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The Islamic Republic of Iran has been involved in active support to Syria since early stages of the Syrian Civil War; while the initial instrument of support was the Qods Force, the IRGC Ground Forces subsequently stepped in. [4] In 2017, Brigadier General Mohammad Pakpour, IRGC Ground Forces Commander, stated that the NESZA set up a drone centre.
The IRGC is a combined arms force with its own ground forces, navy, [23] air force, intelligence, [46] and special forces. It also controls the Basij militia. The Basij is a volunteer-based force, with 90,000 regular soldiers and 300,000 reservists.
This page includes weapons used by both the Ground Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army and the Ground Forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.. From 1925 to the Iranian Revolution in 1979, Iran was primarily equipped with Western hardware and equipment.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, or Revolutionary Guards, has an estimated 190,000 personnel in five branches: Its own Navy, [34] Aerospace Force, and Ground Forces; and the Quds Force (special forces). [1] The Basij is a paramilitary volunteer force controlled by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards. Its membership is a matter of controversy.
Heidar (missile), an air-to-ground missile; Almas 1/2/3 – guided top attack missile for Ababil-3 drones. [232] A ground-launched version was delivered to IRGC Ground Force in July 2021. [233] Kite - Ammunition dispenser [234] Shahin 3 - air-to-ground (missile) [235] Arman-1/2 - guided bomb with a 20 km range. Arman-2 has a 100 km range [236]
"During the 1970s ..the Imperial Iranian Ground Forces was undergoing a rapid increase in strength; that year [sic] it was a largely mechanized and armoured force of about 220,000. In late 1977 its former organization into three army corps, with headquarters in Kermanshah , Tehran , and Shiraz , was dropped; divisional commanders subsequently ...
27th Mohammad Rasulullah Division (Persian: لشکر ۲۷ محمد رسولالله) was a division of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Ground Forces based in Tehran. [ 2 ] It was established as the 27th Mohammad Rasulullah Brigade by Hossein Qajeyi , Ahmad Motevasselian and Mohammad Ebrahim Hemmat during the Iran–Iraq War , and was ...
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force, officially known as the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Air and Space Force [3] (IRGCASF; Persian: نیروی هوافضای سپاه پاسداران انقلاب اسلامی, romanized: niru-ye havâfazây-e sepâh-e pâsdârân-e enghelâb-e eslâmi, acronymed in Persian as NEHSA), is the strategic missile, air, and space force of ...