Equipment of the Syrian Army


List of modern equipment of the Syrian Arab Army. The vast majority of Syrian military equipment was Soviet manufactured but the organization and military doctrine of the armed forces
followed a mix of French and Western influences as the Soviet Union closely guarded its operational principles and never shared them with client states. The accuracy of the data is difficult to assess due to the ongoing Syrian Civil War, as weapons and vehicles are acquired and lost during battles.

Small arms

Pistols

Carbines

Assault rifles

Rifles

Light machine guns

Medium machine guns

Heavy machine guns

General-purpose machine guns

Grenades

Grenade launchers

Mines

Anti-tank

MANPADS

Combined total of 4,000+ launchers.
NameTypeQuantityOriginPhotoNotes
9K32 Strela-2 Man portable air defence system4,000+
9K34 Strela-3 Man portable air defence system100
9K38 Igla-1 Man portable air defence systemN/A
9K38 Igla Man portable air defence systemN/A
9K338 Igla-S Man portable air defence systemN/ADelivered by Russia.
FN-6Man portable air defence systemN/ACaptured from rebel groups. FN-6 MANPADS were one of the heavy weaponry the rebels surrendered during their final withdrawal to the Idlib Governorate from the Northern Homs pocket.

Vehicles

Tanks

Infantry fighting vehicles

Armoured personnel carriers

Military engineering

Logistics and utility vehicles

Artillery

Mortars

Field artillery

Self-propelled field artillery

Multiple launch rocket systems

Anti-air guns and systems

Towed anti-aircraft artillery

Towed air defence

Self-propelled air defence

Ballistic missiles

Tactical ballistic missiles

Command posts

Higher level command posts (HLCPs)

Unmanned aerial vehicles

Non-combat unmanned air vehicles