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Then what in the fvckity-fvck was the point of going to all that wasted effort to build the karrar for?.
Not to mention of course that relying on the utterly "reliably unreliable" russians seems like a really,really,really stupid thing to do.
If that's true then the Karrar project was nothing more than an effort to obtain more concessions from the Russians in the T 90 deal negotiations
 
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General Hidary: we will soon open T-90 tanks production line in Iran and he said we will get our first batch in october


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I’ll lose it if this is not Karrar tank. Consequently in October the un weapons embargo against Iran will end as well!
 
Then what in the fvckity-fvck was the point of going to all that wasted effort to build the karrar for?.
Not to mention of course that relying on the utterly "reliably unreliable" russians seems like a really,really,really stupid thing to do.
maybe after they saw we can build something that is comparable to T90 the need to give the line just like S300 PMU2

I’ll lose it if this is not Karrar tank. Consequently in October the un weapons embargo against Iran will end as well!
well he specifically said T-90 tanks
 
Karrar still has no propulsion.
Maybe a tech transfer deal was agreed single otherwise Iran would need to set up a tank engine factory.

However at this point I think he is just underinformed and calls the Karrar T-90 for convenience and lack of accurate mind.
 
Karrar was(is) an upgrade refurbishment package for old T-72Bs, which have been in service for almost three decades. This was clearly shown during the demo ceremony, in which you could see the old chassis were being equipped with new turrets (what happened to those samples, by the way). Also, the banner was showing T-72.
Hopefully, T-90 is a new addition to Iran MBT inventory.
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First of all the USA won't allow the UN sanctions to expire. Iran's best bet is knockdown kits purchased under the table from Russia or China

Second after this dowsing rod fiasco I have no more faith in the IRGC. They say one thing and then do another. Use one name for a product and then use another. How many products do they have with the same names. It's really quite ridiculous.

Iran’s ‘amazing’ Covid-19 detectors identified as re-purposed fake bomb scanners
The IRGC claims ‘state of the art’ technology can detect coronavirus at up to 100 metres

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The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) unveiled an advanced device that can remotely detect people infected with the novel coronavirus and also the contaminated areas within a range of 100 meters. Tasnim News Agency
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has unveiled what it claims is new technology which will change the face of its response to the coronavirus crisis.

There’s just one problem – the “state of the art” Covid-19 detector bears a striking resemblance to fake bomb scanners that have plagued the Middle East and other parts of the world for years.

The country's semi-official Tasnim news agency reported the device had been developed by Iranian scientists and had the ability to detect the novel coronavirus on people and on surfaces at a range of up to 100 meters.

The detector, IRGC commander Major General Hossein Salami claimed, can detect contamination with 80 per cent accuracy in five seconds by “creating a magnetic field”.

He was quoted describing the scanner as “amazing” and “state of the art”, though the exact relationship between the Covid-19 pathogen and magnets was not explained.


Media monitoring outlets and analysts quickly debunked the IRGC’s claims about the Covid-19 detector. They have said the device shown in the IRGC’s unveiling and being tested in an Iranian hospital clearly resembles a variety of fake detectors sold by British fraudsters in the last decade.

Those scanners later went on to be used in the Middle East, Africa, Latin America and South-East Asia. The devices, like the Iranian Covid-19 detector, all had a conspicuous silver antenna that swivelled on a handle and came in black padded casing.

Used to check for suicide bombers in Iraq, to search for drugs in central America and to detect smuggled ivory in Africa all of the devices were bogus and were sold at a huge financial and human cost.

Their purveyors James McCormick, Gary Bolton and Samuel and Joan Tree have all been jailed for selling the so-called “magic wands”.

The danger presented by the detectors in the era of coronavirus is clear. The IRGC claimed its device negates the need for blood tests to diagnose Covid-19 infections and will speed up the process of cleaning surfaces covered in the virus.


Tasnim has reported the device is to be used in widespread screening.

The appearance of the scanner has provoked splits among authorities in Iran. While the IRGC has doubled down on the device heralding it as a “scientific breakthrough”, Tehran’s ministry of health has said the scanner does not have its approval.

“Many of these efforts have been made, but the cases that have received final approval have been very few,” health ministry spokesman Kianush Jahanpour said on Wednesday.

The Iranian government has been left scrambling to respond to the coronavirus outbreak which has struck down many of the country’s most senior officials.

The country has been the hit hardest in the region by the virus with its death toll reaching 4,869 on Thursday. The country also has nearly 78,000 confirmed cases.

Karrar was(is) an upgrade refurbishment package for old T-72Bs, which have been in service for almost three decades. This was clearly shown during the demo ceremony, in which you could see the old chassis were being equipped with new turrets (what happened to those samples, by the way). Also, the banner was showing T-72.
Hopefully, T-90 is a new addition to Iran MBT inventory.
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Any chance of a translation/synopsis of what hes saying for us non farsi speakers?
nothing really they said we do not have parade this year and they said some warships are going to join to navy and that T-90 tank production line is open in Iran and pulls that it has 7 more options than the tank did not have before and that we are going to modernize the army and there weapons. just the T-90 was new all else was old news
 
Heidari is mad because irgc made a better tank (karrar) than his organization could in 30 years (zolfaghar). He is clearly sabotaging irgc and karrar.

I remember when karrar was first unveiled. It was shortly after he had indicated that army should BUY t90 from russia. Irgc then unveiled karrar and heidari had to be diplomatic and say that army is getting both karrar and zolfaghar. He didn’t want to admit that karrar was obviously the best and most sane choice.

read this thread, it’s a good analysis of the current tank dispute in Iran:

Karrar was(is) an upgrade refurbishment package for old T-72Bs, which have been in service for almost three decades. This was clearly shown during the demo ceremony, in which you could see the old chassis were being equipped with new turrets (what happened to those samples, by the way). Also, the banner was showing T-72.
Hopefully, T-90 is a new addition to Iran MBT inventory.
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that’s phase one of karrar project. The upgrade existing t72 in the inventory.
The next phase was complete production.
 
Heidari is mad because irgc made a better tank (karrar) than his organization could in 30 years (zolfaghar). He is clearly sabotaging irgc and karrar.

I remember when karrar was first unveiled. It was shortly after he had indicated that army should BUY t90 from russia. Irgc then unveiled karrar and heidari had to be diplomatic and say that army is getting both karrar and zolfaghar. He didn’t want to admit that karrar was obviously the best and most sane choice.

read this thread, it’s a good analysis of the current tank dispute in Iran:



that’s phase one of karrar project. The upgrade existing t72 in the inventory.
The next phase was complete production.
I think he means Karrar project

Speaking to the state TV on Thursday night, Commander of the Iranian Army Ground Force Brigadier General Kiomars Heidari said the Defense Ministry and the Armed Forces have jointly developed an Iranian T-90 tank.

The homegrown tank is much more advanced than the Zolfaqar tank, he noted, saying the Iranian T-90 is undergoing final tests before being delivered to the Army Ground Force.

Pointing to seven new features of the new T-90 tank, the general said it is equipped with a new gun stabilizer and chemical defense systems.

The homegrown tank has turned into a weapon for modern warfare, General Heidari noted, saying the Army Ground Force will take delivery of the first batch of the tanks in the Iranian month of Mehr (September 22 - October 21).

He further pointed to new strategies for employing modern military equipment proportional to the new structure of the Army Ground Force.

The Army Ground Force will start using three new types of machine guns, the commander noted, adding that the Army is also going to replace the G3 rifles with a new battle rifle developed by the Iranian Defense Ministry.

Iranian military experts and technicians have in recent years made great headways in manufacturing a broad range of indigenous equipment, making the armed forces self-sufficient in the arms sphere
 

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