Islamic Republic of Iran Army

From Daily Escape

The Islamic Republic of Iran Army is the ground force of Islamic Republic of Iran Military. In Iran, it is also called Artesh, which is Persian for "army." As of 2006, the regular Iranian Army was estimated to have 350,000 personnel. Conscripts serve for 18 months and have limited military training.

Iran has two parallel land forces with some integration at the command level: the regular Artesh, and the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution or Pasdaran (IRGC).

Contents 1 Equipment of the Iranian Army 1.1 Armored personnel carriers 1.2 Infantry fighting vehicles 1.3 Tanks 1.3.1 Main battle tanks 1.3.2 Light tanks 1.4 Air defense 1.4.1 Shoulder-launched missiles 1.4.2 Radar systems 1.5 Artillery 1.5.1 Towed artillery 1.5.1.1 105mm 1.5.1.2 122mm 1.5.1.3 152mm 1.5.1.4 155mm 1.5.1.5 203mm 1.5.2 Self-propelled artillery 1.5.2.1 122mm 1.5.2.2 155 mm 1.5.2.3 170 mm 1.5.2.4 175 mm 1.5.2.5 203 mm 1.6 Surface-to-surface missiles 1.6.1 Cruise missiles 1.6.2 Battlefield missile systems 1.6.2.1 Short range 1.6.2.2 Anti-tank missiles 1.7 Army aviation 1.7.1 Unmanned aerial vehicles 1.8 Small arms 2 Iranian Army Order of Battle 2.1 Army Order of Battle (Localities) 2.2 Army Order of Battle (Localities)

Equipment of the Iranian Army

Armored personnel carriers

• Cobra BMT-2
• Boragh
• M113A1/A2
• EE-11 Urutu
• BTR-60
• BTR-50

Infantry fighting vehicles

• EE-9 Cascavel
• BMP-1
• BMP-2

Tanks

Main battle tanks

• Zulfiqar
• Safir-74
• T-72
• T-62
• T-55/54
• Chieftain Mk3/5
• M60A1 Patton
• M47 Patton
• M48 Patton

Light tanks

• FV101 Scorpion
• Tosan

Air defense

• I-Hawk
• Tigercat
• Sayyad-1 (SA-2 Guideline)
• Pechora-2A (SA-3 Goa)
• Ghareh (SA-5 Gammon)
• Kub (SA-6 Gainful)
• Buk-M1 (SA-11 Gadfly)
• S-300
• Tor-M1 (SA-15 Gauntlet)
• Shahab Thaqeb (FM-80 Feimeng)

Shoulder-launched missiles

• Misagh-1 (QW-1)
• Misagh-2 (QW-2)
• RBS-70
• SA-7 Grail
• SA-16 Gimlet
• SA-18 Grouse

Radar systems

• Gamma
• Kasta
• Kolchuga
• JY-14

Artillery

Towed artillery

105mm

• M101A1 / M56

122mm

• D-30 / 2A18M
• Type-54

152mm

• D-20 / M-55

155mm

• WAC-21
• GHN-45
• M-114
• M-71
• FH-77B
• G-5

203mm

• M-115

Self-propelled artillery

122mm

• 2S1
• Raad 1

155 mm

• Raad 2
• M-109

170 mm

• M-1978

175 mm

• M-107

203 mm

• M-110

Surface-to-surface missiles

Cruise missiles

• AS-15 Kent / Kh-55 Granat

Battlefield missile systems

Short range

• Samid Artillery Rocket
• Fajr-2 Artillery Rocket
• Fajr-3 Artillery Rocket
• Fajr-5 Artillery Rocket
• Tondar-69 Artillery Rocket
• Oghab Artillery Rocket
• Shahin-II Artillery Rocket
• Naze'at Artillery Rocket
• Zelzal Artillery Rocket
• Fateh-110

Anti-tank missiles

• Toophan
• Toophan 2
• Toophan 3
• Saeghe 1/2 (Dragon)
• AT-3 Sagger
• AT-4 Spigot
• Konkurs / AT-5 Spandrel
• Saegheh
• RPG-7
• RPG-29
• MILAN

Army aviation

• Aero Commander 690 utility transport
• Bell 205 light-lift utility helicopter
  • AB 205
  • Shabaviz 2-75
• Bell 206 JetRanger utility helicopter
  • AB 206A
  • Shabaviz 2061
• Bell 214A medium-lift transport helicopter
• AH-1 Sea Cobra attack helicopter
  • AH-1J
  • Panha 2091
• CH-47C Chinook heavy-lift transport helicopter
• Cessna 185 light utility aircraft
• Dassault Falcon 20E VIP transport
• Fokker F27 Friendship tactical transport
  • F27-400M
  • F27-600
• Bell 204 UH-1 multipurpose utility helicopter
• Hughes 300C light trainer/utility helicopter

Unmanned aerial vehicles

• Ababil
• Mohajer I/II/III/IV
• Sahand
• Faraz I
• Faraz II
• Sabokbal

Small arms

• Khaybar KH2002 5.56x45mm bullpup rifle
• AKM 7.62x39mm assault rifle
• M-16 A2 5.56x45mm assault rifle
• Heckler & Koch G36C 5.56×45mm assault rifle
• Heckler & Koch G3A6 7.62x51mm battle rifle
• Zoaf 9mm pistol
• Sig P-226 pistol
• Rheinmetall MG3 7.62x51mm general purpose machine-gun
• PKM 7.62x54mm machine gun
• Tondar 9x19mm submachine gun
• Dragunov sniper rifle
• Steyr HS .50 sniper rifle
• SPG-9 recoilless rifle
• RPG-7 anti-tank weapon

Iranian Army Order of Battle

Army Order of Battle (Localities)

First Army Headquarters	Tehran
Second Army Headquarters	Esfahan
Third Army Headquarters	Shiraz
28th Mechanized Division	Kerman
84th Mechanized Division	Khorramabad
18th Armored Division	Tehran
81st Armored Division	Qazvin, Qasr-e Shirin region
88th Armored Division	Ahvaz
30th Infantry Division	Tehran
40th Infantry Division	Hamadan
58th Infantry Division	Ahvaz
64th Infantry Division	Bandar 'E Mah Shahr
77th Infantry Division	Tabriz
23rd Special Forces Division	Tehran
55th Parachute Division	Tehran
351st SSM Brigade	Tehran
75th Logistics Brigade

Army Order of Battle (Localities)

Southern Operations Sector (Dezful)	Northern Operations Sector (Rezaiyeh)	Western Operations Sector (Kermanshah)
81st Armored Division	28th Mechanized Infantry Division	16th Armored Division
92nd Armored Division	64th Infantry Division	18th Armored Division
45th Commando Brigade	40th Infantry Brigade	81st Armored Division
	25th Commando Brigade	84th Mechanized Infantry Division
	11th Artillery Division	35th Commando Brigade
		58th Commando Brigade
		22nd Artillery Division
		23rd Artillery Division
		44th Artillery Division
		55th Artillery Division
		411th Engineer Division
Eastern Operations Sector (Birjand)	Airmobile Forces Group
88th Armored Division	29th Commando Division (Airmobile)
30th Infantry Division	55th Airborne Division
77th Infantry Division