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Russia, Switzerland Weapons and Military Equipment

Browse 1 weapon system built or assembled in Russia, Switzerland, including air defense, with images, specifications, source notes, and conflict records.

1 weapon systems
1Catalog records
1Equipment categories
3Leading builders shown
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Category Mix

Air Defense1

Builder Links

Iranian defense industry1KBP Instrument Design Bureau1Oerlikon Contraves1

Conflict Coverage

1980 Iran-Iraq War12020 United States-Iran Conflict1

Category

Air Defense

Systems that contest aircraft, missiles, helicopters, and drones.

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Iranian anti-aircraft artillery, Gun-based short-range air defense artillery, Air Defense2020 United States-Iran Conflict, 1980 Iran-Iraq WarIranian anti-aircraft artilleryGun-based short-range air defense artilleryBuilt by: Iranian defense industry / KBP Instrument Design Bureau / Oerlikon ContravesIranian anti-aircraft artillery is an aggregate category for gun-based air-defense systems in Iranian service, including ZU-23-2 and Mesbah 23 mm weapons, Oerlikon-derived 35 mm Samavat guns, and older heavy-caliber systems. The record is most directly documented in the 1988 Tanker War phase of the 1980 Iran-Iraq War, where a Sassan platform 23 mm gun mount engaged U.S. forces, and in the 2020 United States-Iran Conflict, where ZU-23-2-type guns appeared as low-altitude point-defense threats and strike targets.