The Shahin-1 and Shahin-2 are
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...
ian road-mobile truck mounted short-range
fin-stabilized unguided 333 mm
Artillery rockets.
It was designed to be a cost-effective unguided rocket to destroy enemy troop concentrations, installations and fortifications at medium ranges.
The rocket has been replaced in production by more capable artillery rockets however it is still in active uses.
Characteristics
In general both rockets are steel body unguided 333 mm 190 kg explosive
fin stabilized rockets having seven
nozzle
A nozzle is a device designed to control the direction or characteristics of a fluid flow (specially to increase velocity) as it exits (or enters) an enclosed chamber or pipe (material), pipe.
A nozzle is often a pipe or tube of varying cross ...
s with limited accuracy and assembling times of several minutes.
They both are launched from unarmoured triple rail launchers.
Shahin-1
It is an unguided 2.9 m long 384 kg 190 kg high explosive 333 mm rocket with a range of 13 km.
The rocket had forest green colour with two green, one red and one white stripe, its nose is itself painted white and red.
Shahin-2
It is an unguided 3.9 m long 530 kg 190 kg high explosive 333 mm rocket with a range of 20 km.
It had a white painted body with two sets of green, white, and red stripes; on its warhead, it had red fins.
It can also be used as an
air-to-surface missile
An air-to-surface missile (ASM) or air-to-ground missile (AGM) is a missile designed to be launched from military aircraft at targets on land or sea. There are also unpowered guided glide bombs not considered missiles. The two most common prop ...
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Operators
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Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran
The Iranian Armed Forces, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran Armed Forces, are the combined military forces of Iran, comprising the Islamic Republic of Iran Army (''Artesh''), the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (''Sepah'') and the Polic ...
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Armed forces of Sudan
See also
Other Iranian rockets
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Oghab
The Iranian Oghab (, meaning "Eagle") sometimes spelled as Akab and Okab missile is an unguided artillery rocket with a range of . It is spin-stabilized in flight but has a proven circular error probable in excess of , making it a highly inaccura ...
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Naze'at
The Naze'at 6-H and Naze'at 10-H/Mushak-120/Iran-130 ( lit. ''Those Who Pull Out'', in reference to ''the angels who tear out the souls of the wicked'') are two Iranian long-range artillery rockets with ranges of about 100 km. The Naze'at 10 ...
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Zelzal-1
Zelzal-1 (, meaning "Earthquake-1") is an Iranian-made heavy artillery rocket with an estimated range of 160 km. It is believed to be owned by the Iranian Armed Forces and Hezbollah. The rocket received relatively little use but was the basi ...
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Zelzal-2
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Zelzal-3
Zelzal-3 (, meaning "earthquake") is an Iranian-made solid propellant guided artillery rocket with a range of 200 km. Cordesman, Anthony H. (2007)Lessons of the 2006 Israeli-Hezbollah War p. 11. It is an upgrade of the Zelzal-2 rocket with sl ...
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Fajr-5
The Fajr-5 (rarely Fadjr-5, , "Dawn") is an Iranian 333 mm long-range multiple launch rocket system (MLRS). The Fajr-5 was developed during the 1990s and has since been exported to various armed actors in the Middle East.
The Fajr-5 launcher ...
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Arash
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Tondar-69
The Tondar-69 is a short-range ballistic missile (SRBM) originating in China and operated by the armed forces of Iran. It was originally deployed by the Iranian army in 1992. The design is based on the Chinese M-7 ( CSS-8), which itself was de ...
Comparable systems
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Jobaria Defense Systems Multiple Cradle Launcher
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T-122 Sakarya
The T-122 Sakarya is a Turkish Multiple rocket launcher, multiple launch rocket system developed by ROKETSAN.
Overview
As part of the Turkish Army#Modernization, modernization drive undertaken by the Turkish Military in the 1980s and 90s se ...
References
Rocket artillery
Artillery of Iran
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