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News ID: 1473859 Service: Defense
July, 25, 2017 - 13:46


TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The Airborne Special Forces of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Ground Force began their exercises in China to prepare themselves for an international competition due to be held later this month in the East Asian country as part of the Army Games 2017.

The 33 al-Mahdi Airborne Special Unit, which ranked first among other Iranian airborne teams in domestic competitions, has recently arrived in Guangzhou, a port city northwest of Hong Kong, to take part in the international Army Games 2017.

The Iranian team has received its equipment and started its routine exercises.

Up to now, they have conducted drills related to firing artilleries and RPGs (rocket-propelled grenade) as well as parachuting and jumping from Chinese Z8KA helicopters.

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China will play host to several contests of the Army Games for the first time. The contest events will take place from July 29 to August 12.

This year’s Army Games will be held at twenty-two testing grounds in Russia, Belarus, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and China.

More than 1,200 soldiers from 22 countries have arrived in Russia for the military games, according to the Russian Defense Ministry.

Events to be held in Russia will include a tank biathlon, military medical relay race, army scout masters and field kitchen competitions.

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"More than 1,200 soldiers from 22 countries have arrived in Russia for the military games, according to the Russian Defense Ministry.

Events to be held in Russia will include a tank biathlon, military medical relay race, army scout masters and field kitchen competitions."

field kitchen competitions field kitchen competitions field kitchen competitions

my kind of competitions
 
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I'm interested to see how the IRGC does. Since they are considered more "elite" than regular armed forces.

Has IRGC participated before?
 
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I'm interested to see how the IRGC does. Since they are considered more "elite" than regular armed forces.

Has IRGC participated before?

1st off in real war by the most part it's your Weapons, equipment, Intel & Tactics that wins battles NOT how fast you can reassemble a gun or tie a knot!
2ndly The IRGC Forces are NOT by any means more elite! NOT EVEN CLOSE! In fact they started out by going to the Army to get training!

The difference between Iran's Artesh & IRGC is that the IRGC has expeditionary forces & clandestine operations outside the country and the people involved in those operation never show up to international events like this! So they have more people with on field experience but by no means are they more elite in conventional tactics!

This is just another misconception because U.S. military & CIA guys would see IRGC members in Afghanistan, Iraq & Syria but they would never see anyone from Iran's Artesh on the ground so they are under the delusion that IRGC guys are more elite but that has nothing to do with it! That's just how Iran's military is structured!

The following are all Iran's regular military (Artesh)

Naval Special Forces

Army Special Forces

Army Airborne division

In fact overall in size Artesh Special forces guys are bigger and better trained in conventional military tactics that would score them a higher grade in such competitions.
If anything before Syria the IRGC wanted smaller athletic guys that could blend in when they sent them to do clandestine operations

Except for Ballistic Missiles that the IRGC Aerospace division has Iran's Artesh operates more Aircraft, more Tanks, more APC, more artillery, larger and more advanced ships, far more helicopters.....
So the idea that IRGC forces are more elite is nothing more than a western delusion!
 
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