Basir is an Iranian
laser-guided
Laser guidance directs a robotics system to a target position by means of a laser beam. The laser guidance of a robot is accomplished by projecting a laser light, image processing and communication to improve the accuracy of guidance. The key ide ...
,
155 mm
The 155 mm calibre is widely used for artillery guns.
Land warfare
Historic calibres
France - 1874
The caliber originated in France after the Franco-Prussian War, Franco-Prussian War (1870–1871).
A French artillery committee met on 2 ...
high explosive
An explosive (or explosive material) is a reactive substance that contains a great amount of potential energy that can produce an explosion if released suddenly, usually accompanied by the production of light, heat, sound, and pressure. An exp ...
artillery shell
A shell, in a modern military context, is a projectile whose payload contains an explosive, incendiary device, incendiary, or other chemical filling. Originally it was called a bombshell, but "shell" has come to be unambiguous in a military ...
designed to destroy tanks, vehicles and other moving or non-moving targets with high precision.
These shells were unveiled on January 30, 2012, on the first day of the so-called "Daheye Fajr", a key point during the
Islamic Revolution
The Iranian Revolution (, ), also known as the 1979 Revolution, or the Islamic Revolution of 1979 (, ) was a series of events that culminated in the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynasty in 1979. The revolution led to the replacement of the Im ...
by defense minister
Ahmad Vahidi
Ahmad Shahcheraghi (, born 27 June 1958), better known as Ahmad Vahidi (), is an Iranian military commander of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and former Iranian Minister of Interior from 2021 to 2024. He is currently member of th ...
. He later added that this system is very useful in mountainous areas.
Iranian TV showed some footage of the weapon being fired from an
HM 41 howitzer at land and sea targets. It has a reported range of 20 km.
According to the poster beneath the reporter and his speech
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Operators
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See also
*List of military equipment manufactured in Iran
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* HM 41 howitzer
References
External links
Video
155 mm artillery shells
Artillery of Iran
Cannon-launched guided projectiles
Islamic Republic of Iran Army
Post–Cold War military equipment of Iran
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