Toophan

Toophan
Different Toophan variants excluding Qa'em.
Type	Anti-tank missile
Place of origin	Iran
Service history
Used by	Iran  Syria  Iraq Hezbollah
Wars	2006 Lebanon War Syrian Civil War
Specifications
Length	1.16 m (probe folded) 1.45 m (probe extended)
Diameter	0.152 m
Warhead weight	3.6 kg
Wingspan	0.46 m
Operational range	3,850 m
Speed	310 m/s
Guidance system	Wire-guidance. Laser guidance for later variants

 Iran
 Syria
 Iraq

1.16 m (probe folded)

Toophan (Persian: موشک طوفان‎‎, meaning "Typhoon" in Persian) is a series of Iranian anti-tank missiles. Toophan 1 is a reverse-engineered copy of the US military BGM-71 TOW missile. The Toophan-1's payload is a 3.6 kg high-explosive anti-tank warhead that can penetrate up to 550mm of steel armor. The range is 3,850m, the top speed 310 m/s. The manufacturer is the Aerospace Industries Organization of Iran, which has produced the missile since 2000. Several other variants are also built with more penetration power.

Iran was among the earliest countries to import the TOW missile, as far back as 1971. Extensive repair and assembly facilities were set up at the Iran Electronics Industries (IEI) by the Texas-based Emerson Energy Systems, as well as Hughes Missile Systems, to repair TOW and FGM-77A Dragon missiles.

In May 1975, negotiations between Iran and Hughes Missile Systems on co-production of TOW and AGM-65 Maverick missiles stalled over disagreements in the pricing structure. Hughes set the royalty and initial investment costs for Iran at $20 million for the TOW and $25 million for the Maverick. The subsequent Iranian Revolution in 1979 ended all plans for such co-production.