Syrian Rebels Have Disabled, Captured, Or Destroyed 1,800 Tanks In Two Years

How To Take Out 1,800 Tanks In Two Years -- Daid Axe, War Is Boring

Syrian rebels have disabled, captured or destroyed 25 percent of the government’s armored vehicles—but does it matter?

In 24 months of brutal combat, Syrian opposition fighters have eliminated a quarter of Pres. Bashar Al Assad’s Russian-made tanks and infantry fighting vehicles, according to estimates.

That’s no fewer than 1,800 T-55, T-62 and T-72 tanks plus BMP fighting vehicles exploded, burned, disabled or seized by rebels—with potentially thousands of crewmen also being killed, injured or captured.

The destruction of so many of the government’s heavy vehicles by relatively lightly armed rebels is, for the regime, a painful reminder of the vulnerability of even the most thickly armored tanks in close urban fighting—and especially when the vehicles aren’t protected by nearby infantry.

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My Comment: Here is some perspective .... the Yom Kippur of 1973 between Israel and Egypt/Syria lasted almost 3 weeks and resulted in approximately 4,000 tanks and armored vehicles destroyed/damaged/captured from all sides.