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The Egyptian Army (Arabic: الجيش المصري, romanized: El Geish el Masry), officially the Egyptian Ground Forces (Arabic: القوات البرية المصرية, romanized: El-Quwwāt El-Barriyya El-Maṣriyya), is the land warfare branch of the Egyptian Armed Forces. It is the largest service branch of the Egyptian Armed Forces.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 7 February 2025. Combined military forces of Egypt You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Arabic. (April 2019) Click [show] for important translation instructions. Machine translation, like DeepL or Google Translate, is a useful starting point for ...
Developed in partnership with West German firm Thyssen-Henschel, with production starting 1986 and ending in 2010. 800 vehicles were produced, including a single infantry fighting vehicle which was rejected by the Egyptian Army due to its height (a drawback in a flat, open terrain like a desert). The tank destroyer variant is equipped with ...
An Egyptian Army Division organization may differ between Armored and Infantry. Mechanized Infantry division usually consists of two Mechanized brigades, one Armored brigade (96 Tanks), one Field/SP Artillery brigade (36 guns) (maybe both depending on the size and objective of the division), Air Defense Regiment, Anti-Tank Regiment and smaller ...
The frontier was then almost entirely in Egyptian hands, in accordance with the treaty and the British strategy not to provoke the Italians. The southern desert flank was covered by the ‘South Western Force’ of Egyptian light tanks (six Mk VIB), motorised units and No. 1 Squadron, Royal Egyptian Air Force" equipped with Westland Lysanders. [1]
The Egyptian Military College (Arabic: الكلية الحربية) is the oldest and most prominent military academy in Egypt. One of the colleges of the Egyptian Military Academy. The college was founded in 1811, and it is the oldest in Africa. [1] Traditionally, graduates of the Military Academy are commissioned as officers in the Egyptian Army.
The Central Military Region is one of the five military regions of the Egyptian Armed Forces and is headquartered in Cairo.. It contains the following units: [1] 2nd Mechanised Division (Highkestep, Cairo)
El-Sa‘ka Forces (Arabic: قوات الصاعقة, romanized: Kuwat El Sa‘ka, lit. 'Thunderbolt Forces') is an Egyptian military commando force established in 1955 by Major General Jalal Mahmoud Fahmy Al-Haridi. [2]