"ملاحظات عن الجيش الإيراني" [ظ‎‎١‎٦] (٧٠/٣٢)

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CHAPTER VL
Infantry.
1. General Organisation and Strength.
(a) General Organisation .—The infantry of the Iranian Army con
sisted until recently of 40 regiments. The infantry of a division consists
normally of 4 infantry regiments. The infantry units of the Central
Garrison (I and II Divisions) are regarded as corps d’elite.
(b) Strength .—The strengths of egiments (Hang-i-Piyade) in peace
vary greatly according to their location and also to the time of year.
The average strength is about 1,600 The establishment strength is :—
officers 68 , other ranks 2,070. Its „ rmament consists of:—
Machine guns .. .. .. .. 18
Light automatics .. .. .. .. 54
Mortars .. • • • • • • • • 6
Anti-tank and close support guns .. .. 6
Note. —The regiments of the I and II divisions of the Central Garrison
have 27 machine guns and 81 light automatics.
An infantry regiment (Hang-i-piyade) consists of:—
Headquarters.
Headquarters Company.
Signal and close support Company.
Three battalions (Gurdan).
The Headquarter company consists of:—
Pioneers.
Artificers.
Clerks.
Stretcher bearers, etc.
The Signal and close support Company consists oi :—
One signal platoon.
One anti-tank platoon of 6 guns—37 mm. (1-45 in.).
One mortar platoon of three sections each of 2 mortars—Stokes
Brandt 81 mm. (3-21 in.)
A battalion (gurdan) consists of:—
Headquarters section.
Machine gun company (headquarters and three platoons). Each
platoon is armed with 2 (BRNO) machine guns.