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Monday, April 18, 2011

Iran Military Day Parade 2011

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
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11 comments:

  1. Gifted oneApril 19, 2011 at 3:36 AM

    thanks for the great photos and descriptions

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  2. Paul IddonApril 19, 2011 at 11:00 AM

    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

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  3. AnonymousApril 20, 2011 at 12:18 AM

    this seems like the first time I've seen boragh with anti-air guns... what are those guns?

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  4. Mark PyruzApril 20, 2011 at 3:12 AM

    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.

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  5. AnonymousApril 20, 2011 at 10:53 AM

    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..

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  6. AnonymousApril 20, 2011 at 3:15 PM

    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."

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  7. BahramApril 21, 2011 at 1:00 AM

    the Self proppelled artillery identified as M-109A1 is actually a Raad-2 155mm.

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  8. Mark PyruzApril 21, 2011 at 5:14 AM

    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.

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  9. SarbazApril 21, 2011 at 7:02 AM

    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.

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  10. WinstonApril 21, 2011 at 7:53 PM

    ancient relics and toys.

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  11. AnonymousJune 5, 2011 at 11:22 PM

    os caras fabricam os misseis msm!!Vcs precisam pesquisar mais em vez de falar bobagens!!!

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