| Shahin | |
| Type: | Rocket artillery[1] [2] [3] |
| Origin: | Iran |
| Is Vehicle: | yes |
| Is Missile: | yes |
| Mass: | Shahin-1:384 kg Shahin-2:530 kg |
| Length: | Shahin-1:2.9 m Shahin-2:3.9 m |
| Diameter: | 333 mm |
| Payload Capacity: | 190 kg HE-frag |
| Vehicle Range: | Shahin-1:13 km Shahin-2:20 km |
| Speed: | Shahin-1:450 m/s max Shahin-2:660 m/s max |
| Guidance: | Unguided, ballistic flight |
| Propellant: | solid propelled |
| Launch Platform: | unarmored rail launcher |
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The Shahin-1 and Shahin-2 are Iranian road-mobile truck mounted short-range fin-stabilized unguided 333 mm Artillery rockets.[3] It was designed to be a cost-effective unguided rocket to destroy enemy troop concentrations, installations and fortifications at medium ranges.[2] [3] The rocket has been replaced in production by more capable artillery rockets however it is still in active uses.[3]
In general both rockets are steel body unguided 333 mm 190 kg explosive fin stabilized rockets having seven nozzles with limited accuracy and assembling times of several minutes.[3] They both are launched from unarmoured triple rail launchers.[3]
It is an unguided 2.9 m long 384 kg 190 kg high explosive 333 mm rocket with a range of 13 km.[3] The rocket had forest green colour with two green, one red and one white stripe, its nose is itself painted white and red.[2]
It is an unguided 3.9 m long 530 kg 190 kg high explosive 333 mm rocket with a range of 20 km.[3] It had a white painted body with two sets of green, white, and red stripes; on its warhead, it had red fins.[2] It can also be used as an air-to-surface missile.[2]
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