Iran built Sayyad ("Hunter") tank transporter hauling FV 4201 Chieftain MBT
Sayyad tank transporters pulled by what appear to be Iranian assembled Volvo FH series 6x6 tractors
Iran Army FV 4201 Chieftain MBT prepared for loading onto semi-trailer
Iran Army FV 4201 Chieftain MBT powered onto Sayyad tank transporter
Iran Army FV 4201 Chieftain MBT onto semi-trailer, Sayyad's hinged ramps being set/locked
Photos: Fars News Agency published by Masregh News
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Iranian military observers in and out of Syria have taken note of the frequent and invaluable utility of AFV transports in use by the Syrian Army during the ongoing conflict in Syria.
This basically a Volvo truck, and needs a Iranian desert-tone or digital camouflage. Also in the type of environment these trucks will be operating they need a machine gun turret in the cab roof and bullet resistant glass and armor plating on the doors and front engine and diesel tanks. Iranian military, even on the missile trucks is very fond of white paint, making it a bulls-eye target even for small arms fire, not to mention RPG and more lethal AT missiles which are proliferating in the region, thanks to US sponsorship of Salafi terrorists.
Hopefully, these are just prototypes and will be modified for real combat deployment or they are in serious trouble. Kevlar on the doors, reinforced plexiglass or ERA is not that difficult to add and should be built into the design.
However, it is still a good effort considering the sanctions and economic pressure.
Very good development. This lessens the wear and tear of the tracks.
The Volvo logos on the front of the cabs are censored, as these types of images showing civilian trucks put to military use in Iran tend to result in huge pressure on automotive OEMs so that they eventually pull out of joint-venture / vehicle assembly agreements in the country (like Mercedes did with the Actros cabs which were formally assembled in Iran).
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Mark lost in the (no man's) land of schizophrenia - mis-taking his own monologe for dialoge with some (imaginary) other : yeah that white color of the truck yeaa thaat yeaah uhhh yeaahh uhhhh Khamenei so successful Iran hiding its volvos (psssst) yeaah uhhh still good effort yeeaahhh uhhh ....
Plenty more truck manufacturers out there,if the europeans want to keep cutting their own throats on american orders thats fine,but I would have thought volvo needed all the income it could get like most of the other european vehicle manufacturers
I have no idea what your unhealthy infatuation with Mark is? However, the more mature comments deal with the military aspects of the Volvo tank transporter based on sound military experience. Move beyond the Markophobia and try to read the posts objectively. As some of the bloggers pointed out there is a huge market for dual use industrial trucks and China and Russia are big players. Russian tank transporters are better now too. Russian KAMAZ have improved a lot and do come with a battlefield armored variant. China Tank Transporter TTRANS30 is also quite reliable good quality at some of the best prices in the world. DPRK (North Korea) also makes a modified version under license.
The most vulnerable time for tank transporters is when they can be ambushed by infantry or mobile units, hence there is dire need for close arms protection by means of a standard MG turret and armor plating. The tank crews mostly ride in transport vehicles and have small and side arms for protection as well. Iranian armored crews have the dependable German H&K MPA5 (made under license in Iran) for close protection but that does not have the range or velocity to defend against heavier weapons.
From our experiences in the Jange Tahmili, Iran learnt valuable lessons at Sussengard, when the Chieftain Shir-e-Iran (updated version photo posted above)were deployed hastily driven long distances on their own treads causing many breakdowns and getting bogged down on the rainy spring terrain. Iran also lacked armored recovery vehicles and there were barely 5 Mercedes modified tank or heavy tracked vehicle transporters for 100 tanks. A very unsatisfactory situation in any military. It is good that Iran has learnt from painful war time experiences and is now applying these lessons to improve its military capability. Iran in 1980 was totally unprepared for war, BTW your buddy Saddam had 4500 tanks and about 2500 Russian, German, French and Dutch tank transporters. Iran captured large numbers at Fao and Basra fronts later.
of what use are Iran's tanks other than to patrol Iranian cities to quell dissent?
tanks aren't going to protect Iran from aerial bombardment.
That is where irans ballistic missile forces come in to play
even I doubt that Iran would use ballistic missiles against street demonstrations in Tehran, but I didn't suspect that they would use snipers against girls like Neda.
so maybe you're right.
Silly hasbara shill. Only time tanks, even though technically they were light Scorpian reconnaissance vehicles was during the last days of Mr.Pahlavi by the "Javidan" mercenaries. I don't think in the last 34 years since the great revolution Iran has ever deployed the military, let alone "tanks" to maintain internal law and order. Iranian police is one the best in riot-control and secondly armor is not suitable for riot suppression. Water cannons and truncheons have proved good against the few foreign funded thugs that ever dared come out to undermine Iranian state's excellent peace, law and order.
AnonymousJuly 24, 2013 at 2:26 AM
Well said
AnonymousJuly 23, 2013 at 3:00 PM
"tanks aren't going to protect Iran from aerial bombardment."
No thats where irans ballistic missile forces,the largest in the middle east, would come into play,very effectively I would imagine as they can destroy any target within 2000km of irans borders.As for riot control the iri police and basij seem to have little problems dealing with most violent trouble makers and malcontents like yourself
Iran's missiles also would not protect Iran from aerial bombardment by the US or NATO.
Anything in Iran that they wished to destroy would be gone in three weeks or less if it came to serious fighting.
Anon 3:32 PM
Nothing in Iran is left to destroy because the mullah regime has already achieved that.
AnonymousJuly 26, 2013 at 3:32 PM
Iran can destroy anything within 2000km of its borders any air base,naval base,any military facility or civilian facilities for that matter and it can shut down the straits so that even a canoe wouldnt get through.The us/nato would be limited to carriers stationed at least 300km off irans coast so that means a 600km round trip added on to any air strike meanwhile of course irans missile forces would be raining destruction down on the nato occupation forces in afghanistan as well as hitting israel.Irans defense thru deterrence strategy works well,dont make the mistake of thinking that iran would sit back and allow an aggressor to build up an attack force in saudi or kuwait like saddam stupidly did,not that the saudis or kuwaitis would be so suicidal as to allow an attack upon iran to be launched from their soil.The truth is that when it comes to iran usraeli/nato military options are very limited and they know it
Volvo are ordinary 610 hp tractors on 12.00R24 wheel, NOT 6x6, just 6x4!!
This trucks was assembled in Iran.
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