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Originally Posted by Bad Karma
- I believe it was a diesel Sub. After the fall of the Soviet Union, Russia began selling a lot of their arms. A lot of other countries bought your weapons, Iran is probably one of the bigger ones. One of the bosses at Chrysler bought a Mig-17 and jets around Detroit with it, several other American bought them You could even get a Mig-29 if you wanted to pay
32M (USD) for it.
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My friend, you are not completely right:
First: the most part of the Soviet weapon has been sold by the former countries of the Warsaw Contract and former republics USSR. For example Mig-29 have been bought from the former GDR, Mig-17 was on sale Ukraine, etc.
Secondly: At Iran it is so much weapon from the USSR, how many the western and Chinese weapon.
Artillery:
BM-21 Grad - 64 units
M101 - 700 units
M107 - 200 units
9M133 Konkurs - 130 units
Tow-1 - 100 units
Armoured cars:
M113 - 300 units
BТР-152 - 320 units (Possibly Chinese)
BTR-60 - 300 units
BMP--1/2 - 500 units
FV101 Scorpion - 150 units
Ferret Mk 1/1 - 20 units
Fox - 20 units
EE-9 CASCAVEL - 40 units
Tanks
Chieftain - 300 units
M48 - 100 units
M60A1 - 50 units
Type 59 - 220 units
Type 69 - 200 units
Т-55 - 110 units
Т-62 - 200 units
Т-72 - 250 units
Similar you again listen to the government. You have armed Iran also as have armed Talibs. Now you speak that it was made by us!
That we to it have sold the only thing recently, it is air defence Tor-M1 (about 30 units). But this defensive weapon which cannot be used for an attack.