Tiam (tank)

Main battle tank

Tiam

Tiam in 2023

Type| Main battle tank
Place of origin| Iran
Service history
Used by| Iran
Production history
Produced| 2016–present
Specifications
Mass| 44.1 tons
Length| 8.51 m (hull)
Width| 3.4 m
Height| 3.35 m
Crew| 4 (Gunner, Commander, Loader and Driver)

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Armor| Applique composite armor, with ERA

Main
armament

| 105 mm smoothbore gun based on the 105 mm M68

Secondary
armament

| 12.7 mm machine gun
7.62 mm machine gun
Engine| Continental AVDS-1790-2A diesel
750 hp (560 kW) at 2400 rpm
Suspension| Torsion bar

Operational
range

| 600 km
Maximum speed | 56 km/h

Tiam (چشم ها lit. Eyes) is an Iranian main battle tank optimized from the Sabalan with a 105 mm gun.[1] The tank was announced on April 13, 2016, and has a similarity to the Type 59 turret, with a Sabalan chassis, which is an Iranian modernized version of the M47M Patton.[2] Iran stated that it possessed a brand new turret housing a smoothbore 105 mm cannon. Iran said it had a new fire control system, and new communication equipment, sideskirts and other improvements and cost less than half of the price of the Zulfiqar main battle tank.

## History

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Before the fall of the Shah, Iran obtained modernized versions from the United States of the M47 Patton, also called M47M. The M47M was upgraded with engine and fire control elements from the M60A1, and the assistant driver eliminated to store more 90 mm ammunition. Iran created the Tiam tank from a modernized version of the M47M and a modified Chinese Type 59 turret. After the Tiam was unveiled to the public, Ground Force Commander Brigadier General Ahmad Reza Pourdastan announced there would also be a new Karrar main battle tanks.[2]

## Design

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The main armament of the Tiam consists of a 105 mm smoothbore gun fitted with a fume extractor and a thermal sleeve. It has a crew of four, including commander, gunner, loader and driver and has a coaxial 7.62 mm machine gun and a 12.7 mm DShK heavy machine gun mounted on swivel station at the commander hatch. The Tiam was fitted with latest generation of composite armor, with explosive reactive armor (ERA) panels mounted on the front of the hull and turret.[3]

## See also

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tiam tanks.

* Islamic Republic of Iran Armed Forces
* Defense industry of Iran
* List of equipment of the Iranian Army
* Tanks of Iran

## References

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1. ^ "Tiam 105-mm M47 tank upgrade".
2. ^ a b "Iran Unveils New Combat Vehicles". 17 April 2016.
3. ^ "Iran unveils new main battle tank made from US and Chinese designs from the 1960s". Business Insider.

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Weapons and military equipment designed or manufactured in Iran

Firearms|

| Service rifles|

* Karabiner 98k
* Persian Brno
* G3A6
* KL-7.62
* S-5.56
* KH-2002

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Pistols|

* PC-9 ZOAF

Submachine guns|

* PPSh-41
* MPT-9

Machine guns|

* MGA3
* PKM-T80
* MGD-12.7
* Tabas

Gatling guns|

* Akhgar
* Muharram

Sniper rifles|

* Nakhjir
* Sayyad
* Shaher
* Taktab (Under development)
* Arash

Armoured
fighting vehicles
and other
land-based vehicles|

| Tanks|

* Type-72Z Safir-74
* Mobarez
* T-72S
* Zulfiqar
* Tosan
* Sabalan
* Tiam
* Karrar

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Tankettes|

* Sayyad

APCs|

* Boragh
* Rakhsh
* Cobra BMT-2 APC
* Sarir
* Hoveizeh
* Makran

Self-propelled artillery|

* Raad-1
* Raad-2
* Bahman (SPAAG)

Other vehicles|

* Safir
* Samandar
* Kaviran
* Neynava
* Sepehr
* Ranger
* Zoljanah

Artillery|

* HM 40
* HM 41

MLRS|

* HM 20
* Arash
* Oghab
* Falaq-1
* Falaq-2
* Fajr-1
* Fajr-3
* Fajr-5

Recoilless rifles|

* M40
* SPG-9

Tank guns|

* M68
* L11A5
* 2A46

Mortars|

* 37mm Marsh Mortar
* HM 12
* HM 13
* HM 14
* HM 15
* HM 16
* Razm Mortar
* Vafa Mortar

Anti-aircraft guns|

* ZU-23-2
* Samavat 35mm anti-aircraft gun
* Sa'ir 100mm anti-aircraft gun
* Mesbah 1
* Asefeh

Naval guns|

* Fajr-27

Rocket-propelled
grenades|

* RPG-7
* Saegheh (rocket)
* Type 69 RPG

Artillery rockets|

* Samid
* Tondar-69
* Shahin-II
* Naze'at
* Zelzal-1
* Zelzal-2
* Zelzal-3

Artillery shells|

* Basir

Guided missiles|

| Short-range ballistic missiles|

* R-17E
* Shahab-1
* Shahab-2
* Qiam 1
* Fateh-110
* Fateh-313
* Ra'ad-500
* Zolfaghar
* Persian Gulf
* Fateh Mobin
* Hormuz-1
* Hormuz-2
* Fateh Mobin

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Medium-range ballistic missiles|

* Shahab-3
* Ghadr-110
* Emad
* Khorramshahr
* Fajr-3
* Ashoura
* Sejjil
* Dezful
* Shahid Haj Qasem
* Kheibar Shekan
* Fattah

Intermediate-range ballistic missiles|

* Shahab-4/IRIS (shelved) (alleged)
* Shahab-5 (alleged)
* Shahab-6 (alleged)
* Project Koussar (alleged)

Surface-to-air missiles|

* Misagh-1
* Misagh-2
* Sayyad-1
* Sayyad-2
* Shahab Thaqeb
* Mersad
* Bavar 373
* Khordad 15
* Talaash
* Raad
* Ya Zahra

Anti-helicopter missiles|

* Qa'em
* Raad

Anti-tank guided missiles|

* Saegheh
* RAAD
* Toophan
* Toophan 2
* Toophan 5
* Towsan
* Dehlaviyeh
* Tondar

Anti-ship missiles|

* Zafar
* Qader
* Noor
* Kowsar
* Nasr-1
* Raad
* Sadid-1
* Abu Mahdi

Cruise missiles|

* Meshkat (Under development)
* Sagheb
* Soumar
* Hoveizeh
* Ya-Ali
* Abu Mahdi

Torpedoes|

* Hoot
* Valfajr

Air-to-surface missiles|

* Zoobin
* Shafaq
* Shahin 3
* Sattar
* Asre-67
* Bina
* Fajr-4

Air-to-air missiles|

* Fatter
* Sedjil
* Fakour-90

Anti-ship ballistic missiles|

* Khalij Fars/Persian Gulf
* Hormoz-1
* Hormoz-2
* Zulfiqar Basir

Electro-optically guided bombs|

* Qadr
* Qassed 1

Submarines|

* Besat
* Fateh
* Nahang
* Ghadir

Ships and boats|

* Sina
* Moudge
* Zolfaqhar
* Seraj
* Yunes 6
* Tondar

Aircraft and UAVs|

| Trainers|

* Tiger Moth
* Parastoo
* IRGC Fajr
* AVA-202
* Dorna
* Tazarve
* Simorgh
* Fajr F.3

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Fighters|

* Kowsar
* Persian Audax
* Persian Fury
* Persian Hind
* Azarakhsh
* Saegheh
* Shafaq
* Qaher-313

Transport aircraft|

* HESA IrAn-140
* HESA Simourgh

Helicopters|

| Attack|

* HESA Shahed 285
* Panha Shabaviz 206-1
* Panha 2091
* Toufan I, II
* Zafar 300

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Utility|

* HESA Shahed 278
* Panha Shabaviz 2-75

Seaplane|

* Bavar 2

UAVs|

* Ababil
* Qods Mohajer
* Nazir
* Ra'd (UAV)
* Hod Hod
* Sabokbal
* Saeghe
* Talash
* Zohal
* Sayeh
* Yasir
* Raad 85

UCAVs|

* Karrar
* Sofreh Mahi (Under development)
* Shahed 129
* Shahed 149
* H-110 Sarir
* Hamaseh
* Fotros

Simulators|

* F-4
* Shahed 278 and Bell-206
* Bell 214
* F-5 Tiger
* Submarine Simulator - Iran's "Tareq-class" submarine
* Misagh rocket launcher
* Mig-29 Fulcrum
* F-14
* Mirage F-1
* Hawk

Radars|

* Ghamar
* BSR-1
* Matla-ul-fajr
* Kashef
* Alvand
* Asr
* RASIT
* Alim
* Sepehr (Under development)
* Thamen
* Najm-802 (Under development)
* Ghadir
* Arash

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Tanks of the post–Cold War era

Main battle|

* Al-Khalid / VT-1
* Al-Zarrar
* Ariete
* Arjun
* Challenger 2
* Durjoy
* K2 Black Panther
* Karrar
* Leclerc
* Leopard 2
* Leopard 2E
* Leopard 2PL
* M1 Abrams
* Merkava IV
* Pokpung-ho
* PT-91 Twardy
* Ramses II
* Sabra
* Stridsvagn 122
* T-72M4CZ
* T-84
* T-90
* Type 10
* Type 72Z
* Type 96
* Type 99
* VT-4
* Zulfiqar

Light / medium|

* Sabrah
* Sabre CVRT
* 2S25 Sprut-SD
* Tosan
* Type 15 / VT-5
* Type 63A
* ZTD-05 / ZLT-05

Prototypes,
experimentals|

* AbramsX
* Altay
* Black EagleX
* Challenger 3
* CV90105 / CV90120
* Kaplan MT / Harimau
* K21-105
* M8 Armored Gun SystemX
* M10 Booker
* M2020
* M60-2000X
* M-84AS
* M-84AS1
* M-84D
* M-95 DegmanX
* Main Ground Combat SystemX
* Marder Medium Tank
* Panther KF51
* PatagónX
* PL-01X
* Tiam
* T-14 Armata
* T-55AGM
* T-95X
* Tank EXX
* Zorawar LT

Cancelled or derelict projectX

* Post–Cold War tanks
* List of modern armoured fighting vehicles

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