Syria - Army Equipment

ARMY
		1990	1995	2000	2001	2003	2005	2010	2012	2015
Personnel						215,000			220,000
SYSTEMS		Inventory
SYSTEMS		1990	1995	2000	2001	2003	2005	2010	2012	2015
MBT		4000	4600	4850	4700	4700	4600	~4850	~4850	~4850
T-54		2,050	2100	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
T-55/T-55MV		2,050	2100	2150	2000	2000	2000	2250	2250¹	2250
T-62K/T-62M		1000	1000	1000	1000	1000	1000	1000	1000	1000
T-72/T-72M		950	1500	1700	1700	1700	1600	~1600	~1600	~1600
RECCE		550	1000	935	935	725	800	590	590	590
BRDM-2		550	1000	850	850	600	800	590	590	590
BRDM-2Rkh²		-	-	85	85	125	+?	+?	+?	+?
AIFV		2250	2310	2350	2350+	2700+	2200	~2450	~2450	~2450
BMP-1		2,250	2250	2250	2250	2600	2100	~2450	~2450	~2450
BMP-2		-	60	100	100	100	100
BMP-3		-	-	+	+	+	-
APC		1500	1500	1500	1600+	1600+	1600+	1500	1500	1500
BTR-40		1500	1500	1500	-	-	-	-	-	-
BTR-152					1600+	1600+	1600+	500	500	500
BTR-50								1000	1000	1000
BTR-60/BTR-70								1000	1000	1000
OT-64		-		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
TOWED ARTY		~1460	~1630	~1630	~1630	~1630	~1530	~1980	~1980	~1980
122mm	M-1931/M-37/U/I 122mm	100	100	100	100	100	100	500³	500³	500³
	M-1938/M-30	150	150	150	150	150	150	150	150	150
	D-30	500	500	500	500	500	600	500	500	500
130mm	M-46	650	800	800	800	800	600	~750	~750	~750
152mm	M-1937/ML-20	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50
	D-20	-	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20
180mm	S-23	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
SP ARTY		186	450	450	450	450	430	~500	~500	~500
122mm	2S1	100	400	400	400	400	380	400	400	400
	T-34/D-30⁴	36	-	-	-	-	-	~50	50+	50?
152mm	2S3	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50
MRL		~250	~480	~480	~480	~480	~480	~500	~500	~500
107mm	Type 63	-	200	200	200	200	200	~200	~200	~200
122mm	BM-21	250	280	280	280	280	280	~300	~300	~300
SSM LAUNCHERS
FROG-7		18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
SS-21		18	18	18	18	18	~18	18+	18+	18+
Scud B/C/Scud D/Scud Clone		18	25	26	26	26	26	38	38	38
SS-C-1B		-	-	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
SS-C-3		-	-	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
ATGW
AT-3⁵		700	3000	3000	3500	3500	3000	410	-	-
AT-4		200	150	150	150	150	150	150	150	150
AT-5		-	-	200	200	200	40	40	40	40
AT-7		-	-	-	+	+	+	+	+	+
AT-10		-	-	+	2000	2000	800	800	800	800
AT-14		-	-	+	+	+	+	1000	1000	1000
Milan		200	200	200	200	200	200	200	200	200
AIR DEFENSE
ZU-23-2		400	650	650	650	650	650	600	600	600
ZSU-23-4		300	400	400	400	400	400	~400	~400?¹	~400?¹
M-1939 (37mm)		200	300	300	300	300	300	~300	~300?	~300?
S-60 (57mm)		400	675	675	675	675	675	600	600	600
ZSU-57-2		10	10	10	10	10	10	-	-	-
KS-19 (100mm)		-	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25
SA-7		-	4000	4000	4000	4000	4000	4000+	4000+	4000+
SA-8		-	-	-	-	-	160	14	14	14
SA-9		-	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20
SA-11		-	-	-	-	-	20	20	20	20
SA-13		-	35	35	35	35	35	30	30	30
SA-14		-	-	-	-	-	-	+	100	100
SA-18		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	+

Sources: The Military Balance, International Institute for Strategic Studies; SIPRI

Notes

1 - This number includes or may include vehicles in storage.

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

3 - This number includes another 500 122mm artillery pieces of unknown types reported to be in storage.

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

5 - Number includes self-propelled launchers based on the BRDM-2 vehicle. It is possible that after 2010, the remaining stores of AT-3s were placed in storage.

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