Great Prophet 5 Maneuvers (6)

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Front to back: Fadjr-5 MRLS, Fadjr-3 MRLS, Noor AShM (?),

Noor AShM, HY-2 CD/AShM, HY-2 CD/AShM

Wolf in sheep's clothing: Noor (C-802) concealed single launcher inside medium commercial truck transport. Sidings removed, accordion roof pulled back, outriggers deployed, cab protected, FCS hoisted, internal box elevated and missile fired.

HY-2G Seersucker aboard mobile launcher. The missile is powered by a liquid-fuel rocket motor, with a solid-fuel rocket booster attached under the missile fuselage.

Missile and launcher in IRGC/ASF service are immaculate

Close up detail of solid fuel engine nozzle

HY-2G Seersucker missile launch

Booster rocket jetison

Fadjr-3 ("dawn-3") 240 mm MRLS in elevated firing position

Fadjr-3 rocket launch

Fadjr-5 ("dawn-5") 333 mm MRLS

Photos: Mahdi Marizad at Fars News Agency and Younes Khani at Mehr News Agency

Great Prophet 5 Maneuvers (5)

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IRGCAF Sukhoi Su-25K and Su-25UBK

Iran M-08 type contact mines

IRGC "12 m" patrol boat firing a Hoot (whale)

supercavitation torpedo

Fadjr-3 240mm MRLS being uncloaked and

readied by civilian dressed operators

An IRGC Colonel (Sarhang) manning an adapted

Shipunov 2A42 30 mm automatic cannon

IRGC guardsman armed with PKM general purpose machine gun

Iranian equivalent MK19 Mod 3 type 40 mm grenade launcher,

equipped with NV scope

Covered ZU-23-2 autocannon position

Fajr rockets display

Major General Jafari (right) beside two other IRGC Major Generals

Qatar military observers of Great Prophet 5 (Payambar-e Azam)

Photos/video stills: Fars News Agency, Mehr News Agency, IRINN

Great Prophet 5 Maneuvers (4)

IRGC Air Assault exercise: Straight of Hormuz

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IRGCAF Mil Mi-17-1 transporting IRGC light infantry

Troop insertion at the Tactical Landing Zone (TLZ)

Mil Mi-17-1 liftoff away from the TLZ

Defensive position atop a berm:

LMGs, MMG and RPGs.

IRGC light infantry armed with KLS (AKM) assault rifles

MMG instruction in the field

An IRGC Colonel (Sarhang) serves as MMG loader

IRGC motorized scouts

Photos: Fars News Agency and Mehr News Agency

Great Prophet 5 Maneuvers (3)

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The Swarm: IRGCN patrol boats on the attack

IRGCN "Boghammar" type high-speed patrol boat (HSPB) armed with a forward firing MGD-12.7 (DShK) heavy machine gun (HMG).

A variety of IRGCN "whaler" type patrol boats, selectively armed with MGD-12.7 (DShK) HMGs and 107 mm MRLS.

Foreground: a pair of IRGCN "Boghammars." Background: smoking target ship being tugged. Overhead: IRGC(N) Air Force Mil Mi-17-1(Sh) helicopter.

Ex-Iraq Navy Polnocny class troop ship is raked by target practice

Lineup of four IRGCN Thondar class missile craft

"Sepah Navy Special Forces - Aba Abdellah Boys"!

Platoon of IRGCN frogmen aboard Iranian equivalent

combat rubber raiding craft (CRRC)

Photos: Mehr News Agency and Fars News Agency

Great Prophet 5 Maneuvers (2)

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IRGCN patrol boats armed with 107 mm (x11) MRLS and bow mounted MGD-12.7 (DShK) heavy machine gun (HMG).

Attack wave of of RIB-33 based patrol boats

armed with 107 mm (x11) MRLS

107 mm rocket fire

Practice target vessel is ex-Iraq Navy Polnocny class

amphibious assault ship

Multiple hits scored by attacking patrol boat formation

Surveying the damage inflicted on the wrecked target vessel

Aftermath. Note multiple penetration of the

hull by 107 mm AP rounds

Below: IRIS (IRGCN) P313-2 Nasr Thondar class missile craft

Above: IRGC(N) Air Force Mil Mi-17-1(Sh) helicopter

Photos: Mahdi Marizad at Fars News Agency

Great Prophet 5 Maneuvers (1)

Iran news videos: IRGC naval maneuvers in the Persian Gulf.









Later section of video depicts attack exercise on target vessel, using IRGCN high-speed patrol boats (HSPBs).

Videos: PressTV and IRINN