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
Considering recent events, let's take a look at how the average Armenian soldier is equipped
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The usual infantry kit seen:
• PASGT helmets standard, but old SSh-68 steel helmets still in use.
• Standard issue plate carriers from Russia's Armocom made for Armenia
• AK-74 & AK-103 as standard rifles, optics limited to SOF
• ARMPAT for BDUs
• No encrypted comms
Some extremely low priority volunteer units are not so lucky. While much much rarer, they're usually equipped with LBVs, old chest rigs, & Soviet era steel helmets. ARMPAT BDUs still used of course
Since I've had some questions regarding IRGC in Syria, here's a great video showing how they're equipped on average
Usual PASGT style helmets of course. Of more interest, Ruyin-2/3 plate carriers which are rarely seen in peacetime, but are standard for combat deployed personnel
You can see this same pattern in equipment in many other images of IRGC in Syria. However the lack of proper encrypted communication equipment is quite concerning, something we really only see with Artesh infact
IRGC deployed in Iran itself in the fight against various Kurdish separatists around a decade ago have followed a similar trend
Note the old widely issued plate carriers (Ruyin-1 & unnamed derivative) that Ruyin-2/3 replaced