- (IsraelNN.com) Iran has begun to produce heavy machine-guns
with armor-piercing bullets, Iranian state television reported today. Iranian
Defence Minister Ali Shamkhani said the 12.7-millimeter gun has a range
of 2.5 kilometers and is suitable for snipers.
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- "The United States had protested to a European country
about selling the gun [to Iran], while we have already produced it,"
Shamkhani said. "Today the first consignment of the weapon was delivered.
Now our snipers can target the enemy in their armored personnel carriers
and concrete bunkers."
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- The gun weighs 35 pounds and can be mounted on a vehicle.
There is widespread concern that the guns will reach the hands of Hizbullah
and other terror groups.
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- Iran also produces the Shihab-3 missile, capable of reaching
Israel, its own brand of tanks, armored personnel carriers, missiles and
even a fighter plane.
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