Iran Defense Forum

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Iran has commissioned the aircraft carrier drone carrier "Shahid Bahman Bagheri" with the hull number C-110-4. The ship "Shahid Bahman Bagheri" was built on the basis of the former container ship "Perarin", built in South Korea. Iran has long been using such a scheme for building aircraft carriers, it is inexpensive and feasible in a short time.
The container ship, 240 meters long and 32 meters wide, was modified into an aircraft carrier at the Iran Shipbuilding & Offshore Industries Complex. The aircraft carrier drone carrier "Shahid Bahman Bagheri" is equipped with a runway with a ramp for taking off heavy UAVs. Inside there is a hangar and a lift for drones. The ship also carries light missile boats, sea drones and Mi-8 and Bell 214 helicopters. The armament of the ship "Shahid Bahman Bagheri", various artillery, launchers of anti-ship missiles, air defense is represented by boats with Kowsar-222 missiles. The displacement of the ship is 41,315 tons, the cruising range is up to 22,000 nautical miles, the speed is 22 knots.

 

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The Russian version of the "Mangal" protection was spotted on Iranian T-72S tanks. In this case, "Mangal" protects only a small part of the tank's turret from drones. In fact, it is only protection from drones dropping ammunition. It is worth noting that the protection is too low, it will be difficult for the tank crew to leave the combat vehicle. Previously, "Mangal" protection was installed on French Leclerc tanks, Japanese Type-10 tanks and Argentine TAM tanks.

 

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The Iranian army, in line with new trends in military technology, showed the first exercises using Iranian FPV drones. The drone models are not reported, but as elsewhere, the drones are assembled from Chinese components. The combat unit is somewhat different from Russian and Ukrainian analogues.