# Libya forces spotted using Iranian made Ghods Mohajer drone

- Link: https://www.military.africa/2017/10/libya-forces-spotted-using-iranian-made-ghods-mohajer-drone/
- Published: 2017-10-19T10:03:00+01:00
- Author: Ekene Lionel

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Images released by _**Maghreb Confidentiel **_an online news media indicates that
the Libyan National Army (LNA) has acquired the Iranian made Ghods Mohajer-2 UAV.
The pictures was taken in an unidentified military base in Libya.

Three countries operate this type of drone: Iran,  Venezuela and Sudan so the most
likely source would be either Iran or Sudan. The Sudanese military operated a large
fleet of UAVs mostly from Iran the Mohajer-2 has been in its service since 2008 
more than nine years ago.

The Mohajer-2 usually referred to as the M-2 was showcased at the International 
Iran Kish airshowin Iran on November 2014. It means ‘Migrant’ in English. Mostly
used for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR)  artillery spotting
and can also be used for Search and Rescue (SAR) operations.

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 |  A Mohajer-2 in flight |

It features a roundish cylindrical fuselage, twin-boom tails, and straight wings.
Its flight controls surface are: elevator on the horizontal stabilizer, rudders 
on the vertical stabilizers, and ailerons on the wings. It utilized skids instead
if landing gear being propelled by either a pneumatic or rocket assisted launch 
and recovered by parachute.
 The Mohajer-2 is powered by the 26 hp WAE-342 twin-
cylinder piston engine fitted with a pusher propeller.

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It is a combat capable UAV however, slight structural modifications has to be made
to the wing to enable it mount munitions.

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During the Iran-Iraq war, the Iranian technicians would fit the drone with two 6-
rounds RPG-7s making the Mohajer the first combat UCAV in history.

The newer updated M2N range was increased by 200% while the endurance was increased
by 400%.

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 |  A graphic design of the Mohajer-2 |

#### Ghods Mohajer / Mersad (Migrant) Technical Specifications

**M2 variant**

Service Year: 1981
 Length: 2.91 m Wingspan: 3.8 m Weight, Empty: 70 kg Weight: 
Payload: 15 kg Weight, MTOW: 85 kg Speed, Max: 200 km/h Ceiling: 3,350 m (11,000
ft) Range: 50 km Endurance: 1.5 hours Powerplant: 25 hp L-275

**M2N variant **
 Length: 2.90 m Wingspan: 3.82 m Weight, MTOW: 90 kg Speed, Max:
180 km/h Range: 150 km Endurance: 6 hours **  Global Operators / Customers Hezbollah;
Iran; Sudan; Syria; Venezuela

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