You have to admit that it looks funny.
The Fallagh tank during a military parade. IRNA photo
Iran’s Battle Buggy Looks Like It’s From a Bad ’80s Sci-Fi Movie
The Fallagh is a strange vehicle
by ROBERT BECKHUSEN
In May, the Iranian military tested the Fallagh tank for the first time during the Beit-ul-Moqaddas 28 war game. But the term “tank” is pushing it. The Fallagh is more a tracked, armored battle buggy with a 12.7-millimeter DShK machine gun bolted onto the top.
Iranian army Gen. Masoud Reza Zawarei told Mashregh News — an agency affiliated with the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps — that the Fallagh “hasincredible power considering its weight and is very quick.”
Tehran relies on theatrical military displays to project an image of strength. As a result, Iran produces a plethora of weapons with dubious practicality, such as jam-prone assault rifles and dressed-up Bell helicopters. Some weapons, such as an outrageously fake stealth fighter, are strictly for propaganda.
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Iran’s Battle Buggy Looks Like It’s From a Bad ’80s Sci-Fi Movie — War Is Boring
The Fallagh tank during a military parade. IRNA photo
Iran’s Battle Buggy Looks Like It’s From a Bad ’80s Sci-Fi Movie
The Fallagh is a strange vehicle
by ROBERT BECKHUSEN
In May, the Iranian military tested the Fallagh tank for the first time during the Beit-ul-Moqaddas 28 war game. But the term “tank” is pushing it. The Fallagh is more a tracked, armored battle buggy with a 12.7-millimeter DShK machine gun bolted onto the top.
Iranian army Gen. Masoud Reza Zawarei told Mashregh News — an agency affiliated with the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps — that the Fallagh “hasincredible power considering its weight and is very quick.”
Tehran relies on theatrical military displays to project an image of strength. As a result, Iran produces a plethora of weapons with dubious practicality, such as jam-prone assault rifles and dressed-up Bell helicopters. Some weapons, such as an outrageously fake stealth fighter, are strictly for propaganda.
Continue reading at:
Iran’s Battle Buggy Looks Like It’s From a Bad ’80s Sci-Fi Movie — War Is Boring
