The Shahin-1 and Shahin-2 are
Iran
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ian road-mobile truck mounted short-range
fin-stabilized unguided 333 mm
Artillery rockets.
It was designed to be a cost-effective unguided rocket to destroy enemy troop concentrations, installations and fortifications at medium ranges.
The rocket has been replaced in production by more capable artillery rockets however it is still in active uses.
Characteristics
In general both rockets are steel body unguided 333 mm 190 kg explosive
fin stabilized rockets having seven
nozzles with limited accuracy and assembling times of several minutes.
They both are launched from unarmoured triple rail launchers.
Shahin-1
It is an unguided 2.9 m long 384 kg 190 kg high explosive 333 mm rocket with a range of 13 km.
The rocket had forest green colour with two green, one red and one white stripe, its nose is itself painted white and red.
Shahin-2
It is an unguided 3.9 m long 530 kg 190 kg high explosive 333 mm rocket with a range of 20 km.
It had a white painted body with two sets of green, white, and red stripes; on its warhead, it had red fins.
It can also be used as an
air-to-surface missile.
Operators
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Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran
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Armed forces of Sudan
See also
Other Iranian rockets
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Zelzal-1
Zelzal-1 ( fa, زلزال-۱, meaning "Earthquake-1") is an Iranian-made heavy artillery rocket with an estimated range of 160 km.
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Zelzal-2
Zelzal-2/Mushak-200 (Persian language, Persian: زلزال-۲, meaning "Earthquake") is an Iranian unguided long-range artillery rocket. The Zelzal-2 is a 610 mm truck-launched rocket that has a payload of 600 kg and a range of about 200 ...
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Zelzal-3
Zelzal-3 ( fa, زلزال-۳, meaning "earthquake") is an Iranian-made solid propellant guided artillery rocket with a range of 200 km. Cordesman, Anthony H. (2007)Lessons of the 2006 Israeli-Hezbollah War p. 11. It is an upgrade of the Ze ...
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Fajr-5
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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 ...
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Tondar-69
The Tondar-69 is a short-range ballistic missile (SRBM) originating in China and operated by the armed forces of Iran. It was originally deployed by the Iranian army in 1992. The design is based on the Chinese CSS-8, which itself was designed ...
Comparable systems
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Jobaria Defense Systems Multiple Cradle Launcher
The Jobaria Defense Systems Multiple Cradle Launcher, also called Jahanam Launcher ( ar, الراجمة جهنم), is an Emirati made multiple rocket launcher unique to the United Arab Emirates Army. It has 240 tubes making it the world's larges ...
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T-122 Sakarya
References
Rocket artillery
Artillery of Iran
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