Islam Times - Iranian Army Self-sufficient in Making Military Parachutes, Commander Says

Islam Times - Commander of the Iranian Army Ground Force Airborne Division’s 55th Brigade, Colonel Jaber Abad Zardashti, said the force’s division has attained self-sufficiency in producing automatic parachutes.

The Iranian forces have become fully self-sufficient in manufacturing static line-deployed parachutes used by paratroopers and skydivers, he said.

Colonel Zardashti added that the design and production of automatic parachutes, used by the armed forces for airborne operations and in skydiving, are carried out by the 55th Brigade forces from A to Z.

The homegrown automatic parachutes are comparable in quality with the best foreign products and even outdo many foreign parachutes in several aspects, he noted.

The Iranian Army Ground Force’s Airborne Division mass-produced T-10 static line-deployed parachutes and has also begun to produce cubic-shaped T-11 parachutes, the commander added.

Iranian military experts and technicians have in recent years made great headways in manufacturing a broad range of indigenous equipment, making the armed forces self-sufficient in the arms sphere.