Makran IFV | |
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Type | Infantry fighting vehicle |
Place of origin | Iran |
Service history | |
In service | 2020–present |
Used by | Iran |
Production history | |
Manufacturer | Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Research and Self-Sufficiency Jihad Organization |
Produced | 2020–present |
Specifications | |
Length | 7.12 meters |
Width | 3.17 meters |
Height | 2.39 meters |
Crew | 3 |
Passengers | 9–12 |
Main armament | 30mm Shipunov 2A42 auto-cannon |
Secondary armament | 7.62mm PKT coaxial machine gun |
Engine | diesel |
Suspension | torsion bar |
Maximum speed | Estimated between 44 and 80 km/h (Land) 11km/h (Water) |
The Makran IFV, an Iranian armoured personnel carrier (APC), is the highly modernized and upsized copy of the BTR-50 APC. The vehicle is produced and designed by the Research and Self-Sufficiency Jihad Organization. It was unveiled in June 2020 by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.[1] The vehicle is named after the Makran coastal region, a region that stretches between Iran and Pakistan. While the Makran is technically an infantry fighting vehicle, it has a large troop compartment as it is based on the BTR-50, allowing it to dual function as an armoured personnel carrier.
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