77th Infantry Division of Khurasan
77th Infantry Division | |
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لشکر ۷۷ پیاده | |
Country | Iran |
Branch | Ground Forces of Islamic Republic of Iran Army |
Type | Infantry |
Role | Combined arms |
Size | Division |
Garrison/HQ | Mashhad, Razavi Khorasan Province |
Nickname(s) | "Pirooz-e Samen-ol-A'emeh" (The Victor of Samen-ol-A'emeh) |
Equipment |
M47 Pattons BTR-50s[1] |
Engagements |
1979 Kurdish rebellion Iran–Iraq War |
Commanders | |
Current commander | Second Brig. Gen. Ali Jahanshahi |
Notable commanders | Ataollah Salehi |
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.
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.
References
- ↑ http://www.acig.info/CMS/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=63&Itemid=62
- ↑ "جایگاه ویژه لشکر 77 در سرکوب ضدانقلاب". Tasnim News Agency. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
- ↑ 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
- 1 2 The Iran-Iraq War in the Air. T. Cooper, F.Bishop. 2003.
- ↑ Galen Wright, 77th Mechanized Infantry Division, The Arkenstone, Wednesday, December 28, 2011, drawing on the Air Combat Information Group and others.