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192. Ihere is still a serious shortage of officers on the active list. In the
artillery arm the deficiency is about 40 per cent, and in the infantry 15 to
20 per cent.
Organisation.
193. The only major change this year is the abolition of the cavalry
divisions and the attachment of its four regiments equally to the 1st and 2nd
‘ Infantry Divisions.
194. The Iranian army now consists of nine divisions and six independent
composite brigades, distributed as under
1st Division : Tehran.
2nd „ : Tehran.
3rd „ : Western Azerbaijan.
4th „ : Eastern Azerbaijan.
5th ,, : Senneh.
6th ,, : Khuzistan.
7th „ : Ears.
8th „ : Mekran.
9th „ : Khorasan.
Independent Composite Brigade : Gilan.
„ „ „ : Mazanderan.
,, „ „ : Gurgan (Asterabad).
„ „ „ : Kermanshah.
„ ,, „ : Isfahan.
„ „ : Kerman.
195. An interesting innovation is the creation firstly of a Council of
National Defence with His Imperial Majesty as president, all Cabinet
Ministers and the Chief of the General Staff as members and secondly, an Army
Council with the War Minister as president, the Under-Secretary of War, the
Chief of the General Staff, the Air Officer Commanding and six other General
Officers as members.
A rmaments.
196. Rifles.\ —The army has been completely rearmed with the Brno
(Czecho-Slovak) 7-9 mm. (• 310-in.) rifle. Reserve stocks of this pattern rifle
delivered, and on order, amount to 400,000. This is extraordinary.
197. Mortars. —Units of the 1st and 2nd Divisions (Tehran Garrison) have
been issued with 80 Stokes-Brandt mortars, 81 mm. (3-Sl-in.). This mortar is
a close support weapon and fires a 7-lb. shell to a maximum range of 3,300 yards.
198. A rtillery. —Anti-aircraft guns in use and on order are the latest type
of Bofors 75-mm. (2-95-in.). All obsolete field and mountain guns are gradually
being replaced by Skodas 105-mm. and Bofors 75-mm. mountain guns.
199. Anti-tank guns (Skodas) have been supplied to infantry regiments
of the 1st and 2nd Divisions at four guns per regiment.
Higher Command and Appointments.
200. Sartip (Brigadier) Ahmed Nakhchevan, an air force officer on the
active list, continues to act as Minister of War.
201. Sar Lashgar (Major-General) Azizullah Zarghami remains Acting
Chief of the General Staff.
Reviews and Parades.
202. The annual military review held on the anniversary of the coup d’Rtat
took place on the Jalalieh parade ground on the 22nd February. Including
civilian elements (boy scouts, girl guides and cadets of the military schools),
approximately 30,000 were on parade. Sixty-five aeroplanes flew past in
formation. Fifty light and fifty medium tanks were also driven past in review.
The parade was similar to that of last year, but showed improvement in drill
and turn-out.