Able Archer Arab Israeli Wars - Syrian Armed Forces

 Syrian Able Archer list 1963-1990

 

Israel and Syria have technically at war since 1948 with the purple line 1973 ceasefire has remained. The scope of these lists are from 1963 with the socialist Ba’ath party achieved total control of the state, up until the end of the Lebanese civil war in October 1990. Syria fought the Israelis in the 1948, 1967 six day war,  and 1973 Yom Kippur war. 1970 Black September Jordan civil war, 1970-82 Muslim Brotherhood civil war, 

My Syrian Armed Forces are based on order of battle for 1973 up until 1990, for the sake of completeness for other able archer players I have added a list at the bottom from 1956-1990 equipment also. 

Syrian Structure for Rapid Fire Able Archer

Corps and Divisional Assets

Battle Group Command assets

1x BTR50PU with command Group 

1 x BTR50PU with Artillery Observation group 

AA platoon ZSU 23-4 (shilka) 

2 x SA9b + BTR 40b 

Supply assets 

3 x Zil 157 or Ural 375 trucks 

Engineering assets 

Field Engineer battalion 

BHQ Gaz46

1-4 coys 

KMT- 54 mine clearing tank on a T54 chassis (Armoured and motorised division) 

Bridging battalion 

BHQ

1-4 coys

MTU12 T54/T55  bridge layer

Anti tank assets 

Towed

2x D44 85mm anti tank gun, gun tractor Zil-157 4 crew 

Anti tank missile coy 

2x BDRM 2 9P122 ATGM

Anti Air Assets 

Praga 53/59 

BDRM Battery 

BDRM recon 

2 x BDRM 2 SA9 Gaskin 

S75 Regiment 

Zil 157 Command truck 

FNR75 Fan Song radar trailer mounted 

6 x SA 2 S 75 Dvina guideline truck mounted. 

SA3 Gia S125 Neva missile battery 

Zil 157 command truck P15 radar 

Zil-157 missile truck 

SA 6 2K12 Kub Gainful (attached to Armoured brigade) 

Zil 157 command truck P 15 Radar  

2 x SA6

Sam 5 battery ( Syrian Territory defence)

55k6e radar command truck 

3 x Sam5 s200 Gammon missile (delivery 1983) 

SA8 battery 

2 x SA8 9K33 Oska Gecko (1982) (infantry division support) 

Armoured brigade battle group 

Brigade HQ 

Officer commander + 2 medic, 2 radio, defence pltn 2

1 x T-62A (T340/85 or T54 or T55) 

1 x BTR 152 K ambulance 

1 x BTR 152 S command radio 

Tank battalion 

HQ 1x T62 (OC) Officer commanding 

1st Coy 2 x T62

2nd Coy 2 x T62

3rd Coy 2 x T62 

Armoured Reconnaissance Company 

1x BDRM1 Officer, 3 infantry and 1 x RPG 

1x PT-76 

Mechanised 

Armour options six day war 

PIV twenty five operational in 67 war 

Jadgpanzer IV 48 six purchased, deployed on Golan heights in the six day war one knocked out

StuG III G forty one purchased (24 in defiladed positions on the Golan heights six day war)

T34-85

T-54

T-55

Armour options 74 war 

T-62

Artillery Assets (off table normally) 

Each Syrian artillery battalion has two batteries, artillery may use the ammunition types listed for the year of manufacture if you want to get into the weeds of ammunition types. A radio truck must be used for more than one battery. Doctrine for brigade and division is to concentrate fire so one mission can include all tubes of a battery’s available but not split fire on the table. Corps artillery is assigned by the corps Observor attached at battle group level. Assigned as required for scenario, some of the heavy artillery and missiles are not required for a tabletop, I do like deploy the Forward Artillery Officer and vehicles, plus the command radio vehicles present (which can make the targets). I also like to have missile batteries for scenarios for commando type raids. 

Dedicated Brigade Assets

HQ Gaz69 car - OC plus 2 

Gaz 69 car Forward artillery Observor plus 2 other ranks for FO team

BTR152S radio truck plus 3 Other Ranks

M43 120mm mortar (6 tubes per battery) 6 crew Gaz 66 truck

M56 160mm mortar (6 tubes per battery) 6 crew Gaz 66 truck (1956-85 normally infantry brigade)

HQ ACRV2 command vehicle

2S1 122mm self propelled Howitzer (6 tubes per battery)

 

Division Field Artillery Battalion 

HQ Gaz69 car - OC plus 2 

Gaz 69 car Forward artillery Observor plus 2 other ranks for FO team

BTR152S radio truck plus 3 Other Ranks

122mm Howitzer D20, Towed Ural 375 or Zil 131 - 6 tubes per battery

HQ ACRV2 command vehicle

152mm 2s3m Akatsiya Self propelled 6 tubes per battery 

HQ Gaz69 car - OC plus 2 

Gaz 69 car Forward artillery Observor plus 2 other ranks for FO team

BTR152S radio truck plus 3 Other Ranks

240mm M53 mortar towed Gaz 66, 6 crew, 6 tubes per battery 

Corps Artillery Assets

130mm M46 gun towed Zil-131, 6 crew 6 guns per battery

180mm S23 gun towed 

Bm-24

BM-27