❗️— Yesterday early morning, Iran’s Isfahan’s 44th and 55th artillery regiments of the regular Iranian army were reportedly heavily targeted.

This may have been intended to limit Iran’s ability to use artillery against any potential amphibious landings on its shores.

Iran’s regular army has a number of independent artillery regiments which are assigned to a regional operational command based on demand.

Targeting the artillery regiments can indicate that the US is planning to land troops either on islands or southern shores of Iran. Artillery can be a major threat to US troops. Most of these islands are very close to the Iranian mainland and can be shelled from the Iranian shores.

Kharg or Qeshm islands are less than 15 miles from the shore. Artillery shells can reach there in less than a minute. Both towed artillery or Grads might get used to shell these islands.

Historically, artillery has been an important pillar of the Iranian regular army. IRGC on the other hand puts more emphasis on asymmetric warfare including drones and missiles.

— via mehdiy_fa