TEHRAN – An Iranian Army commander said Monday the Ground Force’s Airborne Division has attained self-sufficiency in producing automatic parachutes.
According to the commander of the Ground Force Airborne Division’s 55th Brigade, the Iranian forces have become fully self-sufficient in manufacturing static line-deployed parachutes used by paratroopers and skydivers. Colonel Jaber Abad Zardashti said 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.