Syria's armed forces today are among the most combat-ready in the Middle East.Naturally, they are inferior in many respects, for example, the IDF.Currently engulfed in civil war, Syria.The armed forces of this country, fighting for two years, not only give hope for the preservation of the rule of law, the legitimate authority and security of millions of citizens, but also gain invaluable experience.
Syrian Arab army was created in the forties of the last century.Since then, she has repeatedly taken part in various armed conflicts.Among them it is worth mentioning two major wars with Israel, turmoil in Lebanon, the Gulf War, the suppression of the uprising of the Muslim Brotherhood and the current events in the country.Thus, the armed forces of Syria have considerable combat experience.Consider that they are at the moment.
In 2011, the Syrian armed forces had a total of 320 thousand people, and about the same number of reservists.Naturally, some of them later joined the rebels.It should also take into account the gendarmerie - about eight thousand people, and pro-government militia "Shabiha".Ground forces - twelve divisions including seven armored, motorized three one - special forces - and another - the Republican Guard.The latter is the most combat-ready part.
armed with the Syrian Arab army of more than five thousand tanks.About two thousand of them are outdated models of T-54 and T-55, a part is stored.The main fighting machine - the T-72, also used the T-62.Syrian armed forces are obsolete tank fleet, since the vast majority of models have been delivered from the Soviet Union for a long time.However, a lot of efforts for its modernization.In particular, in 1995 Ukraine had sent two hundred T-55 to strengthen the armor, the installation of dynamic protection.T-72 tanks used by the Republican Guard have also been upgraded.The artillery regiments of mechanized divisions are armed with guns M-46 and D-30 howitzers.Purpose infantry brigades - actions on secondary sectors of the front.Syrian armed forces have 2,600 infantry fighting vehicles and armored personnel carriers around 1500.
The Syrian Air Force are about forty thousand people.Air Force as a whole are obsolete.The most efficient model of the plane - a MiG-29.There are about fifty, they have been modernized by Russian specialists before the 2000s.MiG-21, which are still in service with the Syrians at 150, obsolete.They can not be compared, for example, with modern Israeli fighters.It is worth to mention the models of the Su-24, which can move at ultra-low altitudes.
proximity of the Syrian Arab Republic with a fairly aggressive state, Israel, pay attention to the air defense forces.However, its air defense system has become obsolete, even though applied efforts to upgrade them.In particular, this circumstance has led several successful Israeli air attacks on military and research facilities of the Arab Republic undertaken in recent years.
armed forces around the world are constantly acquire new equipment.Syria is no exception to this rule.Russia exports arms to constantly Arab Republic.In 1998, Damascus signed with Moscow agreement on the supply of thousands of anti-tank "Cornet" and complex "Metis-M."In particular, at this point gradually executed contracts for delivery of Yak-130 and S-300, despite the opposition of the number of Western forces.
