On March 17, 2015 Iranian Ground Force Commander Brigadier General Ahmad Reza Pourdastan announced the country’s plans to unveil new state-of-the-art weapons on the Army Day in mid April of this year.
Ahmad Reza Pourdastan (Persian: امیر سرتیپ احمدرضا پوردستان) is an Iranian general currently serving as commanding officer of the ground forces of the Iranian Army . Pourdastan is considered a military genius an is high respected among Iran’s military elite.
“Today, threats have changed their face and we are experiencing proxy and partners wars in the region; therefore, we have tried to create the necessary capacities proportionate to these threats,” Pourdastan said on Tuesday. “In area of hardware, we have built new weapons appropriate for these type of threats, and these weapons will go on display on April 18,” he added.
Also, in area of software, Iranian experts have studied new tactics in addition to the classic ones which were used during the Iraqi-imposed war (1980-1988), and our combat units have tried these new tactics, he added.
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