I think all Arab armies are in a better state today training wise than they were during times of wars with Israel, maybe except Syria. Iraq is in a better state as well except lacks heavy equipment.
Though not sure why it has to turn into this anti Arab thread again, self-validation ongoing.
The Syrian Arab Army has gained tremendous experience since 2011. Once restructured and rebuilt (with or without Al-Assad) it will be a quite battle-hardened and experienced army. I would not underestimate it.
Yes, there are some structural problems that have been mentioned in this thread and in that video that was posted but it's not something that will occur forever nor is it something that is even relevant for most of the Arab armies of today. It's a bit outdated (to put it mildly) and based on the Soviet model because many, if not most, of the militarized Arab armies of the past were USSR allies and their armies were based on the USSR model.
For some reason Arab armies are judged differently than all other armies. As if there are perfect armies out there.
Anyway this topic has been discussed to death 100 times on PDF. Not sure why there is a tradition of creating this topic again and again every 6 months or so? Always the same ignorant individuals and trolls involved. From countries that have ironically never faced an enemy even comparable to the US or USrael for instance. Funny world.
For how long are we going to discuss old wars that have no relevance in today's world?
BTW this is about modern-day Arab armies. If we look at military history very few people can even reach the knees of Arabs when it comes to military history, battles won, number of conquests, empires, kingdoms, sultanates, emirates, sheikdoms, imamates and the size and influence of them on 3 different continents! No need to elaborate.
Anyway carry on.
It was their command, problem wasn't in the soldiers. Same problem exists today. Not just Arab armies.
That aside, these several Arab states. Iraq, Syria, Egypt and Jordan did not fully trust each other. Syria was wary of Iraq, Jordan warned Israel about the other Arab states planning an attack, Egypt and Iraq were not on the same line either.
This is a well-known fact yet this is taken as somehow due to USrael when that could not be further from the truth.
Mistakes that could have been been easily avoided if those leaderships and regimes in power back then had a united front and did not conspire against each other. No way that you can win a war if those you fight with are conspiring against each other. That's like trying to survive in a desert with a group of friends just to realize that all your friends have taken all your water and thrown the remaining away.....
Not to say that the average Arab soldier was thrown into a war that was not his directly. In other words it was not life or death. USraeli citizens were fighting for their very existence with the Holocaust trauma on top of it. Arabs, well, it should be obvious. Not comparable either.
Anyway to the great distress of many here on this forum, Arab states are only going to become more powerful by each year. Growing populations, growing economies, more educated people, more powerful militaries etc. We will be back to where we were for most of the recorded history which is at the forefront or very close to it. Rest assured and our greatest assets won't be our vast lands, vast resources, unparalleled ancient history but human resources! So let them bark while it lasts.
