Speaking to FNA, Lieutenant Commander of the Iranian
Army's Ground Force General Kioumars Heidari added that
the Army is also equipped with new anti-armor and anti-chopper
weapons, equipment and systems.
"Rapid movement of units rapid is among the most
important issues always pursued by the commanders of the
Islamic Republic of Iran's Army," Heidari said.
"One of the most important ways to attain this rapidity
is the use of light armored vehicles and rapid reaction
tanks, and we have had good achievements in this ground,"
he noted, adding that the Army is now using these types
of armored vehicles.
He further added that the Iranian Army has gained good
achievements in developing and acquiring different types
of ground gears, assault weapons as well as machine guns.
Earlier, Heidari had told FNA in October that new tools,
weapons and equipment had been handed to the Ground Force
during the Week of Sacred Defense.
"The equipments delivered to the Ground Force are
mostly related to the fields of anti-armor and air defense,
including anti-chopper weapons, and the systems used by
the armored and infantry units for air offense and air
defense," he added.
The Iranian Army recently test-fired different types
of newly-developed missiles and torpedoes and tested a
large number of its home-made weapons, tools and equipments,
including submarines, military ships, artillery, choppers,
aircraft, UAVs and air defense and electronic systems,
in a series of massive military drills.
Defense analysts and military observers say that Iran's
wargames and its advancements in weapons production have
proved as a deterrent factor, specially at a time of heightened
threats by the US.
Tehran launched an arms development program during the
1980-88 Iraqi imposed war on Iran to compensate for a
US weapons embargo. Since 1992, Iran has produced its
own tanks, armored personnel carriers, missiles and fighter
planes.
Yet, Iranian officials have always stressed that the
country's military and arms programs serve defensive purposes
and should not be perceived as a threat to any other country.
