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Iran unveils new home-made Siyavash ultra light sniper rifle during a military exhibition 2612132.
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Thursday, December 26, 2013 10:56 AM | |||
Iran unveils its new home-made Siyavash an ultra light sniper rifle during a military exhibition. | |||
Iran
unveils the Siyavash a new home-made ultra light sniper rifle during a
visit by IRGC Commander Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari to an exhibition
of the latest military achievements of the IRGC Ground Force’s Research
and Self-Sufficiency Jihad Organization in Tehran on November 18. |
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The new Iranian-made Siyavash ultra light sniper rifle. |
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Siyavash is a very light sniper rifle designed and manufactured fully domestically. It weighs 6.5 kilograms while fully loaded with its five-bullet magazine. The rifle is now manufactured on a limited industrial scale. Iran has made major
breakthroughs in arms production in the last three decades. 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. |
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