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Iran’s Karrar tankĪccording to the website GlobalFirepower, Iran is known to have more than 1,600 tanks and 2,200 armored fighting vehicles. Separately, Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri said on Tuesday that Iran is seeking to begin joint military equipment production with Pakistan.ĭuring a visit to Islamabad, Baqeri said he discussed naval cooperation, pilot training, military exercises, defense industry links during meetings with Chief of Pakistani Naval Staff Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi and President Mamnoon Hussain. He did not specify whether Iran’s fleet of Soviet-era T-72S and T-72M1 tanks would be updated, but Tasnim said procurement would include the Karrar battle tank. Mozaffarinia said Iran manufactures 50-60 tanks every year to meet the needs of the IRGC and Army. The Iranian Army and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps are set to receive between 700 and 800 new and refurbished tanks as part of the plan, Tasnim News Agency reported Mozaffarinia as saying on Wednesday, July 18. Iran’s military could receive up to 800 domestically manufactured tanks as part of a plan to modernize the country’s defense capabilities, Deputy Defense Minister for Armed Forces Logistics Reza Mozaffarinia said.