77th Infantry Division of Khurasan

77th "Pirooz-e Samen-ol-A'emeh" Infantry Division of Khorasan (Persian: لشگر 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" (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.

77th Infantry Division
لشکر ۷۷ پیاده
Country Iran
Branch Ground Forces of Islamic Republic of Iran Army
TypeInfantry
RoleCombined arms
SizeDivision
Garrison/HQMashhad, Razavi Khorasan Province
Nickname(s)"Lashkare Pirooz-e Samen-ol-A'emeh" (The Victorious Division of Samen-ol-A'emeh)
EquipmentM47 Pattons
M48 Pattons
BTR-50s[1]
Engagements1979 Kurdish rebellion
Iran–Iraq War
Commanders
Current
commander		Second Brig. Gen. Ali Jahanshahi
Notable
commanders		Ataollah Salehi

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),[4] 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 where 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]

References
  1. http://www.acig.info/CMS/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=63&Itemid=62
  2. "جایگاه ویژه لشکر 77 در سرکوب ضدانقلاب". Tasnim News Agency. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
  3. Richard A. Gabriel, ed. (27 September 1983), Fighting Armies: Antagonists in the Middle East – A Combat Assessment, Greenwood Press, ISBN 978-0-313-23904-5
  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. https://kavehfarrokh.com/military-history-1900-present/the-liberation-of-khorramshahr-may-24-25-1981/


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