[rmlew]

170 of those M60 tanks are M60T or Sabras. These have Steel laminate armour, 120mm main gun, a new suspension, and new fire control. These are thoroughly modern tanks and are far superior to most Syrian weapons. Syria does have 320 Russian T-80 tanks and 10 T-84s.

[JerseyanExile]

I suspect that most of those Syrian tanks are barely operable export monkey-models, and that the crews have little firsthand experience operating their vehicles.