Iranian Army Order of Battle
Encyclopedia
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).
(Taken from Globalsecurity.org
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Order of battle
In modern use, the order of battle is the identification, command structure, strength, and disposition of personnel, equipment, and units of an armed force participating in field operations. Various abbreviations are in use, including OOB, O/B, or OB, while ORBAT remains the most common in the...
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).
(Taken from Globalsecurity.org
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Army Order of Battle (Localities) | ||
| First Army Headquarters | Tehran | |
| Second Army Headquarters | Esfahan | |
| Third Army Headquarters | Shiraz | |
| 28th Mechanized Division | Kerman | |
| 84th Mechanized Division | Khorramabad | |
| 18th Armored Division | Tehran | |
| 81st Armored Division | Qazvin, Qasr-e Shirin region | |
| 88th Armored Division | Ahvaz | |
| 30th Infantry Division | Tehran | |
| 40th Infantry Division | Hamadan | |
| 58th Infantry Division | Ahvaz | |
| 64th Infantry Division | Bandar 'E Mah Shahr | |
| 77th Infantry Division | Tabriz | |
| 23rd Special Forces Division | Tehran | |
| 55th Parachute Division | Tehran | |
| 351st SSM Brigade | Tehran | |
| 75th Logistics Brigade | ||
Army Order of Battle, circa 1998 | ||
| Southern Operations Sector (Dezful) | Northern Operations Sector (Rezaiyeh) | Western Operations Sector (Kermanshah) |
| 81st/92nd? Armored Division | 28th Mechanized Infantry Division | 16th/18th? Armored Division |
| 45th Commando Brigade | 64th Infantry Division | 81st Armored Division |
| 40th Infantry Brigade | 84th Mechanized Infantry Division | |
| 25th Commando Brigade | 23rd Commando Division | |
| 11th Artillery Division | 35th Commando Brigade | |
| 58th Commando Brigade | ||
| 22nd Artillery Division | ||
| 23rd Artillery Division | ||
| 44th Artillery Division | ||
| 55th Artillery Division | ||
| 411th Engineer Division | ||
| Eastern Operations Sector (Birjand) | Airmobile Forces Group | |
| 88th Armored Division | 29th Commando Division (Airmobile) | |
| 30th Infantry Division | 55th Airborne Division | |
| 77th Infantry Division | ||
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Imperial Army Order of Battle, circa 1970s | ||
| 16th Armored Division | Ghazvin | |
| 81st Armored Division | Kermanshah | |
| 92nd Armored Division 92nd Armored Division The 92nd Armored Division is an armored division of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army, first formed during the reign of the Shah.In September 1980, among the units garrisoned along the Iraqi border, the IRIA had the 92nd Armored "Khuzestan" Division, with three armored brigades equipped with... | Khuzestan | |
| 88th Armored Division | Sistan | |
| 1st Infantry Imperial Guard Division | E. Azarbaijan | (21st Infantry Div. after the Revolution) |
| 2nd Imperial Guard Division | E. Azarbaijan | (21st Infantry Div. after the Revolution) |
| 28th Infantry Division | Kurdestan | |
| 30th Infantry Division | Golestan | |
| 64th Infantry Division | W. Azarbaijan | |
| 77th Infantry Division | Khorasan | |
| 84th Infantry Division | Lorestan | |
| 55th Airborne Brigade | Fars | (Division during the war with Iraq) |
| 56th Airborne Brigade | Tehran | (Division during the war with Iraq) |
| 23rd Airborne Division (NOHED) | Tehran | |
| 37th Armored Brigade | Fars | |
| 11th Artillery Group | E.Azarbaijan | |
| 22nd Artillery Group | ||
| 33rd Artillery Group | Tehran | |
| 44th Artillery Group | ||
| 55th Artillery Group | ||
| 99th Air Defence Group | ||
| 4 Hawk missiles Battalions | ||
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