330mm Fadjr 5

The Fajr-5 is an Iranian 333 mm long-range multiple launch rocket system (MLRS). The Fajr-5 was developed during the 1990s and has since been exported to various armed actors in the Middle East. The Fajr-5 launcher fires four 6.48 meter long, 333 millimeter-calibre Fajr-5 artillery rockets, with a range of 75 kilometers (50 mi), weighing 915 kilograms each and carrying 175-kg fragmentation warheads with 90 kg of high explosive (HE). Most Fajr-5 rockets are unguided; in 2017 Iran introduced a variant, the Fajr-5C, which adds GPS guidance. The Fajr-5 is primarily used by the Iranian Army Ground Force to attack large, fixed, high-value targets, like airfields and military bases. In addition, the system is also used by militant groups to target Israel. Finally, the system has a niche role in use by the IRGC-N as an unguided anti-ship rocket system for the Persian Gulf.

Developed during the early 1990s by Iran's Aerospace Industries Organization with technical assistance from North Korea, the Fadjr-5 entered service in the late 1990s to provide a long-range tactical strike capability. The system has been extensively exported to regional state and non-state actors, seeing its first major combat deployment with Hezbollah during the 2006 Lebanon War and later being utilized by Palestinian groups in Gaza. It has also been deployed in the Syrian Civil War and by paramilitary forces in Iraq. Today, the Fadjr-5 remains a cornerstone of Iran's rocket artillery inventory, with newer guided variants like the Fajr-5C extending its operational relevance.