Highlights from the 2011 Military Day parades held at various locations in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Armor
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Updated Zulfiqar-3 main battle tank outfitted with service kit
Zulfiqar MBT without kit
Boragh APC air defense variant
BTR-60PB armored personnel carrier
BTR-60 variant
M577 command vehicles
Raad-2 self-propelled howitzer
Aviation
Formation of F-14A air superiority fighters
MiG-29 type interceptors
Formation of F-4E fighter-bombers
Su-24MK attack aircraft
Air-Launched Weapons
AIM-54A AAM and Kh-58 ARM missiles
GBU-67/9A Qadr (force) air-launched precision guided munition
Ghased-3 EO-homing glide-bomb
AGM-379/20 Zoobin (arrow) air-launched PGM
GBU-78 Ghased (messenger) guided bomb unit
AIM-23 Sejil (baked clay) air-to-air missiles
Yasser and Sattar-4 air-to-ground rockets
Sagheb air-to-ground rocket
Bombs equipped with folded, retarding pedals
C-801K and C-802K air-launched AShMs
Anti-Ship Missiles
Noor, Kowsar and Nasr anti-ship missiles
Vehicles
Toyota 2700 4x4 utility truck command vehicle
NAJA anti-riot vehicles
Chinese manufactured ATVs
Misc
Kayak equipped special forces
Photos:
Fars News Agency: Hamed Jafarnejad
JameJam Online: Chavosh Homavandi & Ali Safari
Iranian Labour News Agency: Hadi Yazdani
IPA: Sajad Safari
Borna News Agency: Moshen Tavaro
Iranian Student's News Agency: Mehdi Ghasemi
Islamic Republic News Agency
Mehr News Agency
Unidentified photographers
11 comments:
thanks for the great photos and descriptions
Mark, do you think Iran has functional AIM-54's?
I read somewhere that the IRIAF still have?/use? ATM-54 training rounds and that Iran has reverse engineered some Phoenix rounds and even upgraded them from A designation to somewhere comparable to the C designation
this seems like the first time I've seen boragh with anti-air guns... what are those guns?
Paul, it's an open question whether Iran has successfully improvised service kits and recharged warheads for the AIM-54A. Same applies for how many cores remain after the war, as well as how many functioning AWG-9 radar sets in their possession. They're certainly suggesting they have this capability by parading a newly painted example.
Anon, ZU-23-2.
well I wouldn't like to be the gunner, yet i guess if you hide/disperse them enough you could get a few chopper piltos swearing..
Mr.Uskowi, the vehicle you identified as a M-109A1 is actually an M-109A1 turret on BMP chassis, most likely an Iranian built variant called the "Boraq." I believe the self-propelled artillery model is referred to by the name "Raad."
the Self proppelled artillery identified as M-109A1 is actually a Raad-2 155mm.
Thanks for the input, guys. I thought there was room for seven road wheels but obviously the tracks are different, which is a giveaway. I'll make the change.
Also the missiles you identified as "C-801K and C-802K air-launched AShMs" is wrong. These are Iranian-made training rounds of the Kh-58 and Kh-29. But in the case of the Kh-29 training round, it is hard to tell which version, since there are three around, namely the ML,L and T version.
ancient relics and toys.
os caras fabricam os misseis msm!!Vcs precisam pesquisar mais em vez de falar bobagens!!!
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