---
country: Syria
name: Syria 1973
authors: Khopa
description: <p>Syria and Arab armies during the Yom Kippur War</p>
aircrafts:
  - Mi-8MTV2 Hip
  - MiG-15bis Fagot
  - MiG-19P Farmer-B
  - MiG-21bis Fishbed-N
  - Su-17M4 Fitter-K
awacs:
  - A-50
tankers:
  - IL-78M
frontline_units:
  - BMP-1
  - MT-LB
  - PT-76
  - S-60 57mm
  - T-55A
  - ZSU-57-2 'Sparka'
  - ZU-23 on Ural-375
artillery_units:
  - BM-21 Grad
logistics_units:
  - LUV UAZ-469 Jeep
  - Truck Ural-375
infantry_units:
  - Infantry AK-74 Rus
  - Infantry RPG
  - Paratrooper AKS
preset_groups:
  - SA-2/S-75
  - SA-3/S-125
  - SA-6
  - Cold-War-Flak
naval_units:
  - Corvette 1124.4 Grish
air_defense_units:
  - SAM P19 "Flat Face" SR (SA-2/3)
  - SAM SA-8 Osa "Gecko" TEL
  - SA-9 Strela
  - ZSU-57-2 'Sparka'
  - AAA ZU-23 Closed Emplacement
  - ZU-23 on Ural-375
  - ZSU-23-4 Shilka
missiles:
  - SSM SS-1C Scud-B
helicopter_carrier_names: []
requirements: {}
carrier_names: []
doctrine: coldwar
weapons_introduction_year_overrides:
    R-3R - AAM, radar guided: 1980
    R-60 x 2: 1980
    R-60: 1980