Iranian Ground Forces Equipment

SYSTEMS		Inventory
Iranian Ground Forces Equipment
SYSTEMS		1990	1995	2000	2002	2005	2008	2010	2015
MBT		500	1,440	1,135	1,565	1,613	1,613	~1,800	~2,000
	T-72S	+	200	120	480	480	480	480	480
	T-62	100	150	75	75	75	75	75	75
	T-54/-55	100	110	500	250?	540	540	540	540
	Type-59	-	+	220	250?	540
	T-72Z	-	-	-	-	-
	Chieftain Mk3/5	100	250	140	200	100	100	100?	100?
	M60A1	100	160	150	150	150	150	150	150
	M47/M47M	100	150	150	150	168	168	168	168
	Zulfiqar	-	-	+	10	~100	~100	~100	~100
LIGHT TANK		40	80	80	80	80	80	80	80
	Scorpion	40	80	80	80	80	80	80	80
	Tosan [Towsan]	_	-	-	+	+	+	+	+
RECCE / AIFV		280	435	475	785	645	645	645	645
	EE-9 Cascavel	130	35	35	35	35	35	35	35
	BMP-1/WZ-501	150+	300	300	350	210*	210	210	210
	BMP-2	-	100	140	400	400	400	400	400
APC		500	550	590	590	640	640	640	640
	BTR-50/-60	+	+	300	300	300	300	300	300
	M113A1/A2	+	+	250	250	200	200	200	200
	Boragh	-	-	~40	~40	140*	140	140	140
TOWED ARTY		478	1,995	1,950	2,085	2,010	2,010	2,010	2,010
105mm	M101A1	+	130	130	130	130	130	130	130
	M-56	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
122mm	D-30	+	550	400	500	540	540	540	540
	Type-54	-	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
130mm	M-46/Type-59-1	200	1,000	1,100	1,100	985	985	985	985
152mm	D-20	-	30	30	30	30	30	30	30
155mm	WAC-21/Type 88	-	15	20	15	15	15	15	15
	GHN-45	130	80	80	120	120	120	120	120
	M114	+	70	70	70	70	70	70	70
	M-71	50	-	-	-	-		-	-
	FH-77B	18	-	-	-	-		-	-
	G-5	50	-	-	-	-		-	-
203mm	M115	30	20	20	20	20	20	20	20
SELF-PROPELLED ARTY		85	289	290	310	310	310	310	310
122mm	2S1	-	60	60	60	60	60	60	60
	Raad 1	-	-	-	+	+	+	+	+
155mm	M109A1	45	160	160	180	180	180	180	180
	Raad 2	-	-	-	+	+	+	+	+
170mm	M-1978	-	9	10	10	10	10	10	10
175mm	M107	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30
203mm	M110	10	30	30	30	30	30	30	30
MRL		65+	664+	664+	889+	889+	889+	889+	889+
107mm	Type-63	-	500	500	700	700	700	700	700
	Haseb	-	-	-	700	700	700	700	700
	Fadjir 1	-	-	+	+	+	+	+	+
122mm	Noor/Arash	-	50	50	50	50	50	50	50
	BM-21	65	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
	BM-11	+	5	5	20	7	7	7	7
	Type 81	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	RM-70	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
240mm	M-1985	-	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
	Fadjir 3	-	-	+	10	~10	~10	~10	~10
320mm	Oghab	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
333mm	Fadjir 5	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
	Shahin-1/-2	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
355mm	Nazeat	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
SSM
	Scud-B/-C**	+	210	300	300	300	300	300	300
	Shahab-1/Shahab-2**	-	-	-	-	300	300	300	300
	Scud launchers**	+	10	10	17	~12-18	~12-18	~12-18	~12-18
	Shahab-1/Shahab-2 Launchers**	-	-	-	-	~12-18	~12-18	~12-18	~12-18
	Shahab-3	-	-	+	+	~24	~24	~24	~24
	Shahab-3 Launchers	-	-	+	+	~6	~6	~6	~6
	CSS-8	-	150	150	175	175	175	175	175
	CSS-8 Launchers	-	25	25	30	30	30	30	30
	Oghab	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
	Shahin-1/-2	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
	Nazeat	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
ATGW
	AT-3 Sagger/Raad	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
	AT-4 Spigot	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
	AT-5 Spandrel/Saeqhe	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
	Dragon	+	+	+	+	+	-	-	-
	TOW/Toophan	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
SAM

	HQ-7 / FM-80 / Shahab Thaqeb	-	-	-	+	+	+	+	+
	I HAWK Launchers	30	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	RBS-70	200	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	SA-7	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
	SA-14	-	-	-	+	+	+	+	+
	SA-16	-	-	-	+	+	+	+	+
Aircraft
ATTACK HELICOPTERS		454	523	558	212	230	230+	230+	320+
	AH-1J***	100	100	100	50	50	45	45	45
	Shabaviz 209-1***	-	-	-	-	-	~5	~5	~5
TRANSPORT HELICOPTERS
	AB-205A	20	40	40	40	68	68	68	68
	AB-206	50	90	90	10	10	10	10	10
	Bell 212/AB-212AS	-	12	12	-	-	-	-	-
	Bell 214A	200	130	130	50	50	50	50	50
	Bell 214C	-	-	35	-	-	-	-	-
	CH-47C	20	40	40	20	20	20	20	20
	Hughes 300C	-	5	5	-	-	-	-	-
	Mi-8/Mi-17	-	-	-	25	25	25	25	55
	RH-53D	-	9	9	-	-	-	-	-
	SA-319	-	10	10	-	-	-	-	-
	SH-3D	-	10	10	-	-	-	-	-
	Shahed 274****	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	20
	Shavabiz 2-75****	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	15
	Shabaviz 206-1****	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	15
FIXED WING
	Cessna 150/180/185F/310/O-2A	40+	50	50	10	10	10	10	10
	Da-20 Falcon	2	8	8	1	1	1	1	1
	F-27	2	19	19	2	2	2	2	2
	PC-6	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Shrike/Rockwell Turbo Commander 690	5	-	-	4	4	4	4	4
UAV
	Mohajer II/III/IV	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	+

Notes

* - The jump from the approximately 40 Boragh to 140 matches an unclear drop by that exact number in BMP-1/WZ-501 inventory. While the Boragh is based on this design, whether any were actually converted was not known as of 2008.

** - The identical nature of assumed numbers for Iranian Scud-type missiles and Iranian Shahab-1/-2 Scud copies suggest there is some or total overlap.

*** - Stated Iranian goals are to convert the entire AH-1J fleet to the Shabaviz 209-1 standard. The estimated date for these upgrades to be completed was unknown as of 2008.

**** - As with the Shabaviz 209-1 program, Iran had stated a desire to overhaul their remaining Bell and Agusta-Bell 214 and 206 types to the Shabaviz 2-75 and 206-1 standards. How much production of those indigenous helicopters would affect existing stocks was unclear and the estimated date for completion was unknown as of 2008.

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Iranian Ground Forces Equipment

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