Iran's IRGC forces hold the second day of their drills in the south of the country on February 27, 2015.[/caption]Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has concludedmajormaneuvers code-named TheGreat Prophet 9in the southern Persian Gulf region.
Friday's drills involved IRGC's naval, land and airborne forces. Anew strategic weapon was alsotested in the exercises. The three-day maneuvers kicked off on Wednesday.
Day 2 of the drills
IRGC's ground forces heldthe second day of the military exercises on in a stretchfromJask to Sirik city in Iran's southern Hormozgan Province.
Seventeen units from 10 divisions of IRGC's Ground Force, including artillery, ammunition, missiles, drones, and reconnaissance jets, were involved in the second day of the drills. Six levels of operations were designed for various forces, including the IRGCs 33rdal Mahdi Airborne Brigade. Implemented defense scenarios included the stationary defense, mobile defense, ambush, and anti-heliborne operations.
Various types of weaponry were tested with some of them being introduced for the first time.
RPH drone
The reconnaissance drone known as RPH is capable of flying both duringdays and nights with a maximum range of 14 kilometers. The unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)is equipped with advanced cameras enabling it to take images ofthe enemys positions.
Jamarat
The weapon is like an engine-free cruise missile which is launched by a gyroplane. The precision of the short-range missile is about one meter and it can hit targets as far as14 kilometers away.
Ramiat
The roadside mine is used to target armored vehicles with high precision and power. The mine is operated by a remote control and if used, it could destroy armored columns within a radius of 100 to 150 meters. The explosive is capable of penetrating up to 50cm intoarmor and can affect at least 100 enemy forces.
Sayyad
A bounding mine with a projectile height of 10-15 meters and is good at targeting the enemys copters.
Vassel
The weapon is a rocket-fired minefield sweeper which can clear an area 100 meters long and nearly two meters wide. It hugely improves the defensive capability of forces in confrontingthe enemy.
Khaybar
The weapon contains explosives which doubles the power of normal TNT and can be used onwarheads to improve theirdestruction capability.
Nasir
A 12.7mm shoulder-fired weapon with six rotating barrels used to target cruise missiles. Its rate of firing is 2500-3500 rounds per minute.
Asefeh
A 23mm rotary cannon,with a firing rate of 900 to 1200 per minuteused againstcruise missiles and low-height drones.
Arash
The shoulder-fired weapon is a 20 mm cannon which is used by the IRGC infantry.
Armed robot
The combat robot is equipped with a 7.62 caliber machine gun, advanced optics and a thermal camera, with an effective operational range of 5-7 km.
Multi-cellular walls
The protective layer can be instantly installed to counter explosions or rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs).
Day 1 of the drills
Day one of the war game saw the IRGC's armed units engaged in various exercises, including the laying mines inthe strait of Hormuz by dozensof IRGC vessels, destruction of hypothetical UAVsby 100 IRGC vessels, launching rockets at a mock-upof a United States aircraft carrier, launching Nasr Cruise missiles at the carrier by the IRGC helicopters, the successful launching of the Fateh and Zelzal missiles at fixed ground targets, launching of Khalij Fars long-range and ballistic missiles, the seizure of the repilca aircraft carrierby the IRGC Navy Special Forces, a parade by the IRGC speedboats backed by a number of Armys F-4 fighter jetsas well as cruise carrier vehicles and Shahed helicopters.
By Press TV
