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Leopard-2 tank is considered as one of the best main battle tanks in the world. “Main Battle Tank” is a tank that is responsible for direct fire and armored maneuver in many modern armies. This tank is the third generation of the German’s Main Battle Tank after World War II. The production of this tank started in 1977 by the Krauss-Maffei company and entered the service of the German Federal Armed Forces in 1979.

On the occasion of the victory of the Palestinian resistance against the Israeli regime in the 11-day war in Gaza in 2021, the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps unveiled its new ultra-heavy and wide-bodied combat reconnaissance drone named “Gaza” (Shahed-149) on May 21, 2021.

The Bavar-373 is the longest-range air defense missile system of the Iranian Armed Forces and is considered a strategic and very important achievement in the field of Iranian air defense systems. In its latest test, Bavar-373 detected a target at a range of more than 450 km by the optimized radar and tracked it at a range of about 405 km and hit and destroyed the target at a range of more than 300 km with the new Sayyad-4B missile.

The prototype of Yasin fighter jet was unveiled in a ceremony attended by Brigadier General Ashtiani, Minister of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics of Iran and Brigadier General Hamid Vahedi, Commander of the Iranian Army Air Force on March 11. During the ceremony, the mass production line of Yasin combat jet trainer was inaugurated as well.

The Kamov Ka-52 Alligator (NATO reporting name: Hokum B) is a multi-role attack helicopter capable of carrying out operations in all weather conditions against armoured and unarmoured ground targets and low-speed air targets. Ka-52 is actually an upgraded two-seater version of Kamov 50, designed and developed by Kamov Design Bureau.

The Sukhoi Su-35 fighter – Flanker-E according to NATO – is a fourth-generation++, ultra-maneuverable and multi-role air superiority fighter jet designed by Sukhoi aircraft maker and manufactured by the Russian Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aircraft Plant (KnAAPO). The fighter was seen as the most advanced Russian fighter jet prior to entering of the Sukhoi-57 into service in 2020.

The JUMP 20 is a vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL), fixed-wing UAV manufactured by the US company AeroVironment used to provide advanced intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) services.

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) unveiled the Meraj-521 miniature loitering munition for the first time. The Meraj-521 drone is very similar to the US Switchblade loitering munitions in terms of appearance and performance, and is considered a new and important initiative in the combat organization of the Iranian Armed Forces.

ISWNews Analysis Group: The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) officially achieved missiles with a range of 5,500 to 12,500 km by launching the Qaem-100 Satellite Launch Vehicle.

Arash-2 is a suicide drone designed and mass-produced by the Islamic Republic of Iran Army to destroy important targets in far away. The 2,000 km range of the Arash-2 drone, along with the considerable weight of the warhead, has turned this drone into an efficient weapon against targets deep in the enemy’s soil.

Shahid Soleimani warship is an Iranian multi-role catamaran missile corvette with a unique low radar cross-section which was produced on the order of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy. This warship is the first of at least three new catamaran missile corvettes of the Shahid Soleimani class, which with hull number FS313-01 was officially joined to the IRGC Navy fleet in Bandar Abbas in 5 September 2022, in the presence of Major General Mohammad Bagheri, Commander of the General Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces.

Zolfaghar missile is an Iranian short-range solid fueled tactical ballistic missile with a detachable warhead. This missile is an upgraded type of Fateh-110 missile, which was produced by the Iran’s Aerospace Industries Organization (AIO), a subsidiary of Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics and has officially entered the service of Iran’s Armed Forces since September 2016.