Iranian Army Order of Battle The following article lists three Orders of Battle for the Iranian Army at different periods . Note , that this is not the order of battle of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards but of the regular ground forces ( " Artesh " ) . The source is Globalsecurity . org for the first three lists , and http : / / thearkenstone . blogspot . co . nz / 2009 / 12 / identifying - units - of - iranian - armed . html for the final series of notes . Arkenstone assessment . According to the Iranian military blog site the Arkenstone , the Iranian Order of Battle is as follows : We know that the 2nd brigade of this division has the following composition : The division itself frequently conducts war games and exercises indicating a high level of training within the division . Luckily for us that mean that there are also lots of good images to analyze . The armour itself is composed of T - 72 tanks painted in a stripe brown pattern . The T - 72 ’ s used are probably T - 72S ’ s , rather than the lower quality T - 72M1 ’ s , but there is no way of confirming this as the Iranians have added ERA to both models . These tanks are supported by BMP - 2 ’ s painted in a similar manner as well as a very small number of BMP - 1 ’ s , though it is possible they have been completely phased out by now . . M60 tanks also appear to be deployed in this division , but when they are , they are deployed as second - line armour , usually only in the infantry support role rather than as armour . There are often static defensive positions along the border serving as fortified firing positions . Speaking of infantry , there appears to be a very large infantry portion of this division , likely due to the fact that there is not a dedicated infantry division located immediately adjacent to them . They wear US - style woodland BDU ' s and M1 helmets , normally without covers , though sometimes with netting and more recently , painted in camouflage , often garishly like , though not quite rivalling , the paint on the Tosan , Zulfiqar , and Safir . Individual weaponry includes both the AK - 47 and the G3 , though by far the latter is most common and is regulated by unit . Squad support weaponry is most likely the PKM , though not much information is available on it , it is most likely deployed at a lesser rate then to the . Recoilless rifles and 107 mm rockets are deployed fairly frequently ; often in conjunction with Jeeps . The infantry are occasionally supported with M113 and BTR APC ’ s , both with and without TOW ’ s . Overall quality of the equipment within the infantry support seems to be lower than of those within the dedicated infantry divisions , for instance , their rifles tend to be older models , their uniforms are second hand and they use older Jeep ’ s instead of the Safir . Artillery support within the division is provided the M109 , note , most likely not the Raad - 2 , also used are the towed M - 46 130 mm artillery piece and Grad or Arash 122 mm rockets . MANPAD ’ s such as the newer Misagh - 2 and older Misagh - 1 as well as zu - 23 - 2 ’ s , both towed and mounted on trucks , provide embedded anti - aircraft support , though there are dedicated air - defence battalions existing , utilizing , at minimum , the HAWK system . These are divided into three brigades , but it is unclear how it is divided further . This would mean that it would be an extremely light division , being only around 130 tanks total . Examining this further we only get two half - strength tank battalions . This is extremely weak for an entire division , but keep in mind that this units main enemy are poorly armed Sunni - rebels . The terrain also is extremely rugged , unsuitable for large armoured formations . Infantry support within the division is much like that in the 92nd , generic army infantry with woodland camouflage uniforms and G3 rifles , MG - 3s and RPGs . They armed with the G3 rifle and make frequent use of support arms such as mortars , short range rockets , RPG ' s , MANPADS , and recoilless rifles . They use the M1 steel helmet . They make use of the IRIN ’ s stock of hovercraft for amphibious assault operations as well as smaller Zodiac and Boghammer style boats . They also use naval UH - 1 ’ s and SH - 3 ’ s for helicopter . While on land they make use of motorbikes and small jeeps .