sabah al-hir!

[rayhashemi]

im new as well gentlemans. i found this forum while looking up information about "sharaf-2: Iran's indigenous AH project", but i can't seem to find the thread here. i was looking for an article on the new ANSAT/Sharaf 2. its an israel helicopter.

[isr agent]

The only Sharaf/ Saraf i know is israel's AH-64D longbow:
http://www.iaf.org.il/sip_storage/files/9/25749.jpg
I dont think iran has any AH-64 apache's...

[isr agent]

Ahh yes its Saraf, a poisonous snake in israel.

[Highsky]

Nope Iran has not AH-64 but Cobra's as attack Helicopter .

[user0000]

@Isr Agent
ANSAT/Sharaf-2 is a joint Iranian-Ukrainian project.

@Hashemi
Welcome to the forum. :)

[user0000]

http://img368.imageshack.us/img368/5266/heli3jt.jpg

http://www.photoka.info/ansat-2rc/images/ansat_2rc_12.jpg

http://www.photoka.info/ansat-2rc/images/ansat_2rc_14.jpg

http://www.photoka.info/ansat-2rc/images/ansat_2rc_20.jpg

[rayhashemi]

merci.

appreciate your help. i did not know ukraine had joint contracts with persian defence. very interesting.

[isr agent]

@Isr Agent
ANSAT/Sharaf-2 is a joint Iranian-Ukrainian project.

@Hashemi
Welcome to the forum. :)
He said its an israel helicopter.
i thought he ment the israeli Saraf :confused:

[user0000]

@Isr Agent
LOL
I just noticed that, ahi.
I assume he made a mistake. :)

[isr agent]

I guess so because i never saw that chopper with IAF markings, anyway it reminds me of a cow :p

[tankerjones]

Very interesting whirlybird! You can definately see where they borrowed from both the HIND and the Cobra. I wonder why they chose to omit the nose gun though...

[user0000]

@TankerJones
Sir, if you have any info regarding this project, we would be most grateful if you shared. :)

[tankerjones]

Nothing more than what is availible on the internet :)

It is very interesting to me that they would pick that shape though. It seems odd to focus so much (as they obviously did) on making the helo skinny (thus reducing it's visible and hittable profile), but not on reducing it's side profile at all. note where the body fails to curve upwards at the start of the tail boom? What does everyone think that is? Fuel storage perhaps?

Also perplexing, the lack of nose gun. I can see they chose to mount optics in the nose, but certainly there would have been room for a weapons package as well. I shall investigate this further...

[tankerjones]

Oh yeah, welcome rayhashemi! Sorry for jacking your thread a bit.

[user0000]

Sorry for jacking your thread a bit.

LOL
No, it was me who did that, sir. :)

[rayhashemi]

no problemo guys. i am interested in all of your responses. i have a question maybe you can answer tankerjones.

on the forum about defence, sublevel army, sublevel tanks, there is a picture and information about the Chieftain.

i did not know iran had cheiftain tanks. i thought cheiftain was UK tank?

[tankerjones]

good catch :)

you are right, the chieftain is a UK vehicle, but has been exported to several countries that i know of. in iran it is known as the Shir (correct me if im wrong anyone, this is off the top of my head), Pakistan, where it is called the Khalid and even Iraq if memory serves. i know we saw a lot of burned out chieftain hulls all along the Iraqi-Iran border when we were patrolling over there. whether they were popped by US tanks or from the war I don't know.

everybody exports their arms these days :)

[user0000]

@TankerJones
Yes, sir. It is referred to as 'Shir,' meaning Lion.
Although, our upgraded Chieftains are called 'Mobarez,' apparently.

[tankerjones]

Interesting... Lion would be appropriate, the Chieftain I is a formidable tank, especially for it's era. Certainly was better than the US M-60 (in my opinion).

What was the upgrades done to the Mobarez? Additionally, what does Mobarez mean?

[user0000]

@TankerJones
Sir, 'Mobarez' means 'combatant' or 'champion.'
As for its specs, I have no idea. Sorry.