Military


Syria - Army Equipment

ARMY
Army Personnel (Total) ~2010 220,000
SYSTEMS Inventory
1990 1995 2000 2001 2003 2005 2010 2015
MBT 4000 4600 4850 4700 4700 4600 ~4850 ~4850
T-54 2,050 2100 - - - - - -
T-55/T-55MV 2150 2000 2000 2000 2250 2250
T-62K/M 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000
T-72/T-72M 950 1500 1700 1700 1700 1600 ~1600 ~1600
RECCE 550 1000 935 935 725 800 590 590
BRDM-2 550 1000 850 850 600 800 590 590
BRDM-2Rkh1 - - 85 85 125 +? +? +?
AIFV 2250 2310 2350 2350+ 2700+ 2200 ~2450 ~2200
BMP-1 2,250 2250 2250 2250 2600 2100 ~2450 ~2450
BMP-2 - 60 100 100 100 100
BMP-3 - - + + + -
APC 1500 1500 1500 1600+ 1600+ 1600+ 1500 1500
BTR-40 1500 1500 1500 - - - - -
BTR-152 1600+ 1600+ 1600+ 500 500
BTR-50 1000 1000
BTR-60/BTR-70
OT-64 - - - - - - -
TOWED ARTY ~1460 ~1630 ~1630 ~1630 ~1630 ~1530 ~1980 ~1980
122mm M-1931/M-37/U/I 122mm 100 100 100 100 100 100 5002 500
  M-1938/M-30 150 150 150 150 150 150 150 150
  D-30 500 500 500 500 500 600 500 500
130mm M-46 650 800 800 800 800 600 ~750 ~750
152mm M-1937/ML-20 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50
  D-20 - 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
180mm S-23 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
SP ARTY 186 450 450 450 450 430 ~500 ~500
122mm 2S1 100 400 400 400 400 380 400 400
  T-34/D-303 36 - - - - - ~50 ~50
152mm 2S3 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50
MRL ~250 ~480 ~480 ~480 ~480 ~480 ~500 ~500
107mm Type 63 - 200 200 200 200 200 ~200 ~200
122mm BM-21 250 280 280 280 280 280 ~300 ~300
SSM LAUNCHERS
FROG-7 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18
SS-21 18 18 18 18 18 ~18 18+ 18+
Scud B/C/Scud D/Scud Clone 18 25 26 26 26 26 38 38
SS-C-1B - - 4 4 4 4 4 4
SS-C-3 - - 6 6 6 6 6 6
ATGW
AT-34 700 3000 3000 3500 3500 3000 410 410
AT-4 200 150 150 150 150 150 150 150
AT-5 - - 200 200 200 40 40 40
AT-7 - - - + + + + +
AT-10 - - + 2000 2000 800 800 800
AT-14 - - + + + + 1000 1000
Milan 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200
AIR DEFENSE
ZU-23-2 400 650 650 650 650 650 600 600
ZSU-23-4 300 400 400 400 400 400 ~400 ~400
M-1939 (37mm) 200 300 300 300 300 300 ~300 ~300
S-60 (57mm) 400 675 675 675 675 675 600 600
ZSU-57-2 10 10 10 10 10 10 - -
KS-19 (100mm) - 25 25 25 25 25 25 25
SA-7/SA-14 - 4000 4000 4000 4000 4000 4000+ 4000+
SA-8 - - - - - 160 14 14
SA-9 - 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
SA-11 - - - - - 20 20 20
SA-13 - 35 35 35 35 35 30 30

Sources: The Military Balance, International Institute for Strategic Studies

Notes

    1 - In 2005, IISS's The Military Balance stopped separating BDRM-2 and BRDM-2Rkh vehicles, appearing to have folded the 2 numbers together.

    2 - As of 2010, there were reported to be another 500 122mm artillery pieces of unknown types in storage.

    3 - The gap in reporting of the D-30 mounted on the T-34 chassis suggests that these weapons were in storage as of 2010.

    4 - Number includes self-propelled launchers based on the BRDM-2 vehicle.




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