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The ''Ashura'' ( fa, عاشورا, also known as MIG-G-0800) is a class of fast patrol boat used by naval forces of Iran. It is a Boston Whaler type vessel based on a Watercraft UK design, and is manufactured domestically with hulls made of
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Types

''Ashura'' speedboats are able to carry various guns, including heavy machine guns and multiple rocket launchers. There are versions with installed ZU-23-2 autocannon, DShK machine gun, and modified to carry a single naval mine. File:عاشورا - رزمایش پیامبر اعظم (ص) ۹ نیروی دریایی سپاه (1).jpg, Minelayer version File:Velayat 94 Military exercise 16 by Mbazri.jpg, Trooper version File:The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) seized a ship near Iran’s Bu Musa Island in the Persian Gulf, which was smuggling out a cargo of 1.312 million liters of subsidized fuel..jpg, MLR and machine gun equipped version


Export

From 1992 to 1994, Sudan purchased at least seven ''Ashura'' boats from Iran.


References

{{Ship classes of the IRGC Navy Fast patrol boat classes of the Navy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Ship classes of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy Ships built by Marine Industries Organization