Iranian Imperial Guard

From Worldatplay

The Iranian Imperial Guard is the elite branch of the Imperial Iranian Ground Force. Originally tasked to guard the Shah, the Imperial Iranian Guard has expanded from its original 500 men to two divisions, each 15,000 strong, along with a smaller 5,000 man force designed to act as the Shah's personal guard and the garrison force for Tehran, the Shahanshahi Regiment. The Imperial Guard is one of the most highly trained, well equipped, and potent fighting forces in the entire world, with the equipment of the Imperial Guard considered extremely effective and potent technological breakthroughs which cost far too much to equip the entire military with. Each of the Imperial Guard divisions operates as a mechanzied force, with 10,000 of the soldiers carried to battle in infantry fighting vehicles, supported by 500 Shir III MBTs.

Contents 1 Order of Battle 2 Equipment 2.1 Individual weapons 2.1.1 Pistols 2.1.2 Shotguns 2.1.3 Submachine guns/Carbines 2.1.4 Rifles 2.1.5 Machine guns 2.1.6 Grenade launchers/assault weapons 2.2 Artillery 2.3 Missiles 2.3.1 Anti-tank 2.3.2 Surface-to-air 2.4 Vehicles 2.4.1 Armored vehicles 2.4.2 Aircraft 2.4.2.1 UAVs

Order of Battle

Unit	Location
Shahanshahi Regiment	Tehran
1st Imperial Guard Division	E. Azarbaijan
2nd Imperial Guard Division	W. Azarbaijan

Equipment

Individual weapons

Pistols

• SIG P226 9mm semi-automatic pistol

Shotguns

• USAS-12 Semiautomatic shotgun

Submachine guns/Carbines

• Heckler & Koch MP5 9x19mm submachine gun
• FN PS90 5.7x28mm carbine

Rifles

• Khaybar KH2002 5.56x45mm assault rifle
• M82A1 Barrett sniper rifle
• SR-25 7.62x51mm semi-automatic sniper rifle
• M107 Long Range Sniper Rifle

Machine guns

• M2 Browning .50 cal heavy machine gun
• M60E4 7.62x51mm medium machine gun
• FN Minimi 5.56x45 mm light machine gun

Grenade launchers/assault weapons

• M203 40mm grenade launcher
• FGM-172 SRAW
• M136 AT4

Artillery

• M1097 Avenger air defense missile system
• M109A6 Paladin 155mm self-propelled howitzer
• M992 Field Artillery Ammunition Supply Vehicle
• M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System

Missiles

Anti-tank

• AGM-114 Hellfire
• BGM-71 TOW
• Euromissile HOT
• FGM-148 Javelin
• FGM-172 SRAW
• MILAN
• Spike

Surface-to-air

• FIM-92 Stinger
• M1097 Avenger

Vehicles

Armored vehicles

• Shir III Main Battle Tank
• Shir II main battle tank (being phased out)
• M1 Abrams main battle tank
  • M1 Grizzly Engineer Vehicle
  • M1 Panther II Remote Controlled Mine Clearing Vehicle
  • M104 Wolverine Heavy Assault Bridge
  • M1 Panther II Mine Clearing Blade/Roller System
  • M1 Assault Breacher Vehicle
  • M1 Armored Recovery Vehicle
• FV510 Warrior infantry fighting vehicle
  • FV510 Infantry Section Vehicle
  • MILAN Anti-Tank Guided Weapon Carrier
  • FV511 Infantry Command Vehicle
  • FV512 Mechanised Combat Repair Vehicle
  • FV513 Mechanised Recovery Vehicle
  • FV 514 Mechanised Artillery Observation Vehicle
  • FV 515 Battery Command Vehicle
  • Warrior Reconnaissance Vehicle
  • Desert Warrior

Aircraft

UAVs

• Luna X 2000
• Ababil
• Mohajer IV