Tiam (tank)

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

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

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

Firearms

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

ArtilleryMLRSRecoilless riflesTank gunsMortarsAnti-aircraft gunsNaval gunsRocket-propelled
grenadesArtillery rocketsArtillery shellsGuided 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
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

SubmarinesShips and boatsAircraft and UAVs

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

SimulatorsRadars