NICOSIA [MENL] -- Iran reports the deployment of new armored and
electronic warfare systems during a recent exercise.The indigenous systems were displayed during an exercise last month in
central Iran meant to improve the military's mobile and rapid response
capability. The exercise also aimed to bolster the military's presence along
Iran's western border with Iraq and southern border along the Persian Gulf.Iranian officials said the army displayed the BPR-82 armored personnel
carrier during a ground force exercise in Qom. The official Iranian news
agency, IRNA, provided few details of the BPR-82. It said the mobile
artillery unit was produced by Iran's Ground Force defense industries and is
meant to protect and provide firepower support for infantry troops.The BPR-82 was said to have fired artillery shells toward mock enemy
troops. Officials said the firepower from the APC helped slowed the advance
of enemy forces.
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