Holy Prophet Military Maneuver 12

[Bahram Esfandiari]

It was the first ever offensive wargame of IRGC, in which attacking enemy territory and capturing coasts and capturing strategic assets like oil rigs were practiced!

Officially it was still a defensive exercise because the objective of the exercise was to recapture an Iranian Island from an invading force!

 

[skyshadow]

 

[scythian500]

Officially it was still a defensive exercise because the objective of the exercise was to recapture an Iranian Island from an invading force!

It has dual use.. It could be used to invade Bahrain or just many strategically important Eastern Arabia or Emirati ports, economic and energy cities with almost same techniques..

Did you really expected Iran announce they want to practice occupying PGCC countries!! It must be a recapture thing... if you know what I mean!

 

[Bahram Esfandiari]

It has dual use.. It could be used to invade Bahrain or just many strategically important Eastern Arabia or Emirati ports, economic and energy cities with almost same techniques..

Did you really expected Iran announce they want to practice occupying PGCC countries!! It must be a recapture thing... if you know what I mean!

I know what you mean. I was just pointing out the official goal of the exercise. In reality though this exercise is a small scale exercise with very limited fire power suited for taking on a regional country with limited capabilities like the UAE taking one of our islands

I hope in the future we will see a combined IRIN/IRGC exercise or Army/IRGC exercises on a larger scale.

 

[yavar]

 

[yavar]

 

[Raghfarm007]

Hay kid.... do you really live in Albania?
If yes.... you need to aim higher in life.

 

[Raghfarm007]

Look again buddy.... it says Im Icelandic, not Bealarussian.

But one should be very weary of what you read on the internet....

 

[Stryker1982]

Both these guys are holding their RPG's incorrectly. Why is the left arm holding the grip? Their's no stabilization!

This maneuver was supposed to be offensive and yet defensive tactics were used? Those explosions are defensive booby traps done in defensive operations. It makes no sense for an offensive operation.... It's just unnecessary propaganda for the cameras that will only fool ignorant people, which is most people.

Their's little to no anti-armor, atgm's etc... in this operation so pretty much if a enemy tank platoon shows up, the invading troops are all dead. It makes we wonder if this was all a real exercise or just propaganda.

 

[Bahram Esfandiari]

Both these guys are holding their RPG's incorrectly. Why is the left arm holding the grip? Their's no stabilization!

This maneuver was supposed to be offensive and yet defensive tactics were used? Those explosions are defensive booby traps done in defensive operations. It makes no sense for an offensive operation.... It's just unnecessary propaganda for the cameras that will only fool ignorant people, which is most people.

Their's little to no anti-armor, atgm's etc... in this operation so pretty much if a enemy tank platoon shows up, the invading troops are all dead. It makes we wonder if this was all a real exercise or just propaganda.

The Guard in the first picture is holding his RPG properly and it's not clear if the RPG in the other photo is the shorter Commando version( without 2nd hand grip) or not. I agree with you that this exercise was lacking heavy Armour but just because we have not seen photos of ATGMs it does not mean that there were no ATGMs deployed by the IRGC in this exercise.

 

[Stryker1982]

That IS the correct way to hold an RPG. I agree with you that this exercise was lacking heavy Armour but just because we have not seen photos of ATGMs it does not mean that there were no ATGMs deployed by the IRGC in this exercise.

From what I understand, the right arm should be used to hold the grip if you're using the rpg on your right shoulder. If you use the left arm, it won't do anything to stabilize the RPG because your left hand would be perpendicular to the direction of the kickback.

 

[skyshadow]

Both these guys are holding their RPG's incorrectly. Why is the left arm holding the grip? Their's no stabilization!

This maneuver was supposed to be offensive and yet defensive tactics were used? Those explosions are defensive booby traps done in defensive operations. It makes no sense for an offensive operation.... It's just unnecessary propaganda for the cameras that will only fool ignorant people, which is most people.

Their's little to no anti-armor, atgm's etc... in this operation so pretty much if a enemy tank platoon shows up, the invading troops are all dead. It makes we wonder if this was all a real exercise or just propaganda.

the exercise was a massage to UAE. and they said that IRGC used 200 km missiles but they did not show to us so i would say there were other sides to this exercise that they did not release.

 

[Hack-Hook]

From what I understand, the right arm should be used to hold the grip if you're using the rpg on your right shoulder. If you use the left arm, it won't do anything to stabilize the RPG because your left hand would be perpendicular to the direction of the kickback.

as far as I'm aware there is no kickback for RPG and your active hand usually get the triger which is in front

 

[sepasgozar]

From what I understand, the right arm should be used to hold the grip if you're using the rpg on your right shoulder. If you use the left arm, it won't do anything to stabilize the RPG because your left hand would be perpendicular to the direction of the kickback.

You speak as though you have fired a RPG before. Or is that just my ill perceived notion...?

 

[PeeD]

The maneuver reminded me what a incredible machine the BMP-2 was when it first came and still is...
The Shah opted for the BMP-1 over the weak M113, but it was the BMP-2 with it's 30mm gun that makes the difference.
It was a very good idea to by the license for the BMP-2 from the Russians.
What else, even today, gives you amphibious assault capability and a 30mm gun that can do suppression fire bursts at incredible 550 rounds per minute.

It's like the T-72B of the IFV world in terms of cost-performance.