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Anti-tank missile

Toophan
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Type	Anti-tank missile
Place of origin	Iran
Service history
Used by	Iran Syria Hezbollah
Wars	2006 Lebanon War
Specifications
Diameter	0.152 m
Wingspan	0.46 m

Warhead weight	3.6 kg

Operational range	3,850 m
Guidance system	Wire-guided, laser guidance for later versions

Toophan (Template:Lang-fa, means "Typhoon" in Persian) is a series of Iranian anti-tank missiles. Toophan 1 is a reverse-engineered copy of the US military TOW missile. The Toophan-1's payload is a 3.6 kg high-explosive anti-tank warhead that can penetrate up to 550mm of steel armor. The range is 3,850m, the top speed 310 m/s. The manufacturer is the Aerospace Industries Organization of Iran, which has produced the missile since 2000. Several other variants are also built with more penetration power.

Operational history

Iran was among the earliest country to import the TOW missile as far back as 1971. Extensive repair and assembly facilities were set up at the Iran Electronics Industries (IEI) by the Texas-based Emerson Energy Systems as well as Hughes Missile Systems to repair TOW and FGM-77A Dragon missile.

In May 1975 negotiations between Iran and Hughes Missile Systems on co-production of the TOW and Maverick missiles stalled over disagreements in the pricing structure. Hughes set the royalty and initial investment costs for Iran at $20 million for the TOW and $25 million for the Maverick. The subsequent 1979 revolution ended all plans for such co-production.

Hezbollah reportedly used Toophan missiles against Israeli Merkava tanks during the 2006 Lebanon War.

Variants

Toofan 1

Basic version. Has a penetration of 550 mm RHA, a length of 116 cm and a weight of 18.5 kg. It's range is described being 3.5 km.

Toofan 2

An upgraded variant using a much more powerful tandem warhead that can penetrate 760 mm of armor after disabling ERA by its small 40 mm frontal warhead. Missile weight has been increased to 19.1 kg and length to 145 cm. As with Toofan 1 it has a range of 3.5 km.

Toofan 2B

A further upgrade with a heavier warhead and reported penetration of 900 mm RHA

Toofan 5

Another variant with laser guidance and additional four small fins in front of the missile. The missile is described having two warheads. Possibly still with a penetration of 900 mm.

Qa'em

Unveiled alongside Toofan 5, Qa'em is essentially a Toofan variant for use against Helicopters. It is said to have a laser guidance resistant to enemy jamming.

Operators

References

Missile Chronology. Retrieved on August 14, 2011.
Kommersant. Retrieved on December 10, 2007.
http://www.modlex.ir/cgi-bin/store.pl/page=product.html/pid=MXF05-000100
http://www.modlex.ir/cgi-bin/store.pl/page=product.html/pid=MXF05-000110
www.iranmilitaryforum.net/index.php?title=Toofan_ATGM
www.military.ir
http://english.iribnews.ir/NewsBody.aspx?ID=6507
http://edition.presstv.ir/detail/118011.html
www.iranmilitaryforum.net/index.php?title=Toofan_ATGM
http://english.iribnews.ir/NewsBody.aspx?ID=6507
http://edition.presstv.ir/detail/118011.html

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Firearms

Service rifles	Karabiner 98k Persian Brno G3A6 KL-7.62 S-5.56 KH-2002
Pistols	PC-9 ZOAF
Submachine guns	PPSh-41 MPT-9
Machine guns	MGA3 PKM-T80 MGD-12.7 Tabas
Gatling guns	Akhgar Muharram
Sniper rifles	Nakhjir Sayyad Shaher Taktab (Under development) Arash

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fighting vehicles
and other
land-based vehicles

Tanks	Type-72Z Safir-74 Mobarez T-72S Zulfiqar Tosan Sabalan Tiam Karrar
Tankettes	Sayyad
APCs	Boragh Rakhsh Cobra BMT-2 APC Sarir Hoveizeh Makran
Self-propelled artillery	Raad-1 Raad-2 Bahman (SPAAG)
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Short-range ballistic missiles	R-17E Shahab-1 Shahab-2 Qiam 1 Fateh-110 Fateh-313 Ra'ad-500 Zolfaghar Persian Gulf Fateh Mobin Hormuz-1 Hormuz-2 Fateh Mobin
Medium-range ballistic missiles	Shahab-3 Ghadr-110 Emad Khorramshahr Fajr-3 Ashoura Sejjil Dezful Shahid Haj Qasem Kheibar Shekan Fattah
Intermediate-range ballistic missiles	Shahab-4/IRIS (shelved) (alleged) Shahab-5 (alleged) Shahab-6 (alleged) Project Koussar (alleged)
Surface-to-air missiles	Misagh-1 Misagh-2 Sayyad-1 Sayyad-2 Shahab Thaqeb Mersad Bavar 373 Khordad 15 Talaash Raad Ya Zahra
Anti-helicopter missiles	Qa'em Raad
Anti-tank guided missiles	Saegheh RAAD Toophan Toophan 2 Toophan 5 Towsan Dehlaviyeh Tondar
Anti-ship missiles	Zafar Qader Noor Kowsar Nasr-1 Raad Sadid-1 Abu Mahdi
Cruise missiles	Meshkat (Under development) Sagheb Soumar Hoveizeh Ya-Ali Abu Mahdi
Torpedoes	Hoot Valfajr
Air-to-surface missiles	Zoobin Shafaq Shahin 3 Sattar Asre-67 Bina Fajr-4
Air-to-air missiles	Fatter Sedjil Fakour-90
Anti-ship ballistic missiles	Khalij Fars/Persian Gulf Hormoz-1 Hormoz-2 Zulfiqar Basir
Electro-optically guided bombs	Qadr Qassed 1

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Attack	HESA Shahed 285 Panha Shabaviz 206-1 Panha 2091 Toufan I, II Zafar 300
Utility	HESA Shahed 278 Panha Shabaviz 2-75

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Simulators

F-4
Shahed 278 and Bell-206
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Submarine Simulator - Iran's "Tareq-class" submarine
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Katyushas	Arash Falaq-1 Falaq-2 Fajr-1 Fajr-2 Fajr-3 Fajr-4 Fajr-5 Oghab
Rocket artillery	Fajr-4 Tondar-69 Shahin-1 Shahin-2 Naze'at Zelzal-1 Zelzal-2 Zelzal-3 Noor Haseb Badr-3
Short-range ballistic missiles	R-17E Shahab-1 Shahab-2 Qiam 1 Fateh-110 Fateh-313 Ra'ad-500 Zolfaghar Persian Gulf Fateh Mobin Hormuz-1 Hormuz-2 Fath 360
Medium-range ballistic missiles	Shahab-3 Samen/Ghadr-101 Ghadr-110 Emad Khorramshahr (Kheibar) Fajr-3 Dezful Shahid Haj Qasem Ashoura Sejjil Kheibar Shekan Fattah-1
Intermediate-range ballistic missiles	Shahab-5 (alleged) Shahab-6 (alleged) Project Koussar (alleged)
Surface-to-air missiles	Khordad 15 Misagh-1 Misagh-2 Misagh-3 Talash 3 Sayyad-1 Sayyad-2 Shahab Thaqeb Herz-9 Taer 2 Mehrab Mersad Shahin (surface-to-air missile) Shalamche (missile) Bavar 373 Raad Ya Zahra Tabas Sevom Khordad Kamin-2
Anti-helicopter missiles	Qa'em Ra'ad
Anti-tank missiles	Saegheh RAAD Toophan Tosan Dehlavieh Tondar Sadid-1
Anti-ship missiles	Zafar Ghadir Hormoz-1 Hormoz-2 Qader Noor Nasr-e Basir Kowsar Nasr-1 Ra'ad Sadid-1 Jask-2 Abu Mahdi
Cruise missiles	Meshkat (Under development) Kh-55 Paveh Hoveyzeh Soumar Ya Ali Ghassed-3 Abu Mahdi
Torpedoes	Hoot Valfajr
Air-to-surface missiles	Shafaq Shahin 3 Sattar Asre-67 Bina Sadid-1 Zoobin Fajr-4 Ghassed-3
Air-to-air missiles	Fatter Sedjil Fakour-90
Anti-ship ballistic missiles	Khalij Fars Hormoz-1 Hormoz-2 Zulfiqar Basir
Radars	Ghamar Bashir Sepehr Ghadir Kavosh Hafez

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