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The problem with the Syrian military is that their tactics, training, and doctrine is crap and they outright refuse to learn from their mistakes. If they bothered to learn they wouldn't lose hundreds of vehicles in a month. Without Russian air and materiel support; ISIS, Al-Nusra, and Turkey would have wiped them years ago. We shouldn't be looking to them for inspiration.I am concern in number games, we are indeed very lacking. Syrian type conflict consumpt hundreds armor every month of large engagements and our industrial power need to support such possible thing.
Rather than having to match a peer like China in the amount of armed vehicles we can produce, we should focus on things that we have a definite advantage at. For the most part, our infantry are better trained but badly lead, we should focus on integrating a dedicated NCO corps much like how the US/NATO does it in there armies. Decreasing the amount of officers we have while also empowering NCO's to make independent tactical decisions in lieu of an officer is a proven method in increasing combat effectiveness.
Furthermore, our current squad format is incredibly outdated (it mimics the Wehrmacht and British Army format during WW2) and does not translate to a 21st century battlefield. We should consider mimicking how modern western armies are set up. Consider having 2 automatic riflemen + 2 grenadiers + 2 light anti-tank riflemen in a squad along with personal radios. This would dramatically increase combat effectiveness whilst being relatively cheap. Couple that with a multi-service networked battlefield management system (consider something like Rafael's FIRE-WEAVER), dedicated air support, networked armored vehicles, and AA coverage and you would have something that can match the firepower of a thousand armored vehicles at half the cost.
Tl;Dr fight smarter not harder.
Some reading:
https://www.rafael.co.il/worlds/land/multi-service-network-centric-warfare/