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Sudan makes the Safir under license as the Karaba VTG01, which was publicly shown to visitors at the IDEX 2013 convention in the United Arab
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Safir has a modular build and has many models. These include:
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933:"The Oryx Handbook of Iranian Fighting Vehicles"
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758:"واحد مرکزی خبر | IRIB News"
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318:106 mm recoilless rifle (M40)
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18:Multipurpose military vehicle
499:Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba
309:A version equipped with 12
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824:Armament Research Services
348:A variant equipped with a
316:A version equipped with a
187:anti-tank missile launcher
37:A Safir on a parade, 2023.
504:Kata'ib Sayyid al-Shuhada
313:107 mm rocket tubes.
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54:Place of origin
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649:Recoilless rifle variant
487:Known to be used by the
422:: Made under license as
323:A model equipped with a
196:Nissan Z24 diesel engine
276:Fath Vehicle Industries
181:106 mm recoilless rifle
90:Fath Vehicle Industries
528:Saraya Ansar al-Aqeeda
341:A model equipped with
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788:www.offroadvehicle.ru
401:: Provided Safirs to
179:107 mm rockets, or a
1012:. 22 November 2015.
853:. 25 December 2007.
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697:Variant used by the
495:, captured vehicles.
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472:Known to be used by
460:Libyan National Army
100:2013-Present (Sudan)
964:on 15 February 2019
538:Saraya al-Khorasani
442:Syrian Armed Forces
440:: Seen in use with
98:2008-Present (Iran)
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633:ATGM variant with
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360:Radio wave emitter
345:anti-tank missiles
82:Production history
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798:12 January
706:References
212:Suspension
1041:Oryx Blog
937:Oryx Blog
768:15 August
482:Peshmerga
478:Badr Army
371:Operators
357:Ambulance
265:romanized
75:Operators
1113:Archived
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301:Variants
237:130 km/h
171:armament
111:Variants
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685:Safir 4
637:missile
635:Toophan
621:missile
557:Safir 1
544:Gallery
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325:Toophan
289:History
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260:سَفِيْر
248:Persian
185:Toophan
134:3.726 m
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150:1.88 m
147:Height
142:1.69 m
131:Length
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1138:Video
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456:Libya
438:Syria
420:Sudan
343:Tosan
336:Ra'ad
271:Safīr
244:Safir
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139:Width
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385:Iran
252:سفیر
175:12x
169:Main
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108:See
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