IRGC Successfully Tests A New Anti-Tank Guided Missile Called ‘Sadid-365’
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of Iran (IRGC) showcased a new anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) called ‘Sadid-365’ produced by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Research and Self-Sufficiency Jihad Organization on Saturday, April 15. Footage published by Iranian media suggest that the missile in question was tested by the IRGC’s Ground Forces. The ‘Sadid-365’ missile was seen being launched from a modified BMP-2 with a control panel inside and hitting a covered tank in the video in question.
According to Iran’s Tasnim news agency, Sardar Ali Kohestani, head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Research and Self-Sufficiency Jihad Organization, the anti-tank missile, known as Sadid-365, has an 8-kilometer range and is capable of destroying various types of armored military vehicles. Kohestani emphasized that the Sadid-365 is an optically guided missile that can hit targets with pinpoint accuracy, and that in the next stage of development, the missile will be equipped with foldable fins and a fire control system and will be mounted on Revolutionary Guards Land Forces armored personnel carriers, with two missiles on each side of the vehicle’s turrets.
The chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Research and Self- Sufficiency Jihad Organization, Sardar Ali Kohestani, stated last week that the IRGC has also successfully tested a new ‘kamikaze’ drone, the Meraj-532, with a range of 450 kilometers. Furthermore, the Iranian Ground Forces received around 1,000 new products, including war equipment, missiles, vehicles, and electronic warfare systems, last week.
Although Iranian experts and technicians produce a wide range of weapons with the goal of making the armed forces self-sufficient in the face of imposed embargoes, missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles have received special attention in recent years. It would not be incorrect to argue that Iran has achieved significant advances in both areas, even if the majority of these are “reverse engineering” or “copying” under different names. Although this concerns many countries in the region, particularly Israel, Iranian officials have repeatedly stated that the country will not hesitate to strengthen its military capabilities for what they describe as purely defensive purposes, including missile power, and that Iran’s defense capabilities will never be the subject of negotiations.