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Originally Posted by Skybird
Syrian army's tanks:
almost half of those 5000 tanks are T-55s. Around 1000 are T-62 and around 1700 are T-72s, the first export model with several weakened features like thinner armour (T-72M)
Iranian army:
a wild mix of American, British, Russian, Northkorean and Chinese tanks from the 50s, 60s and 70s and 80s. There is no modern tank in their inventory, as far as I know, although they have changed some Chieftains according to their own developement.
In open field battles, both armies do lack the MBTs that could stand against modern Western tanks. They are not only old, but also for the most have no thermals, which is a suicidal handicap. The ammunition is inferior as well, old rounds of overaged design. The tanks are thin-skinned by today's standards.
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You put an illiterate tribal moron in a Abrams or Leopard and it might as well be a Sherman or a Pz IV.
The level of training in most Gulf armies is abysmal (except in the elite counter terrorism units). Both for the fighting and the logistical troops, those states contract out their support to the West.
Countries like Syria and Iran while having equipment that is a joke by our standards supports it by them selves and has experience using it.
We are talking about a country where one of the king's nephews ran their flagship aground and broke it's keel.