page_title: Boragh
section_title: Iran
hierarchical_section_title: Boragh / Variants / Iran
caption_attribution_description: English: Boragh, Irani APC
context_page_description: Boragh or Boraq is an Iranian-made armoured personnel carrier. Boragh is believed to be a reverse engineered and upgraded model of the Chinese Type 86. The upgrades include a reduction in weight, a higher road speed, and stronger armor. The vehicle is fully amphibious and is fitted with an NBC protection system and infra-red night vision equipment.
  It was reported in May 2002 that three additional variants are produced by the Vehicle and Equipment Group of the Iranian Defence Industries Organisation. These are a 120 mm mortar carrier, an ammunition resupply vehicle, and an armoured personnel carrier fitted with improved armaments.
context_section_description: Boragh – Reverse engineered BMP-1 or Type 86 (WZ-501) converted into an APC. It is very similar to Chinese WZ-503 APC. It has V-8 turbocharged diesel engine which delivers 330 hp (246 kW). It also has road wheels from the US M113 APC. Combat weight was reduced to 13 tonnes. The other upgrades include a higher road speed and stronger armor. Number of passengers was increased from 8 to 12. The 12.7 mm DShK 1938/46 heavy machine gun (1,000 rounds) serves as a main weapon of the vehicle.
  Boragh APC with a shield around DShK 1938/46 heavy machine gun mount.
  Boragh converted into an IFV. The armament is mounted in a turret. The primary armament consists of the 2A42 30 mm autocannon stabilized in both planes with a double-belt feed. The secondary armament consists of the PKT 7.62 mm tank machine gun, mounted coaxially with the gun. The vehicle is also armed with a mount for an anti-tank guided missile system. Some were also fitted with the complete turret of the BMP-1, armed with a 73mm smoothbore gun.
  Boragh armed with 120 mm mortar.
  Boragh with 1-man turret armed with the Toophan ATGM system.
  Raad-1 (Thunder-1) – Boragh converted into a self-propelled howitzer fitted with a turret from the 2S1 Gvozdika.
  Raad-2 (Thunder-2) – Boragh converted into a self-propelled howitzer fitted with a turret that has a similar layout to the M109A1 155mm/39-cal self-propelled howitzer fitted with 155 mm HM44 howitzer manufactured by the Hadid facility of the Iranian Defence Industries Organisation. The gun looks exactly like 155mm/39-cal M185 gun from M109A1 and is fitted with a double baffle muzzle brake, fume extractor, screw breech mechanism, hydro-pneumatic recuperator and a hydraulic recoil brake.
  Cobra – Concept vehicle for the Boragh armed with 23 mm anti-aircraft gun for use as a fire support vehicle.
  Boragh converted into an ammunition resupply vehicle.
caption: Different versions of Boragh from the top-left: APC, Anti-air threats, Mortar-carrier and Anti-tank
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