Iranian Grounds Force Tech Tree

NotKringe · September 14, 2023, 3:45am

Well, that was unfortunate.

Perhaps we gotta wait for the Sacred Defense week in the upcoming week to see if more info and images of the new Zulfiqar variants were disclosed.

ali_sergei · September 14, 2023, 9:28am

Regarding the construction of the Shahid 285 combat helicopter, many Western media were surprised to examine and analyze this all-Iranian bird; In this regard, the Militaryfactory website wrote about the Shahid 285 helicopter: This helicopter is a much more advanced version of the American Bell 206 helicopter, and today Iran has made good progress in the military industry in the helicopter sector.

REZABATTLE_IRAN · September 15, 2023, 7:31pm

Every day I am checking whether Iran is added or not, and the addition of Iran is really attractive
I personally buy all Pirimium Iran tanks for myself and my friends

REZABATTLE_IRAN · September 16, 2023, 6:04pm

All Iranian equipment has been displayed in international arenas and international exhibitions and has been tested in reality and most of the samples have been sold to different countries.

Esquire_game · September 16, 2023, 6:18pm

The best news that can reach me is the addition of Iran in War Thunder
It’s true, I don’t spend money on this game, but the addition of Iran can change my opinion
The game is going to be really interesting

REZABATTLE_IRAN · September 17, 2023, 8:27am

You are absolutely right, but Iran has a series of tanks related to the Second World War, such as the T-26 Sherman and other tanks, which can even increase from rank 1.

Mahiwew · September 17, 2023, 9:37am

These tanks aren’t nearly as interesting as the rank IV+ for this nation and I believe for diversity sake that that lower tier copy/paste should be avoided.

Iran at IV+ is solid anyways, why make people grind through tanks they’ve seen a million times before in order to get to the good part?

REZABATTLE_IRAN · September 17, 2023, 9:40am

Yes, I agree with your opinion, in my opinion, it is better that Iran’s tanks start from battlerite 6 or rank 4.

PSkook · September 18, 2023, 4:05pm

Iran as a powerful country is great to add

Dexter11747 · September 18, 2023, 4:25pm

This is great!

ChieftainWarrior · September 18, 2023, 4:46pm

Would it be possible for you to also send me the information about the Shirs, specifically the Shir 2?

lLiberté · September 18, 2023, 6:39pm

NotKringe:

Thanks to @lLiberté for the info about the Shir project. This would be definitely be a great addition to the tree.

Though due to the tank never actually entered service with Iran since it was ordered during the Shahist era and all orders was cancelled in the aftermath of the 1979 revolution, I’m undecided on whether to include the Shir 2 as a researchable. So I would like to hear your opinion on the matters too.

The following is an excerpts are from OSPREY Publishing’s “Challenger Main Battle Tank 1982-97” book, which details the development of the Shir 1 and 2 tanks that were intertwined with the development of a new Brtish MBT that would later become the Challenger 1.

TLDR: Shahist Iran has ordered large number of Chieftain tanks from Britain and later ordered an upgraded version of the tank that would later be known as the Shir 1 and 2. The Shir 1 was a fire control upgrade derived from Chieftain Mk. 10, wheas Shir 2 would features Chobham composite armor on the tank. The order for the Shir 1 and 2 were cancelled after the 1979 revolution. The Shir 1 was later sold to Jordan as the Khalid, while the Shir 2 was later used as a basis for the Challenger 1 MBT.

(Edit: Cut down most of the other text to focus only on the Shahist Iranian part of the Chieftain tanks.)

Spoiler

That is pretty much all I got at the moment. I’ve acquired new book with more information regarding Shir 2, I would share more once I read them.

ali_sergei · September 19, 2023, 9:23am

Qased (meaning messenger) is a 900 kg (2,000 lb) smart bomb manufactured by Iran. The Qased bomb is an air-to-ground, guided, long-range bomb, so far three examples of Qased bombs have been used by the Air Force. The Army of the Islamic Republic of Iran has been unveiled. The Messenger 1 bomb with a 2000-pound warhead has a range of 40 kilometers and an intelligent and passive optical system is used to guide it. 10 km (range of 50 km) and maintaining a warhead of 2000 pounds, which makes it possible to use it from a distance of 50 km.Due to having a rocket engine, the Qased 3 bomb has a range of 100 km, and its wings are also smaller compared to the previous two examples, which has increased the range of this bomb by two times compared to the previous examples.