77th Infantry Division of Khurasan explained

Unit Name:77th Infantry Division
Native Name:Persian: لشکر ۷۷ پیاده
Branch: Ground Forces of Islamic Republic of Iran Army
Type:Infantry
Role:Combined arms
Size:Division
Garrison:Mashhad, Razavi Khorasan Province
Nickname:"Lashkare Pirooz-e Samen-ol-A'emeh" (The Victorious Division of Samen-ol-A'emeh)
Equipment:M47 Patton
M48M Patton
BTR-50
T-72S[1]
Commander1:Governor-General Yaghob-Ali Nazari
Commander2:Second Brig. Gen. Ali Jahanshahi
Commander2 Label:Current commander
Notable Commanders:Ataollah Salehi
Battles:1979 Kurdish rebellion
Iran–Iraq War

77th "Pirooz-e Samen-ol-A'emeh" Infantry Division of Khorasan (Persian: لشکر پیاده ۷۷ پیروز ثامن‌الائمه خراسان) is an infantry division of the Ground Forces of Islamic Republic of Iran Army based in Mashhad, Razavi Khorasan Province.[2] It was formerly being called 77th Infantry Division of Khorasan and was renamed to "The Victor of Samen-ol-A'emeh" (Persian: پیروز ثامن‌الائمه Pirooz-e Samen-ol-A'emeh) later after the successful Operation Samen-ol-A'emeh during Iran–Iraq War, which was led by this division.

It was active during the Imperial Iranian regime during the 1970s.[3] During the Iran–Iraq War the division fought in the Operation Fath ol-Mobin (March 1982),[4] Operation Ramadan (July 1982),[5] Operation Badr (March 1985), and Operation Karbala-6 in early 1987. One of the most famous episodes of the unit, came on May 9, 1982, when 6000 troops of this division were transported from Mashhad to Khuzestan in a single night. This was possible as a result of using the Boeing 747 Iran possessed as a military transport aircraft, setting a new world record in the air transport history. [6]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Archived copy . 2016-06-18 . 2016-08-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160808125733/http://www.acig.info/CMS/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=63&Itemid=62 . dead .
  2. Web site: جایگاه ویژه لشکر 77 در سرکوب ضدانقلاب. Tasnim News Agency. 31 December 2015.
  3. Richard A. Gabriel, ed. (27 September 1983), Fighting Armies: Antagonists in the Middle East – A Combat Assessment, Greenwood Press,
  4. The Iran-Iraq War in the Air. T. Cooper, F.Bishop. 2003.
  5. Galen Wright, 77th Mechanized Infantry Division, The Arkenstone, Wednesday, December 28, 2011, drawing on the Air Combat Information Group and others.
  6. News: The Liberation of Khorramshahr May 24-25 1982 . Dr. Kaveh Farrokh .