Saturday, 7 December 2024

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By Elmustek in collaboration with Jakub Janovsky and Buschlaid


The Syrian rebel offensive which commenced late on the 27th of November 2024 on positions of the Syrian Arab Army (SyAA) and affiliated forces collapsed regime positions throughout Idlib and Aleppo governorates, leading to the rout of government forces in both regions and allowing rebel forces to capture large amout of territory containing the city of Aleppo, multiple towns, and countless villages. 


While we for now dont know how far will rebels be able to advance, they are already at the gates of Hama city as of the time this article is being written. This massive rebel advance has resulted in incredible regime material losses - with almost all equipment being captured, not destroyed - making its losses extra painful for the regime and its allies (Russia, Iran, and Hezbollah) because now all those captured weapons and munitions can be used against their former owners.


This is only the latest case of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) being the biggest supplier of weapons and ammo to the forces it has been fighting. But the amount of equipment and munitions captured from the regime forces during this rout from Aleppo and Idlib governorates has been unprecedented. And it isnt just quantity of weapons - rebel captures include a whole collection of powerful and complex weapons like fighter jets (even if only some of the captured ones are likely operational), long range MRLS, and SAM systems. While using these weapons systems will be difficult for rebels, if they mamage to make operational even just some of them, it would pose a serious problem for the regime military and its allies.

 

A detailed list of the destroyed and captured heavy weapons can be seen below.

This list only includes captured vehicles and equipment of which photo or videographic evidence is available. Therefore, the amount of equipment destroyed or captured by Syrian rebel forces is undoubtedly higher than recorded here. Losses of trucks, jeeps, etc. might be added later. Small arms and munitions are not included in this list to preserve the sanity of people documenting regime losses.

This list will be updated as additional footage becomes available.

Note: this list will at least for now list only equipment losses that happened on or before the regime collapse in Hama on December 5th 2024 - depending on the later events, this list might later be expanded, but if the regime falls, there would be no point in listing literally everything that the regimes military osed to own.


(Click on the numbers to get a picture of each individual captured or destroyed vehicle)

Total losses - 434, of which: destroyed: 10, damaged: 1, captured: 423

Tanks (156, of which destroyed: 5, damaged: 1, captured: 150)

 

Armoured Fighting Vehicles (12, of which destroyed: 0, damaged: 0, abandoned: 0, captured: 12)


Infantry fighting vehicles (71, of which destroyed: 2, captured: 69)


Armoured Personnel Carriers (9, of which destroyed: 0, damaged: 0, abandoned: 0, captured: 9)

Infantry Mobility Vehicles (5, of which destroyed: 0, damaged: 0, abandoned: 0, captured: 5)


Engineering Vehicles And Equipment (20, of which destroyed: 0, damaged: 0, abandoned: 0, captured: 20)


Artillery Support Vehicles And Equipment (1, of which destroyed: 0, abandoned: 0, captured: 1)


Towed Artillery (53, of which destroyed: 1, damaged: 0, abandoned: 0, captured: 52)


Self-Propelled Artillery (25, of which destroyed: 0, damaged: 0, abandoned: 0, captured: 25)


Multiple Rocket Launchers (28, of which destroyed: 0, damaged: 0, abandoned: 0, captured: 28)

Anti-Aircraft Guns (21, of which destroyed: 1, damaged: 0, captured: 20)


Self-Propelled Anti-Aircraft Guns  (16, of which destroyed: 0, abandoned: 0, captured: 16)

Surface-To-Air Missile Systems  (4, of which destroyed: 0, abandoned: 0, captured: 4)


Radars (3, of which destroyed: 0, abandoned: 0, captured: 3)


Jammers And Deception Systems (0, of which destroyed: 0, abandoned: 0, captured: 0)

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Aircraft (7, of which destroyed: 0, abandoned: 0, captured: 7)


Helicopters (2, of which destroyed: 1, abandoned: 0, captured: 1)


Reconnaissance Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (1, of which destroyed: 0, abandoned: 0, captured: 1)