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Iran Starts Production of Anti-Cruise Artillery

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran on Sunday started mass-production of a home-made 40mm anti-cruise cannon named Fath with a range of 12 km and firing speed of 300 bullets per minute.


"This weapon is classified as an anti-aircraft artillery for low altitudes and is used on gun boats," Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Mostafa Mohammad Najjar announced on the sidelines of a ceremony to inaugurate the production line of the Fath Cannons on Sunday.

Najjar reiterated that the weapon is produced completely domestically and according to the needs of the Iranian Navy.

He also referred to the production of different surface and subsurface vessels, and said high-speed boats, missile-launching and PT boats and torpedo boats, different ships, hovercrafts, landing crafts with different weights, different classes of submarines and munitions, weapons and electronic and telecommunication equipment and installations to be installed on these vessels, are already produced by Iranian specialists.
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