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Das IRGC erhält Zulauf an neuen Speedbooten, wobei einige anscheinend mit Torpedorohren (324 mm?) ausgestattet sein sollen (bislang waren - von einer Handvoll Peykaap I & III abgesehen - meistens nur schwere DShK-MGs, ZSUs und teils leichte Mehrfach-Werferrohre auf Bildern und Filmen zu sehen)...

IRGC Navy receives another batch of attack boats

Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) announced on 11 December that 110 attack boats had been delivered to its naval wing in a ceremony attended by its commander, Major General Hossein Salami.

Although only low-quality imagery was released of the event, aerial footage confirmed that 110 boats were lined up for the ceremony at the IRGC Navy's (IRGCN's) base in Bandar Abbas. The majority were types that are already in service, including the rigid-hull inflatable boats (RHIBs) known as the Ashoura. Some Ashouras were displayed for the first time fitted with [...] launch tubes for torpedoes. Several new types of fast attack craft armed with anti-ship missiles were also displayed, including four that appeared to be powered by waterjets. Satellite imagery of most of the boats already lined up for the ceremony on 7 December showed these are approximately 14 m long.

https://www.janes.com/defence-news/naval...tack-boats

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