Donate ILLUSTRATIVE IMAGE Written by Colonel N. Turchin, Candidat of Military Sciences, Lieutenant-Colonel A. Volodin; Originally appeared at Foreign Military Review 2020 #6, translated by AlexD exclusively for SouthFront The ground forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) are one of the main branches of the armed forces of the country, which are organisationally part of the army and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp (IRGC), they have their own management system and are subordinate to the commanders of the army and IRGC. The Ground Forces of the Army (GFA) are designed to solve strategic, operational (operational-tactical) tasks in land theaters of military operations by conducting or participating in independent or joint (with other types of armed forces) air-ground defensive (offensive) operations on their territory, and if necessary, beyond its borders. The main tasks of the GFA: in peacetime: maintaining the necessary level of combat training of personnel, ensuring readiness for operational and mobilisation deployment; operational equipment of the country’s territory, creation of weapons stocks, military equipment and other material resources; participation in the elimination of the consequences of natural disasters; in the threat period: increasing the number of personnel, increasing the combat and mobilisation readiness of troops; completion of formations
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