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Iranian Navy - Overview
Iranian Navy (Including IRGCN)
• Current numbers – 48,000 personnel
– 65 Aircraft
– 5 Frigates
– 3 Corvettes
– 28 Submarines
– 1,500 boats and small craft
US Navy
• Current numbers – 324,466 personnel
– 3,700+ Aircraft
– 11 Aircraft carriers
– 9 Amphibious assault ships
– 8 Amphibious transport docks
– 12 Dock landing ships
– 22 Cruisers
– 60 Destroyers
– 27 Frigates
– 71 Submarines
Iranian Navy
Islamic Republic of Iran Navy (IRIN)
• 28,000 personnel
• Under command of Admiral Habibollah Sayyari
• Has all major surface and air combatants
• Focused on conventional maritime operations and warfare
Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN)
• 20,000 personnel
• Consists of over 1,500 boats and small craft
• Focused on fast, maneuverable, small torpedo and missile boats, and asymmetric warfare
The Iranian Surface Fleet’s Major Combatants
Frigates Vosper Class
– UK Built – Propulsion: 2 shafts; 2 cruise
diesels – Gas turbines, 46,000 hp – 39 knots max speed – Crew: 135 – Radar: AWS-1 air search – Sonar: Type 174 hull – Armament: 4 x C-802, 1
114 mm Naval Gun, 1 dual 35 mm AA, 4 20 mm, 2 12.7 mm MG, 2 triple 324 mm torpedoes
• Kept operational through 3rd party suppliers and indiginous parts production
MiG-29 Fulcrum
• Originally acquired from the Iraqi Air Force
• Now purchased from Russia
• Relatively modern and capable
• Fourth generation air superiority fighter
Islamic Republic of Iran Air Defense Force
Med/Long Range SAMs
• SA-2 Guideline
• Medium range
• High altitude
• SA-5 Gammon
• Long range
• High Altitude
Med/Short Range SAMs
• Improved-Hawk
• Medium range
• HQ-7
• Short range
Med/Short Range SAM
• SA-15 Gauntlet
• Short range
• SA-6 Gainful
• Medium range
Med/Short Range
• ZSU-23
• Radar guided AAA
• Point defense
• SA-22 Greyhound
• Combined SAM and AAA
Anti Aircraft Artillery (AAA)
• Oerlikon 35 mm
• Short range
• 100 mm
• Medium range
MANPADs
SA-7 Grail
SA-16 Gimlet
SA-18 Grouse
Shahab 3
• Strategic Medium Range Balistic Missile (MRBM)
• 1,930 km or 1,200 mi range
• Mach 7 in final stage
• Warhead
– 1 x 2,200 lb
– 5 x 620 lb cluster (indepenantly targetable)
Ballistic Missiles
Iranian Ground Forces
Two groups
• Islamic Republic of Iran Army (IRIA) ~465,000 personnel.
• Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) ~120,000
– Basij ~ 90,000 AD, 300,000 reserve, and a total of 11 million men that can be mobilized if need be.
– Qods Force (Think Greenberets for bad guys)
Equipment
Tanks (~1600)
• ~100 domestically-produced Zulfiqar main battle tanks.
IRIA Tanks
~ 540 T-54s, T-55s and Type 59s and 75 T-62s
~168 M47 and M48 (Patton)
Artillery
~ 130 105 mm M2A1 ~540 D-30 122mm
Anti Armor
SPG-9 Toophan Guided AT Missle
Tactics
• Iranian military planners are adept at incorporating lessons from other conflicts, such as the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq and the 2006 war between Israel and Hezbollah, to refine their own doctrines and strategies.
• To challenge a technologically superior adversary, such as the United States, Iranian doctrine emphasizes aspects of asymmetric warfare that play to Iran’s strengths, including geography, strategic depth and public willingness to accept casualties.
Iranian Submarines
Kilo Class - 3 Length – 75m Beam – 9.9m Draft – 6.5m Diesel Electric Propulsion Max Speed 25kts (submerged) Surface Search Radar Old but proven sonar suite
Weapons 6/533mm torpedo tubes 18 torpedoes 24 mines 8 SA-N-X surface to air missiles
Blue and brown water capabilities Range – 7,500 nm
Ghadir Class - 18 Length – 29m Beam – 3m Draft – 2.5m Diesel Electric Propulsion Max Speed – 11kts Weapons – 533mm torpedoes, mines Surface Search Radar “Modern” sonar suite Littoral Ops only
Nahang Class – 1
Diesel Electric Propulsion Max Speed – 12kts Weapons – torpedoes, mines (carried externally) Surface Search Radar Sonar Suite Littoral Ops only