SRBM with a range of 1000 km.
*
Martyr Hajj Qassem Soleimani – Solid-propelled MRBM with a range close to 1,400 kilometers
*
Ashoura
Ashura (, , ) is a day of commemoration in Islam. It occurs annually on the 10th of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar. Among Shia Muslims, Ashura is observed through large demonstrations of high-scale mourning as it marks th ...
– Two-staged solid-propelled MRBM with a range of 2,000 km.
*
Sejjil
Sejil, or Sejjil, ( fa, سجیل, a Quranic word meaning "baked clay", see Surat al-Fil) is a family of Iranian solid-fueled medium range ballistic missiles. The Sejil are replacements for the Shahab liquid-fueled ballistic missiles. Accordin ...
– Two-stage solid-propelled MRBM with a range of 2000 km.
*
Kheybarshekan (Kheibarshekan) – Precision-Striking Ballistic Missile, a range of 1,450 km. The mentioned ballistic missile is among third-generation long-range missiles indigenously developed/manufactured by military experts at the IRGC’s Aerospace Division.
* Rezvan - Liquid fueled missile with a 1,400 km range.
Cruise missiles
A cruise missile is a guided missile used against terrestrial or naval targets that remains in the atmosphere and flies the major portion of its flight path at approximately constant speed. Cruise missiles are designed to deliver a large warhead ...
*
Nasr-1 – Iranian-made short-range missiles.
*
Meshkat – Iranian cruise missile with a range of 2000 kilometers.
*
Qader – Iranian anti-ship cruise missile with a range over 200 km.
*
Ya-Ali – Iranian land attack cruise missile with 700 km range.
*
Soumar – copy of the
Raduga Kh-55.
*
Noor – Anti-ship cruise missile based on
C-802
*
Kowsar – medium-range, land-based anti-ship missile
*
Ghadir Ghadir or Ghadeer ( ar, غدير , link=no) means ''hollow'' or ''pond'' in Arabic. It may refer to:
Places
* Ghadir, a village in Keserwan District, Lebanon
* Ghadir-e Sab, a village in Khuzestan Province, Iran
* Ghadir Kuhi, a village in Hor ...
*
Nasr-e Basir
Nasr-e Basir ( fa, نصر بصیر, "Clear Victory") is an Iranian Indigenous Smart Low-observable anti-ship cruise missile unveiled on 24 August 2014 in a defense exhibition in Tehran along with Ghadir missile, Karrar-4 MALE UAV and Mohajer ...
– Anti-ship cruise missile
*
Zafar – Anti-ship cruise missile
*
Nasir
Nasir ( ar, ناصر, translit=Nāṣir) is a masculine given name, commonly found in Arabic which can mean "helper" or "one who gives victory" (grammatically the Stem I masculine singular active participle of consonantal verb root ''n-ṣ-r''). ...
– anti-ship cruise missile
*
Hoveyzeh
Hoveyzeh ( fa, هویزه; ar, الهويزة also romanized as Huwaiza, Havizeh, Hawiza, Hawīzeh, Hovayze, and Hovayzeh; also known as Hūzgān or Khūzgān) is a city and capital of Hoveyzeh County, Khuzestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census ...
- Surface-to-surface cruise missile with a range of 1350 km.
*
Martyr Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis – cruise missile with a range of 1,000 kilometers
* Heidar 1 and 2 - Heidar-1 is UAV-launched, it has a range of 200 km and a speed of 1000 km/h.
Anti-tank missiles
*
Raad – copy of Soviet
AT-3 Sagger
The 9M14 Malyutka (russian: Малютка, links=no; "Little one", NATO reporting name: AT-3 Sagger) is a manual command to line of sight (MCLOS) wire-guided anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) system developed in the Soviet Union. It was the firs ...
*
RPG-7
The RPG-7 (russian: link=no, РПГ-7, Ручной Противотанковый Гранатомёт, Ruchnoy Protivotankoviy Granatomyot) is a portable, reusable, unguided, shoulder-launched, anti-tank, rocket-propelled grenade launcher. ...
– Copy of Soviet RPG-7. Iran forecasted to manufacture 2.88 percent of the worlds RPG-7's by 2014.
*
RPG-29
The RPG-29 "Vampir" (Russian for "vampire") is a Soviet reusable rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) launcher. Adopted by the Soviet Army in 1989, it was the last RPG to be adopted by the Soviet military before the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991.
T ...
*
Saegheh
The Saegheh ("Lightning" or "Thunder" in Persian) (also spelled Saegre, Saeghe, Saeqeh, etc.) is any of at least eight completely separate Iranian weapons systems: a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) warhead, an anti-tank guided missile family, a s ...
– improved version of the
RPG-7
The RPG-7 (russian: link=no, РПГ-7, Ручной Противотанковый Гранатомёт, Ruchnoy Protivotankoviy Granatomyot) is a portable, reusable, unguided, shoulder-launched, anti-tank, rocket-propelled grenade launcher. ...
*
Toophan
The Toophan ( fa, طوفان "typhoon", rarely Toofan) is an Iranian SACLOS anti-tank guided missile reverse-engineered from the American BGM-71 TOW missile. The Toophan 1, an unlicensed copy of the BGM-71A TOW missile, began mass production in ...
– Copy of American TOW missile
*
Toophan 2 – Improved Toophan
*
Toophan 5
The Toophan ( fa, طوفان "typhoon", rarely Toofan) is an Iranian SACLOS anti-tank guided missile reverse-engineered from the American BGM-71 TOW missile. The Toophan 1, an unlicensed copy of the BGM-71A TOW missile, began mass production in ...
– Anti-armor, anti-tank missile with two warheads
*
Saeghe 1/2 – reverse engineered M47 Dragon
*
Towsan – Iranian version of the
9M113 Konkurs
The 9M113 ''Konkurs'' (russian: 9М113 «Конкурс»; en, "Contest"; NATO reporting name AT-5 ''Spandrel'') is a Soviet SACLOS wire-guided anti-tank missile.
A development of the 9K111 Fagot with greater firepower, the 9M113 Konkurs can ...
/AT-5 Spandrel
*
Dehlaviyeh – Locally produced version of the Kornet-E
*
Tondar – Iranian made version of 9M119 Svir ATGM with max range of 4,000 meters.
* Pirooz – anti-tank guided missile
*
Qare'a (rocket launcher)
*
Tondar (missile)
Tondar Missile ( fa, تندر) is an Iranian Anti-tank guided missile fired from the barrels of T-72 tanks. This Iranian missile which has been manufactured by Ministry of Defence and Armed Forces Logistics (Iran), is launched from a 125 mm canno ...
Recoilless rifles
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SPG-9
The SPG-9 Kopyo (''Spear'') ( Russian: СПГ-9 Копьё) is a tripod-mounted man-portable, 73 millimetre calibre recoilless gun developed by the Soviet Union. It fires fin-stabilised, rocket-assisted HE and HEAT projectiles similar to those fi ...
– reverse engineered version of 73 mm SPG-9 recoilless rifle
*
106mm Recoilless rifle – Iranian version of M40 A2 recoilless rifle
*
Nafez-2 – anti-armor launcher
Air defense weapons
*
Khordad 15 –
Surface-to-air missile (SAM) system
*
Qaem The Qaem (or Ghaem; ) refers to two completely separate Iranian weapons: an air-to-ground glide bomb and a surface-to-air missile. These two weapons are similarly sized and identically named, and are both developed from the Toophan missile, but a ...
– anti-helicopter, lightweight,
laser-guided
Laser guidance directs a robotics system to a target position by means of a laser beam. The laser guidance of a robot is accomplished by projecting a laser light, image processing and communication to improve the accuracy of guidance. The key ide ...
missile
*
Raad – anti-helicopter system.
*
Misagh-1
The Misagh-1 (also Mithaq-1) is an Iranian man-portable surface-to-air missile. It was developed by the Shahid Kazemi Industrial Complex in Tehran.
The MANPADS was supplemented by the newer Misagh-2
The Misagh-2 (Also known as Mithaq-2) is ...
– copy of Chinese
QW-1 Vanguard
The QW-series () are man-portable air-defense systems (MANPADS) developed by the People's Republic of China.
QW-1
The QW-1 is the initial version. It is likely a copy or derivative of the Soviet 9K38 Igla-1 MANPAD.''Chinese Tactics'' (2021): ...
with upgrades
*
Misagh-2
The Misagh-2 (Also known as Mithaq-2) is an Iranian man-portable infrared-guided surface-to-air missile
A surface-to-air missile (SAM), also known as a ground-to-air missile (GTAM) or surface-to-air guided weapon (SAGW), is a missile designed ...
– copy of Chinese
QW-2 Vanguard
*
Misagh-3
*
23mm Anti-Aircraft Gun – Iranian version of ZU-23 which comes in one or two barrel configurations
*
Samavat 35 mm Anti-Aircraft Guns – Copy of
Oerlikon 35 mm twin cannon skyguard
*
Sa'ir 100 mm Anti-Aircraft Guns – Upgraded automatic version of
KS-19
100 mm air defence gun KS-19 (russian: 100-мм зенитная пушка КС-19) was a Soviet anti-aircraft gun. Initially deployed aboard ships as the B-34 during the Second World War, a ground-mounted version was introduced into servic ...
100 m gun, it can detect and intercept targets automatically through radar or optical systems at low and medium altitude
*
Shahab-e-Saqeb (missile) – copy of the Chinese
HQ-7
The HQ-7 is a short-range surface-to-air missile (SAM) from the People's Republic of China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by populati ...
(FM-80)
*
SM-1
SM-1 (Stationary, Medium-size reactor, prototype #1) was a 2-megawatt nuclear reactor developed by the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) and the United States Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) as part of the US Army Nuclear Power Program (ANPP) i ...
copy of RIM-66 Standard.
*
Sayyad-1
Sayyad ( fa, صیاد, Hunter) is a serie of solid fuel surface-to-air missiles (SAM) manufactured by Iran.
Sayyad-1
Sayyad-1 is the Iranian upgraded version of the Chinese HQ-2 SAM, however it differs from the Chinese versions in guidance an ...
/ Sayyad-1A – upgraded copy of
Chinese
Chinese can refer to:
* Something related to China
* Chinese people, people of Chinese nationality, citizenship, and/or ethnicity
**''Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic concept of the Chinese nation
** List of ethnic groups in China, people of ...
HQ-2, Sayyad-1A has IR tracking.
*
Sayyad-2
Sayyad ( fa, صیاد, Hunter) is a serie of solid fuel surface-to-air missiles (SAM) manufactured by Iran.
Sayyad-1
Sayyad-1 is the Iranian upgraded version of the Chinese HQ-2 SAM, however it differs from the Chinese versions in guidance an ...
(Hunter II). Upgraded version of the Sayyad-1 system with higher precision, range and defensive power. It is equipped with a 200-kilogram warhead and has a speed of 1,200 meters per second. The Sayyad-1 missile defense system is composed of two-stage missiles that can target all kinds of aircraft, including bombers, at medium and high altitudes.
*
Fajr-8 – upgrade of
S-200
*
Fajr-27
The Fajr-27 system is an Iranian unlicensed copy of the Italian OTO Melara 76mm naval gun.
The system was publicly unveiled for the first time in September 2006.
See also
*Military of Iran
*Iranian military industry
*Current Equipment of the I ...
– advanced sea rapid fire cannon
*
Fath (victory) – the 40-millimeter naval cannon's range is 12 km and shoots 300 projectiles per minute.
*
Mersad
Mersad ( Persian: مرصاد, meaning 'Ambush') is an Iranian low- to mid-range air defense system developed in 2010. It fires Shahin (Falcon) missiles which are reverse-engineered, domestically upgraded versions of the American MIM-23 Hawk sur ...
– Iran's first advanced
air defense system
Anti-aircraft warfare, counter-air or air defence forces is the battlespace response to aerial warfare, defined by NATO as "all measures designed to nullify or reduce the effectiveness of hostile air action".AAP-6 It includes Surface-to-air m ...
based on the US
MIM-23 Hawk
The Raytheon MIM-23 HAWK ("Homing all the way killer") is an American medium-range surface-to-air missile. It was designed to be a much more mobile counterpart to the MIM-14 Nike Hercules, trading off range and altitude capability for a much sm ...
. It is capable of hitting modern aircraft flying at low and medium altitudes. The Mersad system is equipped with sophisticated radar signal processing technology, an advanced launcher, and electronic equipment for guidance and
target acquisition
Target acquisition is the detection and identification of the location of a target in sufficient detail to permit the effective employment of lethal and non-lethal means. The term is used for a broad area of applications.
A "target" here is an e ...
. Mersad uses domestically manufactured Shahin missiles.
*
Mesbah 1
Mesbah 1 is an Iranian anti aircraft artillery system developed to defend against incoming cruise missiles. It was unveiled in 2010 by Iranian defense minister Ahmad Vahidi and hit its intended target successfully in the test. Production started s ...
air defense system – can target and destroy fighters, helicopters, cruise missiles and other objects flying at low altitude. Mesbah 1 is equipped with a three-dimensional interception
radar
Radar is a detection system that uses radio waves to determine the distance (''ranging''), angle, and radial velocity of objects relative to the site. It can be used to detect aircraft, ships, spacecraft, guided missiles, motor vehicles, w ...
and an optical
guidance system. Mesbah 1 can fire four thousand rounds per minute.
*
Mehrab (altar) – surface-to-air medium-range smart missile. The Mehrab missile is equipped with anti-radar and anti-jamming systems, and if the enemy tries to jam the guidance system of the missile, it immediately identifies the source of the interference and changes its course toward the source and destroys the jammer.
*
Raad – Air defence system with range of 50 kilometers and engagement altitude of 25 to 27 kilometers
*
Bavar-373
Bavar-373 ( fa, باور-۳۷۳, meaning ''Belief'' and ''373'' being Abjad for ''یا رسولالله'' or ''O, Messenger of Allah!'') is an Iranian long-range road-mobile surface-to-air missile system unveiled in August 2016. Iran describes ...
– Iran-made air defense system carrying surface-to-air missile Sayyad-4, which uses two or three types of missiles to confront aerial targets in different layers.
*
Ya Zahra – Low-altitude mobile air defense system.
*
Soheil – Quadruped- MANPADS missile launcher, which can detect and intercept aerial targets.
*
Herz-9
Herz-9 ( fa, حرز نهم) is an Iranian, domestically built, mobile air defense system developed and unveiled in 2013.
Development
In May 2013, the Ministry of Defense of the Islamic Republic of Iran announced that it had launched the mass pr ...
– Passive low-altitude mobile air defense system with an operating range of 10 km and operating altitude of 5 km.
*
Talaash- A mid-range, high-altitude missile mobile air defense missile system which uses an upgraded copy of SM-1 (RIM-66) missile called Sayyad-2, in November 2013 Iran launched the production line of Sayyad-2 missile.(The whole system is still under development)
*
Asefeh – Asefeh is three-barrelled 23 mm Gatling gun that is reportedly capable of firing up to 900 rounds a minute, it is currently under development by IRGC ground force and will be used as a
close in weapon system
A close-in weapon system (CIWS ) is a point-defense weapon system for detecting and destroying short-range incoming missiles and enemy aircraft which have penetrated the outer defenses, typically mounted on a naval ship. Nearly all classes of l ...
to defend against cruise missiles.
*
3rd Khordad – missile system with a range of 75 kilometers and an altitude of 30 kilometers
*
Tabas
Tabas ( fa, طبس, also Romanized as Ṭabas), formerly known as Golshan, is the capital city of Tabas County in South Khorasan Province of Iran. At the 2011 census, its population was 35,150, in 9,903 families.
Tabas is located in central Iran, ...
– missile system with a range of 60 kilometers and an altitude of 30 kilometers
* Damavand - A long-range missile system
* Zolfaqar - A low-altitude missile system
* Majid
* 9 of Dey - A missile system which is capable of engaging and destroying cruise missiles and drones.
* Tactical Sayyad - Towed system with 3 missiles and a phased-array radar
* Lt. General Qassem Soleimani - Ship point air defense missile/gun sustem
* Navvab
Air-to-ground munitions
*
Qadr – Electro-optically guided 2000 lb glide-bomb
*
Zoobin
Zoobin (Javelin) is an Iranian TV-guided air-to-surface missile. It is considered to be the first generation of the Iranian PGMs. Developed during the time of Iran–Iraq War, it was a rocket-powered version of the American M117 bomb equipped w ...
– Electro-optically guided 750 lb glide-bomb
*
Akhgar (missile) – The 1.7-meter-long, television-guided missile has a range of 30 kilometers and can fly at a speed of 600 kilometers per hour.
*
Sattar 1/2/3/4 – Medium Range air-to-ground missiles.
*
Qassed I/II/III – Electro-optically guided 2000 lb bomb. Qassed-2 has a range of about 50 km, Qassed-3 has a range of over 100 km
*
Asre – Laser-guided air-to-ground missile.
*
Kite
A kite is a tethered heavier than air flight, heavier-than-air or lighter-than-air craft with wing surfaces that react against the air to create Lift (force), lift and Drag (physics), drag forces. A kite consists of wings, tethers and anchors. ...
– Stand-off sub-munitions dispenser.
*
Yasser
Yasser (also spelled Yaser, Yasir, or Yassir; ar, ياسر, ''Yāsir'') is an Arabic male name.
Notable people with this given name
* Yasir ibn Amir (died 615 C.E.) is known in the Islamic traditions as the second person in history to be martyr ...
– 750 lb air-to-ground missile. Was created by simply removing the nose section of the
MIM-23
The Raytheon MIM-23 HAWK ("Homing all the way killer") is an American medium-range surface-to-air missile. It was designed to be a much more mobile counterpart to the MIM-14 Nike Hercules, trading off range and altitude capability for a much s ...
and replacing it with a modified
M117 gravity bomb with its tail fins removed.
*
Bina – Laser-guided air-to-ground and ground-to-ground missile. It appears to be an
AGM-65 Maverick
The AGM-65 Maverick is an air-to-ground missile (AGM) designed for close air support. It is the most widely produced precision-guided missile in the Western world, and is effective against a wide range of tactical targets, including armor, ...
air-to-ground missile with a semi-active laser (SAL) seeker fitted to its nose.
*
Sadid-1
The Sadid-1 (also known as the Sadid-361, the Fat'h 362, and the Sadid-342) is an Iranian TV-guided anti-tank missile derived from Iran's Toophan missiles.
It is described by multiple sources as similar in design to the Israeli Spike-ER missile ...
– Light air to ground missile.
* Shafaq
* Balaban – Satellite-guided long-range bomb
* Yasin – 50-km range guided bomb
*Qaem 1/5/9 – Electro-optically or thermally-guided weapon.
*Qaem 114 – Electro-optically guided anti-armor 1,000 mm penetrating dual-charge warhead missile similar to the US-made
AGM-114 Hellfire
The AGM-114 Hellfire is an air-to-ground missile (AGM) first developed for anti-armor use, later developed for precision drone strikes against other target types, especially high-value targets. It was originally developed under the name '' Heli ...
* Fadak – 2-4-km range guided or unguided 80mm and 11–16 kg weight air-to-ground rocket with a high-explosive anti-armor warhead and a speed of 700 meters per second
*
Heidar (missile), an air-to-ground missile
* Almas – guided top attack missile for the Ababil-3 drones. A ground-launched version was delivered to the IRGC Ground Force in July 2021.
Air-to-air missiles
*
Fatter
Fatter ( fa, فاطر, lit=Creator) is an Iranian short-range air-to-air missile based on the U.S.-built AIM-9 Sidewinder missile.
Development
Fatter is a short range missile which uses an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile body and Iranian avionics. In ...
– copy of U.S.
AIM-9 Sidewinder
The AIM-9 Sidewinder (where "AIM" stands for "Air Intercept Missile") is a short-range air-to-air missile which entered service with the US Navy in 1956 and subsequently was adopted by the US Air Force in 1964. Since then the Sidewinder has prov ...
*
Sedjil – copy of U.S.
MIM-23 Hawk
The Raytheon MIM-23 HAWK ("Homing all the way killer") is an American medium-range surface-to-air missile. It was designed to be a much more mobile counterpart to the MIM-14 Nike Hercules, trading off range and altitude capability for a much sm ...
converted to be carried by aircraft
*
Fakour 90 – Iranian version of
AIM-54
The AIM-54 Phoenix is an American radar-guided, long-range air-to-air missile (AAM), carried in clusters of up to six missiles on the Grumman F-14 Tomcat, its only operational launch platform.
The Phoenix was the United States' only long-range ...
Phoenix, it was successfully tested in February 2013.
* Azarakhsh – carried by homegrown ‘Karrar’ drones
* Zubin guided missile
Naval missiles
*
Ra'ad
The Ra'ad ( ur, رعد, "Thunder") is a Pakistani air-launched cruise missile (ALCM) . The missile was first tested in August 2007.
Development and design
The Ra'ad is a joint project developed by Pakistan Air Force's Air Weapons Complex and ...
– Indigenously developed long-range anti-ship missile based on
HY-2 Silkworm
The SY (), and HY () series were early anti-ship cruise missiles (ASCM) developed by the People's Republic of China from the Soviet P-15 Termit missile. They entered service in the late 1960s and remained the main ASCMs deployed by the People's ...
.
*
Fajre Darya- copy of Sea Killer II.
*
Kowsar 1/2/3 – Several versions based on Chinese
C-701
The YJ-7 () is a Chinese subsonic anti-ship missile. It is manufactured by the Third Academy of the China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC).Gormley et al.: page 18 The export version of the YJ-7 is the C-701.Gormley et al.: page ...
,
TL-10
The TL-10 (Tian Long - 10) or Sky Dragon (天龙) - 10 is a light anti-ship missile unveiled in the Zhuhai Airshow in 2004 in China, and it is the Chinese equivalent of the French MM-15TT / AS-15TT light anti-ship missile developed by Aérospatial ...
and
C-704
The C-704 is a Chinese anti-ship missile. The missile was developed by the third research institute of the Chinese Aerospace Group, also the manufacturer of the C-701.
Design
This anti-ship missile is designed specifically for targets with displa ...
*
Nasr – Several versions based on
TL-6
The TL-6 (Tian Long - 6) or Sky Dragon - 6 is a light anti-ship missile.
History
The development of the TL program appeared to have started in the mid-1990s and were originally identified as the FL-8 (TL-10) and FL-9 (TL-6) under China National A ...
and
C-705
The C-704 is a Chinese anti-ship missile. The missile was developed by the third research institute of the Chinese Aerospace Group, also the manufacturer of the C-701.
Design
This anti-ship missile is designed specifically for targets with displ ...
*
Tondar – upgraded copy of Chinese C-801. Similar to Noor but powered by solid rocket booster and range of 50 km.
[''China & Iran ancient partners in a post imperial world'', John W. Garver pages 166–221]
*
Thaqeb
The Crotale (English: "Rattlesnake") is a French, all-weather, short-range surface-to-air missile system developed to intercept airborne ranged weapons and aircraft, from cruise or anti-ship missiles to helicopters, UAVs or low-flying high-perf ...
– Similar to Noor, modified for submarine launch.
*
Noor – upgraded copy of Chinese
C-802.
*
Qader – Iranian anti-ship cruise missile with a range over 200 km.
*
Khalij Fars – Anti ship ballistic missile based on
Fateh-110
The Fateh-110 ( fa, فاتح-۱۱۰ "conqueror"), also known as NP-110 is an Iranian solid-fueled surface-to-surface ballistic missile produced by Iran's Aerospace Industries Organization since 2002. It is single-stage, road-mobile and can carr ...
*
Zafar – Indigenously developed short-range anti-ship missile.
*
Hormuz I/
II – naval strike ballistic missile that can hit mobile targets at sea with high precision
*
Jask-2
The Jask-2 missile is an Iranian submarine-launched cruise missile developed from the Iranian Nasr-1 Anti-ship missile. It is designed to be fired from the Ghadir-class midget submarines and it can also be launched by the Fateh-class submarin ...
– Submarine-launched cruise missile
Torpedo
* Kuse
*
Yasin
*
Hoot
Hoot may refer to:
Publications
* ''Hoot'' (novel), a young adult novel by Carl Hiaasen
* ''Hoot'', a 1996 children's novel by Jane Hissey
* ''Hoot'' (comics), a British magazine published from 1985 to 1986
* ''The Brandeis Hoot'', a student n ...
– A
supercavitation
Supercavitation is the use of a cavitation bubble to reduce skin friction drag on a submerged object and enable high speeds. Applications include torpedoes and propellers, but in theory, the technique could be extended to an entire underwater v ...
torpedo. Possible copy of the
Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...
n
VA-111 Shkval
The VA-111 ''Shkval'' (from russian: шквал, ''squall'') torpedo and its descendants are supercavitating torpedoes originally developed by the Soviet Union. They are capable of speeds in excess of 200 knots (370 km/h or 230 miles/h).
...
.
*
Valfajr
Anti-submarine
* Dehlaviyeh – laser-guided anti-submarine missile
Armored Vehicles
*
Zulfiqar-1 MBT – Developed from U.S.
M60 Patton
The M60 is an American second-generation main battle tank (MBT). It was officially standardized as the Tank, Combat, Full Tracked: 105-mm Gun, M60 in March 1959. Although developed from the M48 Patton, the M60 tank series was never officially ...
and Russian
T-72
The T-72 is a family of Soviet/Russian main battle tanks that entered production in 1969. The T-72 was a development of the T-64, which was troubled by high costs and its reliance on immature developmental technology. About 25,000 T-72 tanks ha ...
*
Zulfiqar-2 MBT - Further development of Zulfiqar-1, prototypes only
*
Zulfiqar-3 MBT -
*
T-72Z Safir-74 – Indigenously upgraded Soviet
T-54/55
The T-54 and T-55 tanks are a series of Soviet main battle tanks introduced in the years following the Second World War. The first T-54 prototype was completed at Nizhny Tagil by the end of 1945.Steven Zaloga, T-54 and T-55 Main Battle Tanks ...
and Chinese
Type 59
*
Mobarez – Indigenous upgrade of British
Chieftain
A tribal chief or chieftain is the leader of a tribal society or chiefdom.
Tribe
The concept of tribe is a broadly applied concept, based on tribal concepts of societies of western Afroeurasia.
Tribal societies are sometimes categorized a ...
.
*
Sabalan
Sabalan ( Persian: سبلان ) is an inactive stratovolcano in Ardabil Province of northwestern Iran.
At in elevation, it is the third-highest mountain in Iran. It has a permanent crater lake formed at its summit. On one of its slopes aroun ...
– An Iranian upgraded version of the US M47M, It has side skirts and a newly built turret fitted with a 105-mm gun, laser range finder, new fire control system and communication equipment.
*
T-72
The T-72 is a family of Soviet/Russian main battle tanks that entered production in 1969. The T-72 was a development of the T-64, which was troubled by high costs and its reliance on immature developmental technology. About 25,000 T-72 tanks ha ...
S – Soviet
T-72
The T-72 is a family of Soviet/Russian main battle tanks that entered production in 1969. The T-72 was a development of the T-64, which was troubled by high costs and its reliance on immature developmental technology. About 25,000 T-72 tanks ha ...
produced under license in Iran.
Currently under upgrade.
*
Karrar (tank)
The Karrar (Persian language, Persian ''كرار'' lit. ''Striker'' or "Attacker") is an Iranian main battle tank. The tank was announced in 2016. At the announcement, it was stated that it possessed an electro-optical fire control system, a lase ...
– 800 on order, unknown number received. Similar to Russian
T-90
The T-90 is a third-generation Russian main battle tank. It uses a 125mm 2A46 smoothbore main gun, the 1A45T fire-control system, an upgraded engine, and gunner's thermal sight. Standard protective measures include a blend of steel and compos ...
M.
*
Sayyad – Quick reaction vehicle for unconventional warfare.
*
Tosan – Iranian light tank for unconventional warfare, developed from British
FV101 Scorpion
The FV101 Scorpion is a British armoured reconnaissance vehicle, and also a light tank. It was the lead vehicle and the fire support type in the Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (Tracked), CVR(T), family of seven armoured vehicles. Manufactured by ...
.
*
Cobra BMT-2 – Concept vehicle for the Boragh armed with 23 mm anti-aircraft gun for use as a fire support vehicle.
*
Boragh – Copy of Soviet
BMP-1
The BMP-1 is a Soviet amphibious tracked infantry fighting vehicle, in service 1966–present. BMP stands for ''Boyevaya Mashina Pyekhoty 1'' (russian: link=no, Боевая Машина Пехоты 1; БМП-1), meaning "infantry fighting ...
with indigenous upgrades
*
Rakhsh
Rakhsh (in , meaning "luminous") is a wondrous stallion -the brave and faithful steed of the preeminent hero Rostam in the Persian national epic, ''Shahnameh'' by the poet Ferdowsi.
The color of Rakhsh is described as "rose leaves that have bee ...
– Iranian developed 4x4 armored personnel carrier
*
Sarir
Sarir or Serir was a medieval Christian state lasting from the 6th or 7th century to the 12th century in the mountainous regions of modern-day Dagestan. Its name is derived from the Arabic word for "throne" and refers to a golden throne that wa ...
or Tala'iyeh – Newly developed 4x4 armored personnel carrier for
IRGC
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC; fa, سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی, Sepāh-e Pāsdārān-e Enghelāb-e Eslāmi, lit=Army of Guardians of the Islamic Revolution also Sepāh or Pasdaran for short) is a branch o ...
*
Hoveizeh
Hoveyzeh ( fa, هویزه; ar, الهويزة also romanized as Huwaiza, Havizeh, Hawiza, Hawīzeh, Hovayze, and Hovayzeh; also known as Hūzgān or Khūzgān) is a city and capital of Hoveyzeh County, Khuzestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census ...
– Ultra-light tracked APC.
*
Aqareb – wheeled battle tank
* Heidar-5 – wheeled minelayer armored vehicle
* Heidar-6 – 8x8 APC
*
Toofan- Four-wheel drive APC with protection against land mines and improvised explosive device.
* Ra'ad – 6x6 heavy MRAP
* Heidar-7 – Based on BTR-60PB with TV remote control station for ZU-23-2 and fitted with ERA all-around hull to protect it from ATGMs
*
Makran IFV
The Makran IFV, an Iranian armoured personnel carrier (APC), is the highly modernized and upsized copy of the BTR-50 APC. The vehicle is produced and designed by the Research and Self-Sufficiency Jihad Organization. It was unveiled in June 202 ...
– Upgrade of the BTR-50PK with a new unmanned turret equipped with a
30mm Shipunov 2A42
The Shipunov 2A42 is a Soviet/Russian 30 mm autocannon. It is built by the Tulamashzavod Joint Stock Company.
Design
The 30 mm 2A42 autocannon was developed as a replacement for 2A28 Grom and has a dual feed. One is for HE-T and th ...
and
7.62mm
The 7.62 mm caliber is a nominal caliber used for a number of different cartridges. Historically, this class of cartridge was commonly known as .30 caliber, the imperial unit and customary unit equivalent, and was most commonly used for i ...
machine gun, newly welded frontal and side armor, a new engine, and new electronics.
Other vehicles
![Aras picaup](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/95/Aras_picaup.jpg)
* Sepehr – Iranian tactical vehicle
*
Safir Jeep
* Tondar 1.4 ton tactical car
* Kaviran – 3.4 ton tactical car
*
Neynava – 4x4 military truck of Iran-made
*
BABR 400 – 8x8 heavy military truck, based on Soviet
MAZ-537
The MAZ-537 is a 12-cylinder diesel engine-powered military truck artillery tractor, originally designed for loads up to 50 tons (using semitrailers such as the ChMZAP-9990 or ChMZAP-5247G, for example) with later versions providing a maximum load ...
* Aras l/ll/3 Tactical Vehicle – 3.4 ton Tactical Vehicle
*
Zoljanah heavy truck – 10x10 heavy duty truck
*
Zolfaqar – torpedo-armed watercraft
* Shahid Mohammad Nazeri – long-range and fast cruising watercraft
* Zafar – 8x8 heavy truck, built for
Bavar 373
Bavar-373 ( fa, باور-۳۷۳, meaning ''Belief'' and ''373'' being Abjad for ''یا رسولالله'' or ''O, Messenger of Allah!'') is an Iranian long-range road-mobile surface-to-air missile system unveiled in August 2016. Iran describes ...
* Pooriya – Tank transporter
* Samandar
* Fallagh – ultra-light tracked combat vehicle with remote weapon station
* Nazir – Unmanned Ground Vehicle armed with missile
* Network-based intelligent robot (Heydar 1) – It has 6x6 active wheels, load-carrying and high-explosive capabilities, 360° degree rotation and barrier detection. It has a rifle (AK platform) and is capable of targeting and firing automatically at targets and there is also a suicide version for striking the tanks with below hit.
* Roo'in tan – It is a lightweight tactical bulletproof car that is resistant to steel core bullets up to .50cal
* Kian 500/700 – Tank transporters
* Caracal – It is an armed ground based robot
*
Nazir rocket launcher (robot)
* Hafez EOD or fire-fighting robot
* Qasim UGV carrying a multicopter unmanned aircraft
* Fajr cameraman robot
* Younes small unmanned underwater vehicle
Mortars
*
37mm Marsh Mortar – A compact commando mortar developed by the Iranian Army during the Iran-Iraq War
*
HM 12 – 60 mm mortar
*
HM 13
The Defense Industries Organization (DIO) is a Conglomerate (company), conglomerate of companies run by the Iran, Islamic Republic of Iran whose function is to provide the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Armed Forces with the necessar ...
– 60 mm mortar
*
HM 14 – 60 mm mortar
*
HM 15 – 81 mm mortar
*
HM 16
The AMIG HM 16 Hadid is an Iranian mortar. It is manufactured by the Ammunition & Metallurgy Industries Group, part of Iran's Defense Industries Organization. It is a smoothbore and barrel-loading mortar with 360° field of firing and can be tak ...
– 120 mm mortar
*
Razm Mortar
Razm is an Iranian 120 mm heavy mortar unveiled in 2010 and produced by Iran's Defense Industries Organization
The Defense Industries Organization (DIO) is a Conglomerate (company), conglomerate of companies run by the Iran, Islamic Repub ...
– 120 mm mortar
*
Vafa Mortar – 160 mm mortar.
* 120 mm
mortar shells
* 130 mm
mortar shells
Artillery
*
HM 40 – A 122 mm howitzer
*
HM 41
HM-41 is an Iranian 155 mm howitzer based on the KH179, which was imported from South Korea during the Iran–Iraq War. It has a 155 mm/39 caliber barrel with a muzzle brake to lessen the recoil.
According to Iranian sources, the HM-41 wei ...
– A 155 mm howitzer
* Wheeled 155-mm self-propelled howitzer
*
Raad 1 –
SP gun Chinese Type WZ 501/503 armored infantry fighting vehicle with Russian 122 mm gun mounted on top.
*
Raad 2 –
SP gun based on the U.S.
M109 howitzer
The M109 is an American 155 mm turreted self-propelled howitzer, first introduced in the early 1960s to replace the M44. It has been upgraded a number of times, most recently to the M109A7. The M109 family is the most common Western indirect-f ...
*
Basir Basir is an Iranian laser-guided, 155 mm high explosive Shell (projectile), artillery shell designed to destroy enemy tanks, vehicles and other moving or non-moving targets with high precision.
These shells were unveiled on January 30, 2012, o ...
– Laser-guided 155 mm artillery shell capable of engaging moving targets at the range of 20 km.
* Sa’eqeh – remote-controlled anti-helicopter mine with range of 300m
* Baher – 23 mm-caliber anti-aircraft gun
* Nasir – guided shell
* Sayad – anti helicopter mine with vertical range of 100–150 meters
* JAHM – anti helicopter mine with range of 150–180 meters
Rocket Artillery
*
HM 20 – Iranian version of the BM-21
*
Arash
Arash the Archer ( fa, آرش کمانگیر ''Āraš-e Kamāngīr'') is a heroic archer-figure of Iranian mythology.
According to Iranian folklore, the boundary between Iran and Turan was set by an arrow launched by Arash, after he put his own ...
– Iranian 122 mm unguided artillery rocket which was recently turned into a guided weapon
*
Oghab
The Iranian Oghab ( fa, عقاب, meaning "Eagle") sometimes spelled as Akab and Okab missile is an unguided 230 mm (9 in) artillery rocket with a range of 34–45 km (20–28 mi). It is spin-stabilized in flight but has a prov ...
– Iranian 230 mm unguided artillery rocket
*
Falaq-1
The Falaq-1 missile is an Iranian made rocket system. It was developed in the 1990s by Shahid Bagheri Industrial Group, which is part of the Aerospace Industries Organization.
The 240 mm unguided surface-to-surface rocket is very similar to t ...
– Iranian 240 mm unguided artillery rocket similar to BM-24
*
Falaq-2 – Iranian 333 mm unguided artillery rocket
*
Fajr-1
The Type 63 multiple rocket launcher is a towed, 12-tube, 107mm rocket launcher produced by the People's Republic of China in the early 1960s and later exported and manufactured globally. Although no longer serving with active infantry units, the ...
– Iranian version of 107 mm Type 63 MRS artillery rocket
*
Fajr-3
The Fajr-3 (rarely Fadjr-3) ( fa, فجر-۳) is an Iranian heavy 240 mm intermediate-range multiple-launch artillery rocket (MLRS). The Fajr-3 is a license-built copy, with slight modifications, of a North Korean MLRS called the M-1985. The Fa ...
– artillery rocket
["In the late 1980s, the North Korean-produced 240 mm M-1985 multiple rocket launcher (MRL) was exported to Iran and subsequently produced under license (with minor changes) by Shahid Bagheri Industries as the Fajr-3 (a.k.a., Fadjr-3)." Vital Perspective (2006)]
"Military Briefing on Hezbollah's Missile Capabilities: Examining the Fajr, Zelzal"
URL accessed 2006-08-02.["Fajr-3 has the same caliber, range and warhead weight as three known North Korean systems." GlobalSecurity.org (2006)]
URL accessed 2006-08-02.
*
Fajr-5 – artillery rocket
*
Fateh-313
Fateh-313 ( fa, فاتح-313, "Conqueror-313"), an Iranian solid-fuel short-range ballistic missile, was unveiled on 21 August 2015. The Fateh-313 missile is the newest model within the Fateh missiles family. It is almost identical to the previous ...
– solid-fuel precision-guided rocket with a range of 500 km
*
Fath-360 - Satellite-guided MLRS-launched rocket with 5,000 km/h speed
Small arms
* MPT-9 – Tondar submachine gun – copy of
MP5
The Heckler & Koch MP5 (german: Maschinenpistole 5) is a 9x19mm Parabellum submachine gun, developed in the 1960s by a team of engineers from the German small arms manufacturer Heckler & Koch. There are over 100 variants and clones of the MP5, ...
(H&K licensed production)
*
KH-2002 – 5.56mm
bullpup
A bullpup firearm is one with its firing grip located in front of the Chamber (firearms), breech of the weapon, instead of behind it. This creates a weapon with a shorter overall length for a given barrel length, and one that is often lighter, ...
conversion kit for the
M-16
The M16 rifle (officially designated Rifle, Caliber 5.56 mm, M16) is a family of military rifles adapted from the ArmaLite AR-15 rifle for the United States military. The original M16 rifle was a 5.56×45mm automatic rifle with a 20-roun ...
* S-5.56 – copy of
Norinco CQ
The Type CQ is an unlicensed Chinese variant of the M16 rifle manufactured by Norinco. According to the Norinco website, the rifle is officially known as CQ 5.56.
It can be distinguished from other AR-15 and M-16 pattern rifles by its long, re ...
, Chinese clone of the
M-16
The M16 rifle (officially designated Rifle, Caliber 5.56 mm, M16) is a family of military rifles adapted from the ArmaLite AR-15 rifle for the United States military. The original M16 rifle was a 5.56×45mm automatic rifle with a 20-roun ...
* KL-7.62 – copy of
AKM
The AKM () is an assault rifle designed by Soviet small arms designer Mikhail Kalashnikov in 1959. It is the most ubiquitous rifle of the Kalashnikov rifles. It was developed as a replacement to the AK-47 introduced a decade prior.
Introduc ...
* G3A6 – copy of
H&K G3A3 7.62 mm (H&K licensed production)
* MGA3 – copy of
MG3 7.62 mm (Rheinmetal licensed production)
* PC-9 "Zoaf" – copy of Swiss-German
SIG P226
Sig used as a name may refer to:
*Sig (given name)
* Sig, Algeria, a city on the banks of the Sig River
*Sig Alert, an alert for traffic congestion in California, named after Loyd Sigmon
* Sig River, a river of Algeria also known as Mekerra
sig ( ...
pistol
* PKM-T80 – copy of Soviet
PKM
* MGD-12.7mm – copy of Soviet
DShkM
The DShK 1938 ( Cyrillic: ДШК, for russian: Дегтярёва-Шпагина Крупнокалиберный, Degtyaryova-Shpagina Krupnokaliberny, links=no, "Degtyaryov-Shpagin large-calibre") is a Soviet heavy machine gun with a V-shaped bu ...
* Nakhjir – copy of Soviet
SVD
''Svenska Dagbladet'' (, "The Swedish Daily News"), abbreviated SvD, is a daily newspaper published in Stockholm, Sweden.
History and profile
The first issue of ''Svenska Dagbladet'' appeared on 18 December 1884. During the beginning of the ...
* Sayyad – Iranian
Steyr HS .50
The Steyr HS .50 and the Steyr HS .460 are single-shot anti materiel sniper rifles manufactured by Steyr Mannlicher and chambered in .50 BMG and .460 Steyr, respectively. Unlicensed variants of the HS. 50 include the AM-50 Sayyad produced by I ...
clone with slightly different muzzle brake and curved pistol grip.
*
Shaher – Iranian developed 14.5mm sniper rifle.
*
Arash
Arash the Archer ( fa, آرش کمانگیر ''Āraš-e Kamāngīr'') is a heroic archer-figure of Iranian mythology.
According to Iranian folklore, the boundary between Iran and Turan was set by an arrow launched by Arash, after he put his own ...
– Indigenous 20mm sniper rifle.
*
Akhgar – Iranian made 7.62mm Gatling gun capable of firing 4,000 to 6,000 rounds per minute.
*
Moharram – Iranian made 12.7mm Gatling gun capable of firing 2,500 rounds per minute.
*
Fateh – Iranian clone of American
XCR-L
*
Nasr – 12.7mm sniper
* Masaf
* Sama
* Fajr 224
* Baher – 23mm caliber sniper rifle
*
Taher – sniper rifle
* Siavash – sniper rifle
* Taktab – anti-material rifle
* Fateh – assault fire
* Nasir – 40mm automatic grenade launcher
* Zolfaqar
* Heidar – 12.7mm sniper rifle
*
Ashtar – 7.62×64mm sniper rifle
* Sa'aban-1 – Iranian upgrade of the old Russian-made
RPD RPD may refer to:
People
* Robert Prentiss Daniel, American psychologist
* Rahul Peter Das, German professor
* Rajendra Prasad Das, Indian archaeologist
* Royal Page Davidson, American scholar
* Richard Paul Davies, English priest
* Richard Pe ...
Boats and destroyers
*
Sina class – heavily upgraded, French Kaman (
Combattante II) class missile boats.
**
Paykan
The Paykan ( fa, پيکان meaning ''Arrow'') is the first Iranian-made car produced by Iran Khodro (formerly called "Iran National") between 1967 and 2005. The car was very popular in Iran from its introduction until its discontinuation. I ...
**
Joshan
**
Derafsh
The Derafsh ( fa, درفش) was a flag-like object used as a military standard by units in the Ancient Iranian (Persian) army.
History
Derafsh refers to a piece of skin or cloth, usually with different patterns and colors, which is used as on ...
**
Separ
**
Zereh
*
Moudge class
The ''Moudge'' or ''Mowj'' ( fa, موج, lit=wave) is a Ship class, class of domestically-produced Iranian light frigates.
History
A ''Moudge''-class ship was first reported to be under construction in 2001. ''Warship International'' wrote in 2 ...
– upgraded and modified British Alvand (Saam) class (aka Vosper Mk 5 type) frigates.
** – multi-mission
frigate
A frigate () is a type of warship. In different eras, the roles and capabilities of ships classified as frigates have varied somewhat.
The name frigate in the 17th to early 18th centuries was given to any full-rigged ship built for speed and ...
with a displacement of around 1,400 tonnes, can carry 120–140 personnel on board and is armed with a variety of anti-ship and surface-to-air missiles.
**
**
**
*
Zolfaqhar – fast attack craft/missile boat
*
Seraj – high-speed attack craft
*
Yunes 6 – six-passenger hovercraft
*
Tondar – Hovercraft with missile/drone launch capability
* Azarakhsh-clas missile boat – based on
C 14-class missile boat
* Tir
* Ya Mahdi
* Bavar
GEV GEV may refer to:
* ''G.E.V.'' (board game), a tabletop game by Steve Jackson Games
* Ashe County Airport, in North Carolina, United States
* Gällivare Lapland Airport, in Sweden
* Generalized extreme value distribution
* Gev Sella, Israeli-Sou ...
Submarines
*
Besat Class Submarine
Midget Submarines
*
Ghadir Class Submarine
''Ghadir'' ( fa, غدیر, ; named after the Ghadir Khumm) is a class of midget submarines built by Iran specifically for cruising within the shallow waters of the Persian Gulf. The Islamic Republic of Iran Navy is the sole operator of this clas ...
*
Nahang Class Submarine
*
Fateh Class Submarine
Other
*
Missile Magazine System
The Missile Shower System ( fa, سامانه تیربار موشکی) is an automated, rail-mounted multiple ballistic missile launcher designed to enable a rapid barrage of medium range ballistic missiles (MRBMs) to be launched from Iran's un ...
*1 bulletproof vest
* Dome and Directional Breakers
* "Samat" cameras for the RF-4 reconnaissance aircraft
* ‘Samam’ location data management system
* mobile electro-optical monitoring system Jalal.
* T-10 and T-11 parachutes
See also
*
Defense Industries Organization
The Defense Industries Organization (DIO) is a Conglomerate (company), conglomerate of companies run by the Iran, Islamic Republic of Iran whose function is to provide the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Armed Forces with the necessar ...
*
Economy of Iran
The economy of Iran is a mixed economy with a large state-owned sector and is the largest in the Middle East in terms of nominal GDP. It is the world's 21st largest by purchasing power parity (PPP). Some 60% of Iran's economy is centrally pla ...
*
International rankings of Iran
The following are international rankings for Iran:
Agriculture
Communication and information technology
Demographics
Economy
Education
Energy
Environment and ecology
General
Globalization
Health
History and culture
...
*
Iran Aviation Industries Organization
The Iran Aviation Industries Organization (IAIO) ( fa, سازمان صنایع هوایی ایران, ''Sazman-e Sânai'-ye Havaii-ye Iran''), also known as the Aerospace Industries Organization, is an Iranian state-owned corporation established ...
*
Iran Electronics Industries
''Sânai'-ye Elâktrunik-e Iran''
, logo = SAIran.svg
, logo_size = 200px
, type = State-owned
, foundation =
, location_city = Tehran
, location_country = Iran
, area_served = Iran
, industry ...
*
Iranian Space Agency
The Iranian Space Agency (ISA, Persian: ''Sāzmān-e Fazāi-ye Irān'') is Iran's governmental space agency.
Iran became an orbital-launch-capable nation in 2009. Iran is one of the 24 founding members of the United Nations Committee on th ...
*
Iranian underground missile bases
According to Iranian authorities, Iranian underground missile bases or silos ( fa, پایگاه های موشکی زیرزمینی ایران ), also known as the Missile Cities ( fa, شهرهای موشکی) exist in all provinces and cities of ...
*
Military of Iran
The Islamic Republic of Iran Armed Forces, are the combined military forces of Iran, comprising the Islamic Republic of Iran Army (''Arteš''), the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (''Sepâh'') and the Law Enforcement Force (Police).
Iran ...
*
Science and technology in Iran
Iran has made considerable advances in science and technology through education and training, despite international sanctions in almost all aspects of research during the past 30 years. Iran's university population swelled from 100,000 in 1979 ...
References
External links
Business Monitor International: Iran Defence and Security Report (2012)
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...
Iranian military-related lists
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