Saturday, May 8, 2010

Velayat-89 Military Maneuvers (4)

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Trio of Kaman class (Combattante IIB type) missile boats


Background: Kaman class missile boat equipped
with Harpoon Mk 140 missile launchers


Center: Kaman class missile boat equipped
with Noor (C-802) missile launchers


IRIN Fokker F-27-400M Troopship flies
over a Kaman class missile boat


Background: A pair of Hendijan class general purpose tenders. Foreground: Marines aboard a "whaler type" patrol boat armed with DSkH and G3-A4s.


Helicopter view of IRIS Sabalan (73) Alvand class (ex-Saam)
(Vosper Mk5 type) frigate


"Whaler type" patrol boat containing M-08 type contact mines


Modified SR.N6 Winchester class amphibious hovercraft


BH.7 Mk5 Wellington class combat hovercraft
equipped with Noor missile launchers


Iranian Marines disembark from a BH.7...


...and hit the beaches armed with Iranian UZIs, and motorized elements equipped with RPG-7s. Note use of Universal Camouflage Patterned BDUs.


Marines aboard Honda XL 185 dual sport motorcycles


Marine seaborne assault armed with DShK and G3-A4s.


Mohajer 4 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)

Photos:
Hossein Zohrevand at Fars News Agency
Rooholla Vahdati at Iranian Students News Agency
Younes Khani at Mehr News Agency
Islamic Republic News Agency

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

The Nour SSM on the Wellington Class Hovercraft are an amazing innovation. Gives it a good self-defence capability. It always great to see how Iranian engineers have upgraded all these systems.

Winston said...

Antique hardware at work... Lol!

Anonymous said...

Perhaps the maritime IRIN F-27-400 Fokker is the same one that is partial to making repeated passes over US carriers like Eisenhower last week.