77th Infantry Division of Khurasan

77th Infantry Division
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)	"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]
Engagements	1979 Kurdish rebellion Iran–Iraq War
Commanders
Commander in Chief	Governor-General Yaghob-Ali Nazari
Current commander	Second Brig. Gen. Ali Jahanshahi
Notable commanders	Ataollah Salehi

Military unit

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]

References

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

Islamic Republic of Iran Army Ground Forces

Operational headquarters

Northwest
Northeast
West
Southwest
South

Logistic headquarters

Abyek Main
Kermanshah District 1
Shiraz District 2
Tehran District 3
Maraqeh District 4
Mashhad District 5
Dezfoul District 6

Army training centres

Imam Ali Officers' Academy

Recruit	01 Tehran 02 Parandak 03 Ajabshir 04 Birjand 05 Kerman 06 Tehran 07 Kazeroun 08 Khash
Advanced	Tehran Logistic Shiraz Infantry Shiraz Armored Tehran Communications Borujerd Combat Engineering Tehran Dispensary Lashkarak Takavar

Aviation headquarters

Isfahan Training Centre
Kermanshah 1st Combat Base
Masjed Soleiman 2nd Combat Base
Kerman 3rd Combat Base
Isfahan 4th Combat and Logistics Base
Qaleh Morghi Logistics Base
Havanirooz Mashhad Base
Havanirooz Tabriz Base

Army structure

Divisions

Infantry	21 Azerbaijan 28 Kurdistan 30 Gorgan 64 Urmia 77 Khurasan 84 Khorramabad
Armored	16 Qazvin 81 Kermanshah 88 Zahedan 92 Ahvaz
Takavar	23 Parandak 58 Shahroud

Separate
brigades

Infantry	40 Sarab 41 Qushchi
Mechanized	71 Ilam 72 Dokouheh
Armored	36 Mianeh 37 Siyakh Darengun 38 Torbat Jam
Takavar	25 Pasveh 35 Kermanshah 45 Shushtar 55 Shiraz 65 Tehran