It's everyone's favorite time of the year, the ARMY-2023 expo in Russia
Iran's MODAFL (DIO/AIO/MIO/IEI) had an especially large booth this time, here's what we saw
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A new battlefield ballistic missile was unveiled dubbed "Ababil OP", OP likely standing for optical sensor
The board says that it's capable of use against both ground & sea targets. Note that DIO made a typo & misspelt sea
A new 8 canister launcher was also shown for Ababil OP
Vid 1: Models of 2000km range Arash kamikaze drone, Karrar jet powered UCAV, & Mohajer-6 UCAV
Pic 2: Shahed-129 MALE UAV, export designation "M-129"
Pic 3: Shahed-133 UAV
Vid 4: Saba-248 helicopter model & infographic for Mohajer-6 UAV
Pic 1: Note the Tactical Sayyad SAM system display next to Shoigu. First time we see the system with 6 boxes instead of 3
Vid 2: Yasin jet trainer model
Pic 3: Almas-1 top attack ATGM, Ghaem PGM (aka GB20/BS20), Toophan-5 ATGM
Pic 4: Sadid-365 AGM, export designation "F-365"
Pic 1: 12.7mm 4 barreled machine gun. DIO likely only includes this at expos for looks. Note MASAF-1/2 rifles & Ruyin-3 plate carrier in the backround
Pic 2: Ghadir AShM, export designation "CM-300"
Pic 3: Sepehr-813 SAR satellite
Vid 4: Balaban PGM, export designation "GB125"
MODAFL's MIO had some interesting displays as well
Vid 1: Mowj frigate (simply dubbed 94m frigate). Alhamdulillah, it's no longer falsely refered to as a destroyer. Also notably seen are Fateh submarine & Zolfaghar FAC models
Vid 2: Khalije e fars expeditionary vessel
"Zoheir" 500km SRBM model shown. This looks to just be an export variant of Raad-500. @Pataramesh could you possibly offer your insight?
Firearm poster, I've made an effort to try to identify each one as the pic is quite blurry
Video showing more missile displays
• 300km Fateh-110 SRBM, export designation "BM-300"
• 35km Nasr-1 AShM, export designation "CM-35"
• 90km Nasir AShM, export designation "CM-90"
Also pic 2 gives a better look at 6 canister tactical Sayyad variant
Vid 1: Shoigu examining a model of an Iranian "Umbrella-4" anti drone EW system. Pic 2 gives a better look at the system & it's ID card
Pic 3: Smaller Hunter-2 anti drone EW system
Vid 4: Some IEI products. Note full size Basir series ground surveillance radar in the backround
More videos of the boothe from @SputnikInt
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