Cobra BMT-2

The Iranian Cobra or BMT-2 armored personnel carrier appears to be an indigenous design armed with a 30 mm gun or the ZU-23-2 anti-aircraft gun, a light automatic weapons system that Iran has been manufacturing for some years. Like the Zulfiqar main battle tank, the Cobra had been undergoing field trials in Iranian military exercises since May 1996. In late July 1997 Iranian President Hashemi Rafsanjani of Iran formally inaugurated a production line for the domestically manufactured Zulfiqar main battle tanks and Boragh tracked armoured personnel carriers. The facility would also produce the BMT-2 personnel carrier identified.