The Epic of Khorramshahr - Iran '82 

You know it's old footage when you don't see a single AK but a lot of G-3s

Poison gas ✅ Trenches. ✅ Largely useless war ✅ Mostly Unchanging frontlines ✅ Continuous conflict spanning years✅ Supposed to be a 5 minute adventure ✅ Reminds me of something

The armourer was like: "A helmet and a G3 is enough to win the war"

For those commenting on the poorly trained nature of the Iranian soldiers, this war took place immediately in the wake of the '79 revolution that overthrew the Shah. The vast majority of the higher level military leadership was driven into exile or killed during the aftermath of the revolution. Basically this meant that the military of Iran ended consisting of large numbers of poorly trained conscripts and volunteers. Definitely an interesting shift considering that before the revolution the Iranian armed forces were some of the most advanced in the region. Hope some of y'all find this interesting, خدا حافظ.

I left my pregnant wife in car to watch this as soon as I saw notification she can drive herself to hospital.

This war was basically WW1 but with RPGs, Helicopters, and jet planes.

The iran-iraq war is such an interesting conflict that often gets overlooked, in some aspects its like ww1 with the trenches, chemical weapons, human wave attacks and the heavy use of artillery but at the same time its set in the middle east, and theres modern weaponry and vehicles such as T-62s, T-72s, Chieftains, fighter jets and helicopters such as the mig-25, the f-4, f-14 tomcat, mi-24 hind and ah-1 There were also Tu-16 and Tu-22 bombers dropping 9000kg bombs, scud missiles, amphibious commandos and even modern naval warfare(the tanker war)

If there's one constant in life it is that someone, somewhere, has an MG-42 in their hands.

Amazing. An entire video and I only saw one soldier using the sights on his rifle.

Thank you for this video. My father and his family were in Khorramshahr when the invasion happened; grandfather did not make it out. You hear about the combat heroes all the time, as we should, but to be a civilian during this WWI-esque battle... Well that's nothing short of terrifying beyond imagination. I can't even begin to dream about what they had to do to survive in that warzone. What happened in the City of Blood is nothing short of a testament to the will of the Iranian people at that time. No proper support from their own government because they purged anyone who was qualified to defend the country, and with no cavalry coming, the civilians and the soldiers already posted there managed to hold back the Iraqis again and again with minimal training and equipment. Even though it was the first battle of the war, I don't think it's that hyperbolic to say that it was the reason why the war failed for Saddam. And yet this battle, and the war itself, is completely forgotten by or unknown to the world at large. I've been searching high and low for documentaries, resources, and general acknowledgment on this since forever. So again, thank you.

Population of a city being at 0 is a chilling thought.

The Iran-Iraq war is one of the most under-looked military conflicts during the 1980's, followed by Israel's first Lebanon war, South Africa's border war, and the Sino-Vietnamese war, all four of which were overshadowed by the Soviet-Afghan war, the US invasions of Grenada and Panama, the Falklands war and Troubles in Northern Ireland.

Unbelievable how badly trained these lads were.

my father was enlisted in the army exactly at 1982, he thanks god every day he wasn't on the ugly front lines. he was a good engineer he was assigned to be an engineer in the palaces of Saddam Hussein. he always tells me that out of fear from Saddam he used to sleep every night drunk out of his mind just to forget the fear. God bless our nation. and God help the Iranians.

One of the greatest urban battles in history

If my dad hadn't come to the U.S to study, he would've fought in this war. I know several men who fought in this war and they said it was brutal. God bless these brave men.

Authors of these edits seemingly have an endless supply of no-name banger songs just laying around

The Stalingrad of the Iran Iraq war. broke the Iraqi army.

Man, I’ve never seen so much G3’s in one video! Some incredible combat footage I must say!

The Epic of Khorramshahr is epic indeed

God bless the brave men who gave their lives to defend Iran 🇮🇷 🙌

For those who are saying the poor quality of training for iranians, just look up the H3 air strike on Iraq. It was unbelievable. The best air raid in history of aerial warfare.

I have a Nepalese friend who has told me about what it was like living in Nepal during the Nepalese Civil War. It would be worth a video. It was a very dark time...

This raises more fighting spirit than some recruitment ads

A reminder to those who bit&$ about poorly trained soldiers of iran and the use of child soldiers: As wrong as they are, take some time to realize how great of a sacrifice these men made. Which one is harder to do and more praisable? To go and fight as a highly trained soldier of army or as an 18 years old boy who leaves his family, gets minimum equipment and training, and fights in the frontlines. Show some respect to men who stopped bullets with their hearts and tanks with their hands! Iraqis had everything world had to offer

Another Majorsamm masterpiece for a conflict long far away and mostly forgotten. Thank you samm keep well brother.

Im persian armenian, my two uncles served in iran-iraq war, thanks for sharing brother, much respect.

This song is so ominous. Fits the footage like a glove. As always the good Major knows his tunes!

Thanks for covering a part of my country's recent history. As always high quality👌 Thanks again.

You should really do one about the Great Toyota war were Chad beat the much more advanced Libyan army with pick up trucks with a K/D of 1 to 7,5

Iranians are tough for handling the G3 in full auto, I can imagine that’s a wild ride

Amazing you always do a phenomenal job on these historical events 👌🏼 💪🏼💪🏼

Such an interesting selection of weapons and vehicles from this war, like the MG3 seen in this video, which is the most out of place gun I think I have ever seen in one of these videos.

the chad at 2:24 carrying the ammo belt to support his buddy

Great video as always! 👍

Iran-Iraq War is one of the more interesting and forgotten conflicts of the Cold War. One of the last large scale conventional wars, really until recent events early this year.

The platforms best creator does it yet again. Keep up the good work samm!

Those G3 battle rifle looks badass

Nice to have you back!

That's another song for the playlist. Banger vid as always, Major

Gotta love the full auto hip firing.

Would you ever consider a video on the oka crisis where a tribe of mohawk fought land developers to protect there ancestors burial grounds

Most Excellent video. Thanks for posting

For anyone out there who wants a first hand account of some of the Iranian Basiji Soldiers at this time (filtered through the IRCG propaganda screens of course), and who happens to speak Persian, there's a series that famous inside Iran, produced by the 'Jihad TV Unit' [گروه تلویزیونی جهاد], called Ravayat-e Fath [روایت فتح]. Apparently some of the crew-members were killed during the shows production, covering Operation Karbala 5. For being blatant propaganda, it's surprisingly emotional seeing men (mostly kids) who have signed up to die in glorious(or more realistically ignominious) battle for their leader. It's also always interesting seeing a war filtered through the perspective of the society that's fighting it, a perspective that at time completely alien to that of the West. Another marvelous video

Your videos get me through my studying.

Good to have you back MajorSamm

Another excellent work

Everyone says G3 is for big men until someone in the mid-east shoots it in full auto mode and controls the recoil like they are playing with airsoft guns.

As an Iranian i was waiting for this, there are so many battles in Iran Iraq war that have cool aesthetics. For sources you can look up "Revayate Fath" documentaries.

Great work. As always

Thanks to MajorSamm, I was introduced to some great songs from Colonel Bagshot and others. Thank you!

0:42 Ooooh a 1957 Chevy (same car at 0:50 I think) also lots of Czech/Polish OT-64 skots...weird Great Vid as always man

These Persian soldiers are still respected by our entire nation. God bless them !

Beautiful video, well done

Thanks for introducing me to another great song!

viva irán viva iranian army .dorud bar sarbazan azize ma.

Respected Persian soldiers who were from people in the street and sacrificed themselves for their country with no money.

Major Samm never misses, alway puts up favourite Videos of mine

Reading up about this war is so surreal, it’s just insane to see how one of the deadliest and most destructive conflicts of the 20th century got forgotten about

Видео как всегда на высоте. Спасибо за твою работу и привет из морозной России! ❤❤❤

Damn these guys firing all over the place, can't imagine they hit much.

damn i love this channel

nice edit man

A song about falling showers showing a war were poison gas was used immensely is a great connection bro

Sigma Iran: -No aim -Full auto a 7.62x51mm -Brrppp the shit out of whats in your field of vision

Masterpiece. Music and video compatibility took me back to those times of Iran. Classic MajorSamm 10/10

Sigh. Another lazy Tuesday. *Major Samm releases new video* Thank you!

Those House walls sure have seen a lot of death, and blood spilled on them..

my moms family fled and ended up squatting in tehran for some years before leaving the country. life is better.

Excellent video. It's not easy to get films where Iranian MG3s and G3s are in action and this video is one of the rare ones out there which contains the said firearms and operated by the aforementioned user.

Wow men ,such a good video

Loved the song! This is one of the most interesting wars of our time, I wish people knew more about it. Pointless, brutal and a crime in every sense of the word. Child soldiers, human waves, "war of the cities", etc. The air battles were also fascinating, let alone the extensive use of the F-14's.

Best Heckler and Koch commercial 😂 now I am tempted to get a G3😂

"Mahmad, you were not there to see the liberation of the city, the blood of our brothers wasn't spilled in vain..." "Oh god, where is Jahan Ara? Where is the light of our eyes...?"

great video, as always makes me wonder where did you get such a great music taste

Late night majorsamm video is a true pleasure.

My dad was 55th airborne ❤️ He was a forward observer in Khorramshahr

I got addicted to your videos. Love your work! Can you do the First Gulf War edit with "Seasons in the Abyss" as a soundtrack? That'd be awesome!!

Long live Iran 🇮🇷

Another masterpiece.

13,000 Iranian military officers were executed after the revolution which destroyed the Iranian military right before this war. which is why these lads are not trained at all. just a bunch of volunteers.

WTF i subbed, and get notifications, and yet i still somehow missed this one!

Nice edit as always, but i have to say that iranian music of this conflict (noha) was the hardest and craiziest thing i ever listened... There were songs to prepare soldiers psycologically to run through no mans land to clean It of mines or to lead frontal assaults.

The first Gulf war is a very interesting topic, not only because it was literally like the First World War, a battle of human numbers, but also because of its importance for Iran. Iran lost between 700k and 1 million soldiers, and had hundreds of thousands of injured, meaning that the government had to give females access to education in order to replace the fallen men. Without the war, Iran‘s education system probably would have become the one of Pakistan (at least in regards to female education). The only question which we will never be able to answer is: who won?

This war is such a horrific calamity but also a Twilight Zone of the bizarre. The pilots of Rafsanjani, Iran’s Speaker of Parliament, defected to Iraq with his private jet… So the Iraqis slapped Exocets on it and hunted Iranian tankers in the Persian Gulf with it. On a more dour note, the Iranians throughout the war made use of up to 300,000 child soldiers, possibly more. They were usually issued grenades alone- only the very skilled got a gun. An Iraqi officer remembered having to kick his sobbing 18-19 year old conscripts and drag them back to their Dushkas to mow down wave after wave of those boys. Pierre Razoux talks about it in his book, named after the war. You might find it interesting. Glad you finally covered this man, you’re one of the few creators I trust to do so.

City of Blood ≈ Villa heroica,noble y Leal.

Great video once again. Where do you get the footage for all of your videos?

Major Samm, thank you for posting this. However, the footages relates to 1980 at the beginning of the Iraqi invasion where the Iraqi Army had laid siege to the city and the Iranian defenders which was a rag tag force made up of the Army, Gendarmeri ( rural police) and the newly formed but hardly organised Revolutionary Guard Crops ( Pasdaran) and Citizen volunteers ( the Basij force had not yet been created) . Iranians were to lose the city but were able to regain it once again in 1982 on the back of the operation Beitol Moghadas where the Iraqi Army was almost completely kicked out of the iranian territory. The Liberation of Khoramshahr was Saddam Army's biggest single defeat of the entire war with the Iraqi Army losing up 40K killed and wounded and thousends of POWs including many high ranking officers. The entire 92 Armoured Division of the Iraqi Army was destroyed and it was not to be formed again for the rest of the War. When asked by a French journalist which was the most difficult year of the War, Saddam replied 1982 and the defeat at Khoramshar. The western weaponry you see used by the iranian Soldiers is the testement to the year of the footage (1980) as in the opening year of the war the Irainan Army was mainly Western Equipped hence G3s and MG3. If this footage was from 1982 you would have seen mainly AKs and KPMs. There are some clips on you tube of 1982 liberation of Khoramshar and you can clearly see the difference in terms of equipment and organisation.

Apart from the obvious they deserve respect, just for the fact that they use G3 on automatic mode. My God the kicking. almost an impossible task to hit the target.

I'm curious, do you have a playlist or something? The vids are great but honestly the song choice is perfect and they are my exact taste, found so many new songs just from whats on the channel. PS ordered an Africa Addio tshirt a few days ago looking forward to receiving it

Hey MajorSamm where do you find all the documentaries that you are using for your videos ? they seem really interesting Ps: you do a very good job

A real meat grinder that war was, truly a meat grinder.

فقد خسرت خالي بي هجوم المحمره سود الله وجهك صدام سنت 1982

👍 good job major

proud of you Guys!!

Khoramshahr was saved by the will of brave men and women... ...but it was never repaired.

I knew _why_ the Iran-Iraq war happened but didn't know much about the actual conflict itself. Always wondered why it took 8 years and ended in a stalemate - after seeing the tactics in this, I think I know.

Tasteful as always!

I was just jamming out to your awesome video: People Power Philippines Then this pops up! Hell yah!

Hi Sam, can you do a video about the Turkish coup d'état of 1980, i think it may be a good choice because that coup really changed both Türkiye's and the middle easts ties.