In service 1996–Present | Used by IranSyria | |
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Manufacturer Shahid Bagheri Industrial Group (SBIG), Sanam Industrial Group (Department 140), Defense Industries Organization | ||
The Fajr-3 Artillery Rocket (Persian: فجر-۳) is an Iranian multiple-launch artillery rocket, a third-generation Katyusha rocket. Fajr means 'dawn' in Arabic.
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The 5.2-meter long, 240 millimeter-calibre Fajr-3 artillery rocket has an estimated range of 43 kilometres or 25–30 miles, weighs 407 kilograms, and carries a 45-kilogram warhead.
History
Production started on March 1990 by Shahid Bagheri Industries with possible North Korean assistance when Iranian Defense Minister Akbar Torkan announced that mass production of the Fajr-3 was taking place.
Mass production was completed with the few first Fajr-3s made on November 6, 1996.
Features
Fajr-3 has the same caliber, range and warhead weight as three known North Korean systems. The 333-millimeter Fajr-5 rocket has a range of about 75–80 kilometres.
Some media has reported that Iran has tested a medium-range ballistic missile called Fajr-3, but these may have been mistaken references to the Kosar missile.
Its launcher has 12 tubes.
Employment
The rockets are used by the Iranian Army as a regular artillery. They may also have been supplied to Hezbollah in Lebanon under the name Khaibar-1, They may therefore have been used on a number of occasions in the 2006 Lebanon War.. The Fajr-3 is also used by the Al Quds Brigades