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 Patton
M48M Patton
BTR-50
T-72S[1]
Engagements1979 Kurdish rebellion
Iran–Iraq War
Commanders
Commander in ChiefGovernor-General Yaghob-Ali Nazari
Current commanderSecond Brig. Gen. Ali Jahanshahi
Notable
commanders		Ataollah Salehi

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" (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),[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 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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References

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-08-08. Retrieved 2016-06-18.((cite web)): CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  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. ^ a b 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. ^ "The Liberation of Khorramshahr May 24-25 1982". Dr. Kaveh Farrokh.


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