New Iranian Assault rifle and Submachine gun shown at 15th IPAS Exhibition

[DESERT FIGHTER]

Why can't they stick with one standardized service rifle like the rest of the world?

Anyways, that brings me to the next question, what IS Iran's service rifle exactly?

Most of their troops seemed to be equipped with g3s n aks.... excluding marches (where they use m-16 clones).

 

[Gold Eagle]

Why can't they stick with one standardized service rifle like the rest of the world?

Anyways, that brings me to the next question, what IS Iran's service rifle exactly?

Standard issue rifle of the Iranian Army ground forces and marines is Iranian produced G3-A6 assault rifle, the same rifle as the PAK and Turkish Army use.

Main service rifle of the IRGC forces is Iranian modified version of M16.

And Basij forces use AK-47 as their main assault rifle.

You should note that the new Fajr rifle is part of the SARV project which is intended to be Iran's future soldier program. It also contains many new electronic devises soldiers will need them in a modern battlefield.
For example it offers a new communicational system which sends the health status, position,helmet cam feed and etc. of soldiers to their commanders. Soldiers can also get UAV feed, ask support and communicate with other troops, by using the tablet attached to their wrists. It has also a new system which avoids friendly fire and many other new features needed in a modern battlefield.

note the tablet on his wrist and the camera attached to the rifle which gives him the ability to aim without popping out of cover.

 

[MTN1917]

Most of their troops seemed to be equipped with g3s n aks.... excluding marches (where they use m-16 clones).

Army soldiers are equipped with G3s, IRGC ,Basij and some Army units use AKs but IRGC special forces use Sayyad 5.56(M16 variants).

IRGC Saberin unit with S 5.56 during clashes with PJAK

 

[Hack-Hook]

Standard issue rifle of the Iranian Army ground forces and marines is Iranian produced G3-A6 assault rifle, the same rifle as the PAK and Turkish Army use.

Main service rifle of the IRGC forces is Iranian modified version of M16.

And Basij forces use AK-47 as their main assault rifle.

You should note that the new Fajr rifle is part of the SARV project which is intended to be Iran's future soldier program. It also contains many new electronic devises soldiers will need them in a modern battlefield.
For example it offers a new communicational system which sends the health status, position,helmet cam feed and etc. of soldiers to their commanders. Soldiers can also get UAV feed, ask support and communicate with other troops, by using the tablet attached to their wrists. It has also a new system which avoids friendly fire and many other new features needed in a modern battlefield.

note the tablet on his wrist and the camera attached to the rifle which gives him the ability to aim without popping out of cover.

you are right about Army and Basij but IRGC main forces use AK-47 some branches in IRGC using m16 Variant.

 

[Henry ME 95]

@Serpentine Well sir if these weapons are inducted (and that's a big if) we will see how they perform, until then keep your hosannas to yourself, everyone in the region is laughing at your claims especially our Turkish brother's who really have made rapid progress in weapons technology, that's why we buy their hardware and laught at yours.kudos

You mean the atlay tank which uses a Korean engine and Korean armour.
It really looks like a clunkier K2 knock off to me..
Turkey making "advances strides" is them copying german, american and so on military equipment.
The MPT-76 is an AR platform with a funky handle near the barrel.
I will admit the KH-2002 was an ugly gun. But at least the iranians are trying to branch out more rather then copying the AR-15 and calling it original (they also don't try and pass off the sayyid 5.56 as a new gun)
Turkey even ripped off the dingo, if I remember correctly. They are now probably marketing it to KSA after we refused to sell it to them.

 

[django]

You mean the atlay tank which uses a Korean engine and Korean armour.
It really looks like a clunkier K2 knock off to me..
Turkey making "advances strides" is them copying german, american and so on military equipment.
The MPT-76 is an AR platform with a funky handle near the barrel.
I will admit the KH-2002 was an ugly gun. But at least the iranians are trying to branch out more rather then copying the AR-15 and calling it original (they also don't try and pass off the sayyid 5.56 as a new gun)
Turkey even ripped off the dingo, if I remember correctly. They are now probably marketing it to KSA after we refused to sell it to them.

Everyone copies somewhat. the germans incorporated the slanting armour of the t-34 into their panther design, it's not a crime to imitate a good design.kudos sir

 

[Henry ME 95]

Everyone copies somewhat. the germans incorporated the slanting armour of the t-34 into their panther design, it's not a crime to imitate a good design.kudos sir

True.
However the slanted armour was a feature. The panther was also not a direct copy of any other tank.
Not a foreign component like an Engine which can complicate things if you don't have ToT.

 

[scythian500]

@Serpentine Well sir if these weapons are inducted (and that's a big if) we will see how they perform, until then keep your hosannas to yourself, everyone in the region is laughing at your claims especially our Turkish brother's who really have made rapid progress in weapons technology, that's why we buy their hardware and laught at yours.kudos

Seems you don't know nothing about nothing and act like you are something brother...
Iran is under sanctions and can not export weaponry... Iranian level of sophistication in weaponry be it design or RE or production capabilties is decades ahead of most country but clearly still behind few veterans (US, Russia, China, India)... Turkey is nothing but an assemble state that foreigners bring the know how and parts and an instruction for "how to assemble" and then Turkish engineers assemble them, but of course under supervision of those foreign experts... Although Turkey too is trying to change this fact but it is very early to call Turkey a country with armament industry...

Even with the crippling sanctions on exports, Iran still exports armament and related stuff to over 50 countries...

Before you talk and others laugh at you educate yourself a bit.... for now, read below links...might help!!

Defense industry of Iran - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

How Iran's Revived Weapons Exports Could Boost Its Proxies - The Washington Institute for Near East Policy

'Iran can now export weapons to over 50 countries' - Iranian Threat - Jerusalem Post

Iran: We Produce, Export Weapons - Defense/Middle East - News - Arutz Sheva

or you better just read this:

Given Tehran's noncompliant track record and the UN Security Council's imperfect arms restrictions, the nuclear deal could allow Iran to offer its allies a growing range of weapons systems designed to increase survivability and lethality in asymmetric warfare scenarios.

The nuclear deal will open up opportunities for Iran to export arms, though exactly when and under what conditions is a matter of dispute. This raises the question of how the upsurge in arms exports could affect the Islamic Republic's allies and proxies in the Middle East and beyond. In the past, UN Security Council resolutions have done little to prevent Iranian arms deals; in February 2014, for example, Tehran signed a $195 million agreement to sell arms and ammunition to Iraq, in clear violation of Resolution 1747 (2007). It is therefore important to assess what types of weapons Iran might export and to whom -- whether it decides to exploit gaps in Resolution 2231 (the Security Council document approving the nuclear deal and extending the arms embargo), flout the UN entirely, or simply wait until sanctions and other restrictions are lifted in the coming months and years.

A SIZEABLE INDUSTRY
Iran's military-industrial complex has been growing rapidly since the mid-1990s. Today, it reportedly exports weapons to fifty-seven countries, many in conflict areas, in violation of UNSCR 1747. According to the arms-transfer database maintained by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), Iran exported at least $200 million worth of arms and ammunitions between 2010 and 2014; the real figure is probably much higher and is expected to rise even further as various restrictions are relaxed and eventually lifted. Iran's traditional arms customers are believed to be Middle Eastern, African, and South American countries, but its market share may grow gradually in emerging markets if it can keep offering cheap, reliable weapons.

For obvious reasons, Iran closely guards its annual military export figures and customer identities, and very little is reported about them. Yet the Islamic Republic has been identified as a major exporter in most available databases, and ten separate independent investigations have found Iranian weapons and ammunition in service with a variety of nonstate entities, including foreign-backed insurgents, rebel forces, Islamist armed groups, and warring civilian communities in Cote d'Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guinea, Kenya, Niger, Nigeria, South Sudan, Sudan, and Uganda, not to mention primary beneficiaries such as Hezbollah in Lebanon and Iraqi Shiite militias. While encouraging Tehran to disclose details of its arms exports once international sanctions are lifted would be ideal, there is no guarantee that it would comply.

Iranian military equipment suitable for regional proxies and other customers includes but is not limited to small arms and ammunition, explosively formed penetrators (EFPs), communications equipment, night-vision goggles, thermal scopes, high-power sniper rifles, long-range mortars, man-portable air-defense systems (MANPADS), and artillery rockets. A more detailed review of this product list reveals major potential threats to regional security if such equipment ends up in the wrong hands -- such as terrorist and extremist groups in the Middle East, West Asia, and Africa -- once Iran is allowed to more freely export its arms.

MISSILES AND ROCKETS
Iran currently produces advanced antitank guided missiles, some of which have been used in conflicts in Lebanon and Gaza. Yet its newest missiles and guided projectiles have more advanced tandem warheads and guidance systems, making them more lethal against up-armored vehicles and even low-flying helicopters. These include an increasing array of electro-optical and laser-guided missile systems such as the Sadid (which appears to be based on the Israeli Spike), Tondar, Qaem, Dehlaviyeh, and Toufan-5 (a copy of the American TOW-2A), with 4-5 km maximum range. These missiles can be difficult to counter if used effectively. Iran has also begun manufacturing its own version of the versatile RPG-29 rocket-propelled grenade, used during Hezbollah's 2006 war with Israel. Named "Ghadir" in Iran, this weapon uses either a thermobaric or armor-piercing warhead and has a range of 500 meters.

Also manufactured in Iran are local versions of the Chinese QW-1 and QW-1M MANPADS, which go by the names Misaq-1 and -2 and are capable of quickly engaging aerial targets flying up to 4,000 meters high from a range of 5 km. Iran can offer even more in terms of mobile guided antiaircraft defense. The so-called "Herz-e-Nohom" is a relatively compact radar and electro-optically guided mobile air-defense system mounted on a medium truck chassis and capable of operating in densely populated urban areas. Such systems can set up air-defense ambushes and engage low-flying aircraft as far away as 10 km. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and the army are also attempting to develop three rapid-fire Gatling guns -- the three-barrel 23 mm Assefeh, and the six-barrel 7.62 mm Akhgar and 12.7 mm Moharam and Nasir -- to shoot down cruise missiles. Obviously some of these are just research projects, but others could eventually end up in militant hands somewhere in the Middle East. Iranian defense officials are very hopeful that they can export their indigenously developed air-defense systems in the coming years once sanctions are lifted.

Mortars can also be very useful in urban warfare and other asymmetric environments, and they are not covered by the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) or UNSCR 2231. In addition to smaller versions, Iran manufactures the 120 mm Razm and 160 mm Vafa mortars with claimed ranges in excess of 16 and 20 km respectively. If true, this is a formidable capability for mortar systems; compared to field artillery, mortars are easier to move and operate from concealed positions, making them suitable for asymmetric scenarios.

Iran also famously produces and proliferates the Fajr family of artillery rockets. Iranian rockets are spreading all over the world in both legal and illicit ways, according to the Geneva-based Small Arms Survey. Iranian military leaders have already spoken about supplying friendly countries and "resistance movements" with rocket manufacturing techniques that use local materials and tooling. For example, recent reports from Yemen suggest that Houthi forces have produced and used their own Shooting Star-1 and -2 rockets with claimed specifications similar to the Iranian Fajr-3 and -5.The Fajr-3 has a range of 43 km, and its 85 kg warhead can cause considerable damage to a radius of 50 meters. The larger Fajr-5 can reach 75 km with its 178 kg warhead; Iran has also tested a newer two-stage version with a range of 180 km and a destructive radius of 100 meters, as well as a guided version resembling a miniaturized Fateh-110.

Other widely exported Iranian rockets are the shorter and very flexible 240 mm and 333 mm Falaq-1 and -2, which can be fired from small pickup trucks against targets up to 10 km away. These rockets have been seen in widespread use by Iranian-backed militias in Iraq and Syria.

The most worrisome short-range missile system, though, could be the fourth-generation Fateh-110D1, which can deliver a 750 kg warhead up to 300 km with better accuracy than Iran's other missiles and can be fired from multiple launchers. This missile has been seen in action in Syria; moreover, despite substantial Israeli interdiction efforts, some reports indicate that several Fateh-110s (or electro-optical-guided or anti-radar derivatives) may have already reached Hezbollah territory in Lebanon. If these reports are true, and if Fateh and its derivatives can indeed deliver on their promise, they open up a whole new range of options to Hezbollah and other operators. For example, IRGC commanders predicted two years ago that the "resistance" missiles would soon achieve a range of 400 km and pinpoint accuracy.

SNIPER RIFLES
One line of products that Iran finds very promising -- and which would be very dangerous in the wrong hands -- is high-power sniper rifles. A string of recent unveilings highlight this trend, including the 12.7 mm AM50, 14.5 mm Shaher, 20 mm Arash, and 23 mm Baher anti-materiel sniper rifles with effective ranges approaching 1,200, 3,000, 1,800, and 4,000 meters respectively. When used by a trained operator, these weapons can bring down a low-flying helicopter by knocking out its powertrain or other sensitive parts using special armor-piercing ammunition developed in Iran. The AM50 (a copy of the Austrian Steyr HS .50) has been seen in the hands of Syrian and Iraqi government forces and militia, as well as Hamas militants.

These are not the only weapons that Iranians claim they have developed to counter helicopters. They also recently showed the J-AHM "anti-helicopter" fragmentation jumping mine, which can be controlled from as far away as 5 km with an effective radius of 50 meters. The Sayad anti-helicopter cluster mine and Remit remotely controlled roadside bomb are similar products whose development was based on Iranian operational experience in Iraq.

DRONES
Iranian unmanned aerial vehicles have been proliferating across the Middle East at an alarming rate. Hezbollah has been operating Iranian attack and reconnaissance drones for years; the group is also reportedly running its own production line. Hamas has fashioned its own drones as well, probably with technical help from Iran.

Yet Iranian drones face increasing competition from Chinese models. A recent video released by the Iraqi Shiite militia Kataib Hezbollah showed what appeared to be a strike against an ISIS target using a Chinese CH-4 armed drone. Nigeria is also known to have deployed cheap armed Chinese drones. The lifting of sanctions will allow Iran to confront such competition head on, as in South America where it has already sold Mohajer drones to Venezuela and Ecuador.

ELECTRONICS
Defense electronics is another area where Iran has made noticeable advances. Some of the products made by the conglomerate Iran/Shiraz Electronics Industries (now desanctioned by the JCPOA) have already found their way to Tehran's Hezbollah and Syrian allies, but many more customers might be interested when sanctions are lifted. Equipment such as portable frequency-hopping radios with encryption capability, data terminals, cellular and fiber-optic networks, laser range finders, thermal cameras, and night-vision goggles can all contribute greatly to the effectiveness and lethality of asymmetric operations.

Iran will almost certainly offer its proxies cheap radars such as the IRGC's Tareq man-portable short-range surveillance radar (which has a range of 8 km against helicopters and vehicles and 4.5 km for humans), or vehicle-mounted combined passive/active electro-optical and radar surveillance and targeting systems with ranges of up to 50 km. The 2006 Lebanon war also showed Hezbollah's Iranian mentors the value of automation, so one can expect to see a trend of automated antiaircraft and antipersonnel guns, armed drones, and remote-controlled exploding boats coming out of Iran's development bureaus in the future, gradually replacing young, martyrdom-seeking zealots.

CONCLUSION

As shown above, Iran can offer proxy groups and third-world countries a wide range of force multipliers designed to increase survivability and lethality in asymmetric warfare scenarios, especially since most of these systems are not even covered by UNSCR 2231.

Iran and other actors should also be reminded that expanding the use of sophisticated weaponry in urban conflicts will have escalatory effects that increase civilian casualties, which already comprise 80 to 90 percent of all deaths and injuries caused by armed conflicts, according to the International Committee of the Red Cross.

 

[BordoEnes]

Turkey is nothing but an assemble state that foreigners bring the know how and parts and an instruction for "how to assemble" and then Turkish engineers assemble them, but of course under supervision of those foreign experts... Although Turkey too is trying to change this fact but it is very early to call Turkey a country with armament industry...

Keep telling that to yourself buddy. You might start believing your own delusional BS one day.

 

[scythian500]

Keep telling that to yourself buddy. You might start believing our own delusional BS one day.

facts always hurt..to people of Turkey who are inside Turkish borders it is somehow expected to see them in this mental stage... It is good... you better feel the state of being advanced than doing nothing than nothing like Arab brothers....but believe me not brother... I,m not saying it to make you look something you're not... I,m saying it just to make you Turkish brothers wake up and do something real someday... although I am really shocked how you are in a better position than 90s...

I know you will read this post of mine twice or maybe 3 times...this is why i should say:

Long live Developing Turkey

 

[django]

Seems you don't know nothing about nothing and act like you are something brother...
Iran is under sanctions and can not export weaponry... Iranian level of sophistication in weaponry be it design or RE or production capabilties is decades ahead of most country but clearly still behind few veterans (US, Russia, China, India)... Turkey is nothing but an assemble state that foreigners bring the know how and parts and an instruction for "how to assemble" and then Turkish engineers assemble them, but of course under supervision of those foreign experts... Although Turkey too is trying to change this fact but it is very early to call Turkey a country with armament industry...

Even with the crippling sanctions on exports, Iran still exports armament and related stuff to over 50 countries...

Before you talk and others laugh at you educate yourself a bit.... for now, read below links...might help!!

Defense industry of Iran - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

How Iran's Revived Weapons Exports Could Boost Its Proxies - The Washington Institute for Near East Policy

'Iran can now export weapons to over 50 countries' - Iranian Threat - Jerusalem Post

Iran: We Produce, Export Weapons - Defense/Middle East - News - Arutz Sheva

or you better just read this:

Given Tehran's noncompliant track record and the UN Security Council's imperfect arms restrictions, the nuclear deal could allow Iran to offer its allies a growing range of weapons systems designed to increase survivability and lethality in asymmetric warfare scenarios.

The nuclear deal will open up opportunities for Iran to export arms, though exactly when and under what conditions is a matter of dispute. This raises the question of how the upsurge in arms exports could affect the Islamic Republic's allies and proxies in the Middle East and beyond. In the past, UN Security Council resolutions have done little to prevent Iranian arms deals; in February 2014, for example, Tehran signed a $195 million agreement to sell arms and ammunition to Iraq, in clear violation of Resolution 1747 (2007). It is therefore important to assess what types of weapons Iran might export and to whom -- whether it decides to exploit gaps in Resolution 2231 (the Security Council document approving the nuclear deal and extending the arms embargo), flout the UN entirely, or simply wait until sanctions and other restrictions are lifted in the coming months and years.

A SIZEABLE INDUSTRY
Iran's military-industrial complex has been growing rapidly since the mid-1990s. Today, it reportedly exports weapons to fifty-seven countries, many in conflict areas, in violation of UNSCR 1747. According to the arms-transfer database maintained by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), Iran exported at least $200 million worth of arms and ammunitions between 2010 and 2014; the real figure is probably much higher and is expected to rise even further as various restrictions are relaxed and eventually lifted. Iran's traditional arms customers are believed to be Middle Eastern, African, and South American countries, but its market share may grow gradually in emerging markets if it can keep offering cheap, reliable weapons.

For obvious reasons, Iran closely guards its annual military export figures and customer identities, and very little is reported about them. Yet the Islamic Republic has been identified as a major exporter in most available databases, and ten separate independent investigations have found Iranian weapons and ammunition in service with a variety of nonstate entities, including foreign-backed insurgents, rebel forces, Islamist armed groups, and warring civilian communities in Cote d'Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guinea, Kenya, Niger, Nigeria, South Sudan, Sudan, and Uganda, not to mention primary beneficiaries such as Hezbollah in Lebanon and Iraqi Shiite militias. While encouraging Tehran to disclose details of its arms exports once international sanctions are lifted would be ideal, there is no guarantee that it would comply.

Iranian military equipment suitable for regional proxies and other customers includes but is not limited to small arms and ammunition, explosively formed penetrators (EFPs), communications equipment, night-vision goggles, thermal scopes, high-power sniper rifles, long-range mortars, man-portable air-defense systems (MANPADS), and artillery rockets. A more detailed review of this product list reveals major potential threats to regional security if such equipment ends up in the wrong hands -- such as terrorist and extremist groups in the Middle East, West Asia, and Africa -- once Iran is allowed to more freely export its arms.

MISSILES AND ROCKETS
Iran currently produces advanced antitank guided missiles, some of which have been used in conflicts in Lebanon and Gaza. Yet its newest missiles and guided projectiles have more advanced tandem warheads and guidance systems, making them more lethal against up-armored vehicles and even low-flying helicopters. These include an increasing array of electro-optical and laser-guided missile systems such as the Sadid (which appears to be based on the Israeli Spike), Tondar, Qaem, Dehlaviyeh, and Toufan-5 (a copy of the American TOW-2A), with 4-5 km maximum range. These missiles can be difficult to counter if used effectively. Iran has also begun manufacturing its own version of the versatile RPG-29 rocket-propelled grenade, used during Hezbollah's 2006 war with Israel. Named "Ghadir" in Iran, this weapon uses either a thermobaric or armor-piercing warhead and has a range of 500 meters.

Also manufactured in Iran are local versions of the Chinese QW-1 and QW-1M MANPADS, which go by the names Misaq-1 and -2 and are capable of quickly engaging aerial targets flying up to 4,000 meters high from a range of 5 km. Iran can offer even more in terms of mobile guided antiaircraft defense. The so-called "Herz-e-Nohom" is a relatively compact radar and electro-optically guided mobile air-defense system mounted on a medium truck chassis and capable of operating in densely populated urban areas. Such systems can set up air-defense ambushes and engage low-flying aircraft as far away as 10 km. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and the army are also attempting to develop three rapid-fire Gatling guns -- the three-barrel 23 mm Assefeh, and the six-barrel 7.62 mm Akhgar and 12.7 mm Moharam and Nasir -- to shoot down cruise missiles. Obviously some of these are just research projects, but others could eventually end up in militant hands somewhere in the Middle East. Iranian defense officials are very hopeful that they can export their indigenously developed air-defense systems in the coming years once sanctions are lifted.

Mortars can also be very useful in urban warfare and other asymmetric environments, and they are not covered by the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) or UNSCR 2231. In addition to smaller versions, Iran manufactures the 120 mm Razm and 160 mm Vafa mortars with claimed ranges in excess of 16 and 20 km respectively. If true, this is a formidable capability for mortar systems; compared to field artillery, mortars are easier to move and operate from concealed positions, making them suitable for asymmetric scenarios.

Iran also famously produces and proliferates the Fajr family of artillery rockets. Iranian rockets are spreading all over the world in both legal and illicit ways, according to the Geneva-based Small Arms Survey. Iranian military leaders have already spoken about supplying friendly countries and "resistance movements" with rocket manufacturing techniques that use local materials and tooling. For example, recent reports from Yemen suggest that Houthi forces have produced and used their own Shooting Star-1 and -2 rockets with claimed specifications similar to the Iranian Fajr-3 and -5.The Fajr-3 has a range of 43 km, and its 85 kg warhead can cause considerable damage to a radius of 50 meters. The larger Fajr-5 can reach 75 km with its 178 kg warhead; Iran has also tested a newer two-stage version with a range of 180 km and a destructive radius of 100 meters, as well as a guided version resembling a miniaturized Fateh-110.

Other widely exported Iranian rockets are the shorter and very flexible 240 mm and 333 mm Falaq-1 and -2, which can be fired from small pickup trucks against targets up to 10 km away. These rockets have been seen in widespread use by Iranian-backed militias in Iraq and Syria.

The most worrisome short-range missile system, though, could be the fourth-generation Fateh-110D1, which can deliver a 750 kg warhead up to 300 km with better accuracy than Iran's other missiles and can be fired from multiple launchers. This missile has been seen in action in Syria; moreover, despite substantial Israeli interdiction efforts, some reports indicate that several Fateh-110s (or electro-optical-guided or anti-radar derivatives) may have already reached Hezbollah territory in Lebanon. If these reports are true, and if Fateh and its derivatives can indeed deliver on their promise, they open up a whole new range of options to Hezbollah and other operators. For example, IRGC commanders predicted two years ago that the "resistance" missiles would soon achieve a range of 400 km and pinpoint accuracy.

SNIPER RIFLES
One line of products that Iran finds very promising -- and which would be very dangerous in the wrong hands -- is high-power sniper rifles. A string of recent unveilings highlight this trend, including the 12.7 mm AM50, 14.5 mm Shaher, 20 mm Arash, and 23 mm Baher anti-materiel sniper rifles with effective ranges approaching 1,200, 3,000, 1,800, and 4,000 meters respectively. When used by a trained operator, these weapons can bring down a low-flying helicopter by knocking out its powertrain or other sensitive parts using special armor-piercing ammunition developed in Iran. The AM50 (a copy of the Austrian Steyr HS .50) has been seen in the hands of Syrian and Iraqi government forces and militia, as well as Hamas militants.

These are not the only weapons that Iranians claim they have developed to counter helicopters. They also recently showed the J-AHM "anti-helicopter" fragmentation jumping mine, which can be controlled from as far away as 5 km with an effective radius of 50 meters. The Sayad anti-helicopter cluster mine and Remit remotely controlled roadside bomb are similar products whose development was based on Iranian operational experience in Iraq.

DRONES
Iranian unmanned aerial vehicles have been proliferating across the Middle East at an alarming rate. Hezbollah has been operating Iranian attack and reconnaissance drones for years; the group is also reportedly running its own production line. Hamas has fashioned its own drones as well, probably with technical help from Iran.

Yet Iranian drones face increasing competition from Chinese models. A recent video released by the Iraqi Shiite militia Kataib Hezbollah showed what appeared to be a strike against an ISIS target using a Chinese CH-4 armed drone. Nigeria is also known to have deployed cheap armed Chinese drones. The lifting of sanctions will allow Iran to confront such competition head on, as in South America where it has already sold Mohajer drones to Venezuela and Ecuador.

ELECTRONICS
Defense electronics is another area where Iran has made noticeable advances. Some of the products made by the conglomerate Iran/Shiraz Electronics Industries (now desanctioned by the JCPOA) have already found their way to Tehran's Hezbollah and Syrian allies, but many more customers might be interested when sanctions are lifted. Equipment such as portable frequency-hopping radios with encryption capability, data terminals, cellular and fiber-optic networks, laser range finders, thermal cameras, and night-vision goggles can all contribute greatly to the effectiveness and lethality of asymmetric operations.

Iran will almost certainly offer its proxies cheap radars such as the IRGC's Tareq man-portable short-range surveillance radar (which has a range of 8 km against helicopters and vehicles and 4.5 km for humans), or vehicle-mounted combined passive/active electro-optical and radar surveillance and targeting systems with ranges of up to 50 km. The 2006 Lebanon war also showed Hezbollah's Iranian mentors the value of automation, so one can expect to see a trend of automated antiaircraft and antipersonnel guns, armed drones, and remote-controlled exploding boats coming out of Iran's development bureaus in the future, gradually replacing young, martyrdom-seeking zealots.

CONCLUSION

As shown above, Iran can offer proxy groups and third-world countries a wide range of force multipliers designed to increase survivability and lethality in asymmetric warfare scenarios, especially since most of these systems are not even covered by UNSCR 2231.

Iran and other actors should also be reminded that expanding the use of sophisticated weaponry in urban conflicts will have escalatory effects that increase civilian casualties, which already comprise 80 to 90 percent of all deaths and injuries caused by armed conflicts, according to the International Committee of the Red Cross.

You truly are a confused individual mr Scythian first you claim the reason you cannot export weapons is due to the fact that you are under sanctions and then claim you are exporting to over 50 nations WHAT A OYXMORON lol.
In pakistan we are looking for a 5th gen jet fighter please in the spirit of Islamic and neighbourly brotherhood export that stealth jet fighter you produced with a full tot so we can enhance our defences against Indian Migs and Rafales plz sir plz ooops I forgot their are export sanction in place lol.

 

[scythian500]

You truly are a confused individual mr Scythian first you claim the reason you cannot export weapons is due to the fact that you are under sanctions and then claim you are exporting to over 50 nations WHAT A OYXMORON lol.
In pakistan we are looking for a 5th gen jet fighter please in the spirit of Islamic and neighbourly brotherhood export that stealth jet fighter you produced with a full tot so we can enhance our defences against Indian Migs and Rafales plz sir plz ooops I forgot their are export sanction in place lol.

First if you had the brain and patience to read my post, you would not come here saying stuff that makes you look bad and stupid my brother... I said as it is said in the article, not all armaments are under UN sanctions and Iran already exporting them to whoever she wishes... The restriction is with more serious stuff that Iran can not hold an importer beside its own allied forces until the sanctions are lifted... Capish?

Second, what about the 5th gen fighter? Developing a 5th gen fighter took the mighty America decades and now after few years all of you clowns are referring to Iranian 5th fen fighter as a failure? You all deserve what you get... so get my "Salute" for your brilliance!!

And believe me not... IRan will never get the chance to export any fairy-5th gen fighters to a fighter-jet -maker country like China...ooops... I meant Chinistan...

 

[BordoEnes]

facts always hurt..to people of Turkey who are inside Turkish borders it is somehow expected to see them in this mental stage... It is good... you better feel the state of being advanced than doing nothing than nothing like Arab brothers....but believe me not brother... I,m not saying it to make you look something you're not... I,m saying it just to make you Turkish brothers wake up and do something real someday... although I am really shocked how you are in a better position than 90s...

I know you will read this post of mine twice or maybe 3 times...this is why i should say:

Long live Developing Turkey

Keep telling yourself this over and over and over and over and over again.

 

[scythian500]

Keep telling yourself this over and over and over and over and over again.

One only TELLS...WRITES things to address others...not himself!! Maybe it is a normal thing to write in a forum in order to talk to yourself in Turkey!

although from the selfie that you posted here in your post, I must say your condition is critical if you were here... maybe it is a normal symptom in Turkey... I better ask the Doc... @haman10

Turkiye Zinda Bash... Chon Morde Ke Mariz Nemishs

 

[django]

First if you had the brain and patience to read my post, you would not come here saying stuff that makes you look bad and stupid my brother... I said as it is said in the article, not all armaments are under UN sanctions and Iran already exporting them to whoever she wishes... The restriction is with more serious stuff that Iran can not hold an importer beside its own allied forces until the sanctions are lifted... Capish?

Second, what about the 5th gen fighter? Developing a 5th gen fighter took the mighty America decades and now after few years all of you clown are referring to Iranian 5th fen fighter as a failure? You all deserve what you get... so get my "Salute" for your brilliance!!

And believe me not... IRan will never get the chance to export any fairy-5th gen fighters to a fighter-jet -maker country like China...ooops... I meant Chinistan...

This is why i should say:

Long Live ******* Pakistan

Zinda bad... payinda bad... pishrafta bad

Their is nothing to indicate that they will export any so-called sophisticated technologies to their allies as their performance would most likely be of a dubious standard, what they export is merely cheap obsolete weapons which are most likely not as reliable as their Russian or Chinese counterparts. ie Iranian AK in Afghanistan is no where near as reliable as Russian AK-47 or Chinese type 56
As for the dud stealth fighter when is it coming into service ,the next millenium lol you can name it the MILLENIUM FALCON. kudos my brother.