Equipment of the Syrian Armed Forces
After five years of civil war the Syrian armed forces are in rough shape. Thousands of tanks have been knocked out of action, hundreds of thousands have died, and the entire nation is in turmoil. The Syrian military was initially geared toward fighting Israel, particularly to retake the Golan Heights region. However, as the civil war has progressed, technological changes have been made, including North Korean modifications on some vehicles and indigenous modifications on others. The Syrian Arab Army is largely hurt by defections and losses, with the majority of resources going to bolster elite special forces units (Tiger Forces) and the Republican Guard, whilst street combat is typically carried out by elements of the Lebanese group Hezbollah. These forces, since September 2015, have been supported by aircraft from the Russian Air Force. The Syrian Arab Air Force (SyAAF) has begun using homemade barrel bombs en-mass, dropped from helicopters (transport helicopters usually) on civilian areas. The Syrian Arab Navy has essentially been forgotten and ignored, with the ships falling into disrepair.
Syrian Arab Army (SAA)
Main Battle Tank
- 122 mm 2S1 Gvozdika
- 122 mm D-30 (mounted on T-34/85)
- 130 mm M-46 (Truck-mounted)
- 152 mm 2S3 Akatsiya
Towed Artillery
- 107 mm Type-63
- 122 mm BM-21 Grad
- 140 mm BM-14
- 220 mm 9P140 Uragan
- 300 mm 9A52 Smerch
- 330 mm (No Other Information)
Mortar
- 9K111 Fagot (AT-4 Spigot)
- 9K113 Konkurs (AT-5 Spandrel)
- 9K115 Metis (AT-7 Saxhorn)
- 9K115-2 Metis-M (AT-13 Saxhorn 2)
- 9K116-1 Bastion (AT-10 Stabber)
- 9K135 Kornet (AT-14 Spriggan)
- Milan
Rocket Propelled Grenade
- 9K33 Osa (SA-8 Gecko)
- 9K31 Strela-1 (SA-9 Gaskin)
- 9K37 Buk (SA-11 Gadfly)
- 9K35 Strela-10 (SA-13 Gopher)
- 96K6 Pantsir-S1 (SA-22 Greyhound)
- 9K317 Buk-M2 (SA-17 Grizzly )
MANPADS
- 9K32 Strela-2 (SA-7 Grail)
- 9K38 Igla (SA-18 Grouse)
- 9K36 Strela-3 (SA-14 Gremlin)
- 9K338 Igla-S (SA-24 Grinch)
Self-Propelled AAA
Armored Recovery Vehicle
Corvette (Fast Ship)
Syrian Coastal Defense
Anti-Ship Missile
Syrian Naval Aviation
ASW Helicopter
Syrian Arab Air Force (SyAAF)
Fighter Aircraft
Fighter Ground Attack Aircraft
Transport Aircraft
- Ilyushin Il-76 Candid
- Antonov An-24 Coke
- Antonov An-26 Curl
- Piper PA-31 Navajo
- Yakovlev Yak-40 Codling
- Dassault Falcon 20
- Dassault Falcon 900
- Tupovlev Tu-134B-3
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