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The Egyptian-Czechoslovak arms deal was an agreement between the USSR and Egypt led by Gamal Abdel Nasser, announced in September 1955, to supply Egypt with more than $83 million worth of modern Soviet weaponry, through Czechoslovakia. The deal was a major turning point in the Cold War and greatly impacted the Arab–Israeli conflict.
As of December 2008, 70 Pechora-2M upgraded ramp-launched missiles had been ordered by Egypt. [131] AA Range = 35 km, AA Ceiling = 18 km, Speed = Mach 3.1 Kub: SA-6: 56 [132] Purchased from the Soviet Union after the disastrous 6 Day War and was used to great effect in the Yom Kippur War virtually denying the entire air space of Egypt to Israel ...
In the 1980s, Egypt was a producer of small and medium weapons, whether licensed or reproduced. In the 1990s, Egypt entered the heavy weapons industry, and after the year 2000, it moved to the stage of starting to design weapons systems. Now, Egypt designs small and medium weapons, produces heavy weapons, and develops them through self-production.
Military vehicles of Egypt (1 C, 1 P) N. Naval ships of Egypt (7 C, 5 P) W. Weapons of Egypt (1 C, 6 P) Pages in category "Military equipment of Egypt"
Of the $1.3 billion in U.S. foreign military financing allocated to Egypt, $320 million is subject to conditions that have meant at least some of that sum has been withheld in recent years.
The Egyptian military ranks were changed after the revolution of 1952 and the fall of the monarchy. In the year 1958 the crown was replaced by the Eagle of Saladin (also known as "The Egyptian Eagle"; "Ancient Egyptian Eagle", and is the new coat of arms) and formal-Arabic language ranks.
[1] HA-200 Al-Qahirah Egypt: Trainer: Locally produced version of the Hispano HA-200. [1] Helwan HA-300 Egypt: Trainer-1969: Experimental, never went into production. [1] Handley Page Halifax United Kingdom: Bomber [1] Hawker Audax United Kingdom: Light Bomber: Egyptian Audax: 34 [1] Hawker Hart United Kingdom: Light Bomber [1] Hawker Hurricane ...
1 Qassam 1 Palestine: 500 3 Golan-1000 Syria: 107 240 Jobaria Defense Systems Multiple Cradle Launcher United Arab Emirates: 110 1 Qassam 4 Palestine: 117, 180, or 227 60 Thunderbolt-2000 Republic of China: since 2010 122 40 WR-40 Langusta Poland: 107 12 T-107 Turkey: 122 1,4,8,16,24, 40 R-Han 122 Indonesia: 122 40 T-122 Turkey: 122 40 DTI-2 ...