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Fajr 3

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In service
  
1996–Present

Place of origin
  
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.

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History

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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

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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.

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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

Current operators

  •  Iran
  •  Syria
  • Hezbollah
  • Al Quds Brigades

  • References

    Fajr-3 Wikipedia


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