Imperial Iranian Navy

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The Imperial Iranian Navy is the smallest branch of the Imperial Iranian Army, with about 50,000 personnel. It is organized into three fleets, two in the Persian Gulf (Bushehr and Bandar Abbas) and the other in the Caspian Sea. The bulk of the navy's fleet is stationed at the naval headquarters base at Bandar Abbas. Other major bases are located in Bushehr, Khoramshahr, Khark Island, Hengam Island, Bandar Shahpur, and Chah Bahar. Bandar Pahlavi is the major training facility and home of the small Caspian fleet, which is comprised of a small number of patrol boats and a minesweeper. The navy also has two marine brigades (each comprised of five marine battalions) and an aviation element consisting of ASW, minesweeping, and transport aircraft, as well as some recently-delivered F/A-18 Hornet multirole fighters. The United States and United Kingdom supply the vast majority of the navy's equipment, although a sizeable amount of the navy's equipment is domestically-produced.

Organization

Bandar Abbas Fleet

Ships

• 3 Kouroush class destroyers
• 3 Alvand class frigates
• 4 Bayandor class frigates
• 6 Type 209 submarines
• 8 Kaman class guided missile boats
• 3 Parvin class patrol boats
• 2 Kangan class patrol boats
• 12 Patrol Boat, River (PBR)
• 2 Kaivan class patrol boats
• 2 Kangan class patrol boats
• 5 Combat Boat 90 fast assault craft
• 5 Fast Patrol Craft
• 2 Bandar Abbas light replenishment vessels
• 1 landing ship (logistics)
• 1 landing ship (utility)
• 1 logistical support ship
• 3 minesweepers (2 coastal, 1 inshore)
• 4 Delvar class minelayers
• 6 SRN-6 hovercraft
• 2 Wellington BH-7 hovercraft

Aircraft

• 18 CH-53D Sea Stallion heavy-lift helicopters
• 4 RH-53D Sea Stallion mine countermeasures helicopters
• 11 Bell 205 light-lift utility helicopters
• 9 Bell 206 multipurpose utility helicopters
• 7 SH-3A Sea King anti-submarine warfare helicopters
• 16 P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft
• 45 F/A-18 Hornet multirole fighters

Bushehr Fleet

Ships

• 1 Kouroush class destroyer
• 2 Moudge class frigates
• 1 Nahang 1 class submarine
• 3 Ghadir class submarines
• 4 Kaman class guided missile boats
• 8 Patrol Boat, River (PBR)
• 2 Kaivan class patrol boats
• 2 Kangan class patrol boats
• 4 Combat Boat 90 fast assault craft
• 4 Fast Patrol Craft
• 1 landing ship (logistics)
• 1 landing ship (utility)
• 1 logistical support ship
• 1 minesweeper (coastal)
• 3 Delvar class minelayers
• 2 SRN-6 hovercraft
• 4 Wellington BH-7 hovercraft

Aircraft

• 30 F/A-18 Hornet multirole fighters
• 6 CH-53D Sea Stallion heavy-lift helicopters
• 1 RH-53D Sea Stallion mine countermeasures helicopter
• 5 Bell 205 light-lift utility helicopters
• 5 Bell 206 multipurpose utility helicopters
• 4 SH-3A Sea King anti-submarine warfare helicopters
• 10 P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft

Caspian Sea Fleet

Ships

• 4 Patrol Boat, River (PBR)
• 3 Zafar class patrol boats
• 2 Combat Boat 90 fast assault craft
• 2 Fast Patrol Craft
• 1 Paykan class missile boat
• 1 minesweeper (inshore)

Aircraft

• 2 CH-53D Sea Stallion heavy-lift helicopters
• 1 RH-53D Sea Stallion mine countermeasures helicopter
• 3 Bell 205 light-lift utility helicopters
• 1 Bell 206 multipurpose utility helicopter
• 2 P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft

Marine battalion

Each marine battalion is comprised of 4 infantry companies, a fire support company, an engineer platoon, a logistics company, a reconnaissance platoon, and a headquarters.

The infantry company consists of 3 platoons and 1 company headquarters. Each platoon has three AAVP-7A1s for each of its squads. The squad's personnel include the section leader, two machine gunners, two grenadiers, and four riflemen, one of whom is a sniper. In these vehicles there are also the platoon commanding officer, the platoon executive officer, the platoon sergeant, and the medic. The Company Headquarters has two AAVP-7A1s (carrying the company CO, the company XO, the radio unit, three medics, the company sergeant-major, and a Watchkeeper WK450 UAV unit with two UAVs).

The fire support company consists of the following:

• Direct fire platoon
  • 8 LAV-EFSS (Expeditionary Fire Support System)
• Indirect fire platoon
  • 8 LAV-M (Mortar)
• Air defense platoon
  • 8 LAV-AD (Air Defense)
• Anti-tank platoon
  • 8 LAV-AT (Anti-Tank)
• Headquarters
  • 1 LAV-C2 (Command & Control)

The engineer platoon has two AAVR-7A1 Recovery Vehicles and two LAV-R (Recovery).

The logistics company consists of the following vehicles: ten LAV-LOG (Logistics) and sixteen BVS10 All Terrain Armored Vehicles.

The reconnaissance platoon has four LAV-25s, two AAVP-7A1s, and four HMMWVs (two of which carry the Watchkeeper WK450 UAV). The unit also includes a sniper section and two scout sections.

Headquarters is commanded by a colonel with a ten man staff, guarded by twenty security troops, and has two AAVC-7A1 Command Vehicles and four AAVP-7A1s.

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