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[Sineva]

 

[SalarHaqq]

Pictures from the August 2022 drone exercice.

The one below originates from the same page:

Anti-Submarine drone
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Iranian Army Stages Drone Exercise - Photo news - Tasnim News Agency

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The Iranian Army has launched a large-scale exercise involving more than 150 advanced unmanned aircraft. Participated by troops from the four units of the Army, the drill covers all areas across Iran, from the Persian Gulf to the northern territories.

www.tasnimnews.com

 

[GrandBotBoi]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1648290671826968578

 

[Mr Iran Eye]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1648290671826968578

This kind of radar was already on the Hamaseh drone in 2014

 

[Sineva]

What do we call this one,the kaman 6? I know its got another name but I cant remember it.

I see that they decided to ditch the old ababil 3 type rear wheel covers.

Looks to be the original non flying prototype,I`d love to know what engine it was using for its taxiing tests,as it clearly wasnt a rotax.

 

[Sineva]

New helo launched drone,looks like it could be electric.
It reminds me of a scaled up switchblade type.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1647876560114860033

Some more pics of the new helo launched drone

Its definitely got 2 sets of wings.

 

[Hack-Hook]

This kind of radar was already on the Hamaseh drone in 2014

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thats not a working drone , just some parts patched together for somebody ego in 2013 later that they showed the actual model it was it

as you see no surface search radar

What do we call this one,the kaman 6? I know its got another name but I cant remember it.

I see that they decided to ditch the old ababil 3 type rear wheel covers.

Looks to be the original non flying prototype,I`d love to know what engine it was using for its taxiing tests,as it clearly wasnt a rotax.

Kaman-22 use the same engine as Shahed-129 but because of better aerodynamic and shape produce higher amount of lifting power so it can carry more and fly higher

 

[Sineva]

 

[Sineva]

Kaman-22 use the same engine as Shahed-129 but because of better aerodynamic and shape produce higher amount of lifting power so it can carry more and fly higher

Thats certainly true for the version thats now flying,as this has been fitted with a new rotax engine.However the first time the kaman 22 was unveiled it was fitted with some other engine that was quite a bit smaller than the rotax and was only capable of taxiing it on the ground.
One only has to look at how much they had to chop up the rear section of the kaman 22 to fit the new rotax engine into it to see that whatever was in there originally was pretty small.
I suspect the original power plant was either the twin rotor rotary or the 4 cylinder piston engine that we saw powering the first 2 kaman 12 prototypes.

 

[Messerschmitt]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1648961892679925761

https://twitter.com/x/status/1648979546559901696

https://twitter.com/x/status/1648980176284405760

https://twitter.com/x/status/1648985142709420033

https://twitter.com/x/status/1648989048193646595

https://twitter.com/x/status/1648992156793683975

 

[HGV]

At least 4-5 Mohajer 6 and same number of Ababil-5 with good numbers of PGMs (at least 10 for each).

Dozens of Karrar and Arash-2 drones.

 

[Messerschmitt]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1648994136362500096

 

[Sineva]

This ones interesting,it looks like a prop powered version of the jet powered Kian,but unlike its cousin Arash it uses a 4 cylinder engine and 4 control surfaces.

 

[HGV]

The Army has a huge amount of territory and threats to cover. These deliveries should be monthly.

Hope to see the Army take further deliveries of Ababil-5 and (once it is ready) Kaman-22 in particular. Good to see huge numbers of PGMs.

The one I thought was Mohajer-6 is not Mohajer-6 - what is this drone? Ababil-3?