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'Notes on the Iranian Army' [20r] (39/70)
The record is made up of 1 volume (68 folios). It was created in 1940. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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25
CHAPTER IX.
Artillery.
The artillery of the Iranian Army is organised into 94 four-gun
batteries. The strength in personnel is 13,645 all ranks. Batteries
are equipped as follows :—
12 batteries equipped with Skoda 105 mm. guns (short).
18
„ „ 105 mm. guns (long).
39
,, Bofors 75 mm. mountain guns.
6 £ „
,, Schneider 75 mm. field guns.
*4 „
„ Schneider 75 mm. guns (1901 pattern).
2 „
„ Aboukoff 75 mm. field guns.
1
„ guns of British pattern.
14 „
„ Bofors 75 mm. A. A. guns.
*Horse artillery.
In addition 38 four-gun Skoda 105 mm. batteries are in the gun
parks of Tehran Arsenal awaiting equipment and horses and 50 four-
gun Bofors mountain batteries have been ordered and are ready in
Sweden for delivery to Iran.
The divisional artillery of each of the two divisions of the Tehran
garrison consists of three regiments each of six tour-gun batteries.
One regiment is equipped with Skoda 105 mm. short guns, one with
Skoda 105 mm. long guns and one with Bofors 75 mm. mountain guns.
Each regiment is organised into two groups containing a signal section
and a reconnaissance section. Each battery has a signal section of
8 other ranks.
The organisation of the artillery of the provincial divisions varies
but generally each division has a regiment of 3 mountain batteries and
1 field battery. It has been decided to organise an artillery brigade,
presumably of two regiments, for each of the provincial divisions.
It is doubtful if this increase will be possible before the arrival of the
200 75 mm. Bofors guns, and even then difficulty may be experienced
in providing horses and equipment. Six of the anti-aircraft batteries
form part of the mechanised brigade and three are included in the 6 th
Khuzistan division. Of the latter, one battery is in use, the remainder
are in store.
The guns of all mountain artillery batteries are carried on pack-
mules. The artillery of the mechanised brigade is drawn by Marmon
Harrington tractors. The remainder of the artillery is horse drawn.
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This volume was produced by the General Staff in India and was printed by the Government of India Press in Simla.
The purpose of the volume was to provide Government of India officials with useful information about the Iranian Army. The information is arranged into subject chapters, the headings of which are listed in the contents pages (folios 6-7), and include: historical background, military geography, personnel, administration, artillery and uniform. There are two appendices which detail Iranian coinage, weights and measures (folio 28), and a list of aerodromes and landing grounds in Iran (folios 29-31). The volume also includes two illustrative plates which contain images of the ranks of shoulder straps worn by different officers (folio 32) and aircraft markings (folio 33). There is an index to the volume on folio 34.
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- 1 volume (68 folios)
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The contents of this volume are arranged by subject.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 35; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
Pagination: the volume also contains an original printed pagination sequence.
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