The following list outlines the major equipment in service with the Egyptian Army.
Name | Image | Origin | Type | Notes |
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Protective gear | ||||
Hełm wz. 50 | ![]() |
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Combat helmet | Standard issue for regular infantry |
Hełm wz. 67 | ![]() |
Combat helmet | Standard issue for regular infantry[1][2] | |
BK-3 Helmet | ![]() |
Combat helmet | Standard issue for forces deployed in Sinai insurgency operations | |
Ops-Core FAST helmet | ![]() |
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Combat helmet | Used by Special Forces Army/Navy Command (El-Sa'ka Forces) |
PASGT | ![]() |
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Combat helmet, ballistic vest | Used by Special Forces Army/Navy Command (El-Sa'ka Forces) |
Mars Armor Modular Tactical Vest Model 58 | ![]() |
Ballistic vest | Standard issue for regular infantry | |
Defcon 5 BAV-13 Plate Carrier | ![]() |
Ballistic vest | ||
Egyptian Integrated Soldier System | ![]() |
Future soldier program |
Name | Image | Origin | Comment |
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Recoilless rifle | |||
M40[citation needed] | ![]() |
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105 mm |
SPG-9 | ![]() |
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73 mm[46] |
B-10 | ![]() |
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82 mm[47] |
Name | Image | Origin | Number | Comment | |
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Anti tank systems | |||||
RPG-7 | ![]() |
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Made by the Sakr Factory for Development Industries.[48][49] | ||
RPG-32 | ![]() |
Unknown | |||
M72 LAW | ![]() |
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MILAN II[50] | ![]() |
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345 units | Wire-guided anti-armor missile system | |
Swingfire | ![]() |
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260+ units | Wire-guided anti-armor missile system (locally made) | |
BGM-71D TOW II[51] | ![]() |
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500+ 450 missiles | Wire-guided anti-armor missile system (810 + 575 units(locally made)[52] | |
AGM-114 Hellfire | ![]() |
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Unknown | 107mm | |
9M14 Malyutka[53] | ![]() ![]() |
Unknown | Wire-guided anti-tank guided missile system. | ||
9M113 Konkurs[54] | ![]() |
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Unknown | Wire-guided anti-tank missile, mounted on Fahd armoured personnel carriers purchased in the 1990s | |
9K115-2 Metis-M[55] | ![]() |
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Unknown | Anti-tank missile, mounted on armoured personnel carriers purchased in 2014 | |
Skif (anti-tank guided missile)[56] | ![]() |
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Unknown | Anti-tank missile | |
Akeron MP[57] | ![]() |
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Appears in Navy Thunderbolts Training in 15 March 2023 | Anti-tank missile | |
HJ-8[58] | ![]() ![]() |
Unknown | Locally Produced Version Named AHRAM[citation needed] | ||
HJ-73[59] | ![]() |
Unknown |
System | Image | Origin | Comment |
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Sakr Eye | ![]() |
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Egyptian modified version of the SA-7 man-portable air-defense system short range surface-to-air missile. Made by the Sakr Factory for Development Industries.[48] |
9K34 Strela-3 | ![]() |
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Man-portable air-defense system short range surface-to-air missile. |
FIM-92 Stinger | ![]() |
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Man-portable air-defense system short range surface-to-air missile |
9K38 Igla | ![]() |
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Man-portable air-defense system short range surface-to-air missile |
System | Image | Origin | Number | Comment | ||
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Mortars | ||||||
M240 | ![]() |
240mm | ||||
M1943[60] | ![]() |
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1800[61] | 160mm | ||
M-43[60] | ![]() |
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120mm | |||
2B11 Sani | ![]() |
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120mm | |||
Helwan UK-2 | ![]() |
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120 mm, Egyptian version of the M-43[62] | |||
M2[63] | ![]() |
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107 mm | |||
M224 Mortar | ![]() |
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60 mm mortar system | |||
Helwan | ![]() |
[citation needed] | 60 mm, Egyptian modified variant of the Chinese Type 63-1[64][65][66] |
System | Image | Origin | Comment | ||
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Training mortars | |||||
M1938 | ![]() |
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120 mm | ||
2B14 Podnos | ![]() |
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82 mm |
Model | Image | Origin | Type | Version | Number | Period | Details |
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M1A1 Abrams | ![]() |
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Main battle tank | M1A1 | 1,130[61] | 1992– | All in active service. Manufactured in Egypt.[67] |
M60 Patton | ![]() |
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Main battle tank | M60A1
M60A3 |
1,150[61] | 1979– | Active[68] 759 M60A3 purchased new between 1980-85. Most are in the passive configuration, lacking thermal imaging sights. 700 ex-U.S. Army M60A1 were acquired for the cost of shipping and delivered 1990-1992. Another 168 M60A3 were acquired from Austria. 550 in storage |
T-80 | ![]() |
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Main battle tank | T-80U
T-80UK |
34 | 1997– | Purchased in 1997.[69] (possibly no less than 100 in total) |
T-62 | ![]() |
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Main battle tank | RO-115, RO-120 | 500[61] | 1972– | 200 in active service, 300 in storage[67] |
T-54/T55 | ![]() |
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Main battle tank | T-55E MK II | 840[61] | In storage.[70] |
Model | Image | Origin | Type | Version | Number | Details |
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YPR-765 PRI | ![]() |
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Infantry fighting vehicle | 390[61] | European version of the American AIFV equipped with the 25 mm KBA-B02 turret. 390 units were purchased from Netherlands in 1996 with further 640 from Belgium in x.[citation needed] | |
BMP-1 | ![]() |
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Infantry fighting vehicle | BMP-1S | 300[61] | |
SENA 200 | ![]() |
Infantry fighting vehicle | N/A | First introduced in EDEX 2021 |
Model | Image | Origin | Type | Version | Number | Details |
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Armoured personnel carriers(Tracked) | ||||||
M113/YPR-765 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Armored personnel carrier Tank destroyer Tracked field command vehicle Tracked support and cargo vehicle Artillery fire support vehicle |
M113A2 M901A3 M577 M548 M981 FISTV |
2,000[61] | Purchased between 1980 and 2002, the APC version was upgraded by Egypt and equipment with a protective shield for its 12.7mm main weapon station.[citation needed] |
BTR-50 | ![]() |
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Amphibious armored personnel carrier | BTR-50PKM
BTR-50PK |
500[61] |
500 were ordered in 1964 from the Soviet Union and delivered between 1965 and 1966. 250 BTR-50's are currently in service,[71] and were upgraded by 2014 to BTR-50PKM standard by Minotor of Belurus with new engines, transmissions and night vision equipment. A similar upgrade is to be performed on 200 OT-62's. These are likely to remain in service for many years.[citation needed] |
OT-62 TOPAS | ![]() ![]() |
Amphibious armored personnel carrier | OT-62B OT-62 |
200[61] | Purchased in 1972. 200 units were upgraded by Ukraine to the OT-62B standard in 2010.[72] | |
Armoured personnel carriers(Wheeled) | ||||||
BMR-600 | ![]() |
Armoured personnel carrier | BMR-600P | 250[61] | ||
Fahd | ![]() |
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Armored personnel carrier Armored medevac Tank destroyer Armored command post Infantry fighting vehicle |
Fahd 240 Fahd 280 Fahd 280-30 |
410[61] | 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 MILAN AT missiles. |
BTR-60 | ![]() |
Amphibious armored personnel carrier | BTR-60PB | 250[61] | Originally as small number was bought in June 1967 for evaluation, with a subsequent order for 650 units placed in 1969 and delivered between 1970 and 1973. A number of machines were lost during the Yom Kippur War, and with time others were retired, so that only 200 units are still in operation today. | |
Walid | ![]() |
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Armored personnel carrier | Walid MKII | 650[61] | Production started in 1966 and of the units are assigned to border patrol.[citation needed] |
Protected patrol vehicle | ||||||
Caiman | ![]() |
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MRAP | CAT II (6x6) | 535[61] | In May 2016, Egypt received its first shipment of a total of 762 MRAP vehicles from the United States, which arrived in the port of Alexandria for delivery to the Egyptian military.[73] |
Reva | ![]() |
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MRAP | REVA III
REVA V LWB |
N/A[61] | |
RG-33 | ![]() |
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MRAP | Total RG-33L HAGA |
449[61] | The heavily armored vehicle is designed to protect soldiers from blasts from IEDs, landmines, and from other types of attacks.[citation needed] |
ST-500[74] | ![]() |
N/A[61] | Designed and manufactured by Egypt | |||
Temsah armoured personnel carrier (Egypt) | ![]() |
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MRAPs, Light tactical APCs | Temsah 2 | N/A[61] | Fully designed and produced in domestic military factories. Its maximum capacity is 2 crew and 6 passengers. The vehicle has a BR7 armour protection level which offers all-round protection against 7.62mm rounds as well as grenades and certain types of explosives. It is armed with an externally mounted 7.62mm machine gun and a 40-mm grenade launcher. Other versions can be used for electronic and wireless jamming purposes.
Timsah II : 6x6 Timsah III : 4x4 Squad Car[citation needed] |
Armoured utility vehicles | ||||||
Panthera | ![]() ![]() |
Armored personnel carrier | Panthera T6 | N/A[61] | Produced locally by Egyptian company Eagles Defence International Systems (EDIS).[75] | |
Sherpa | ![]() |
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Armored personnel carrier | 173[61] | ||
ST-100[74] | ![]() |
MRAP | N/A[61] | First introduced in EDEX 2018 | ||
Armoured reconnaissance vehicles | ||||||
Cadillac Gage Commando | ![]() |
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Armored reconnaissance scout | V150 Commando Scout |
112[61] | The Scout variant was bought in 1986 while the V150 was bought in 2001 from the US Army which was retiring them in favor of the new M1117. |
BRDM-2 | ![]() |
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Armored reconnaissance scout | BRDM-2M96i BRDM-2 |
300[61] | Purchased in 1968 from USSR, 100 of them were modernized by Poland in 2001.[citation needed] |
Anti-tank vehicles | ||||||
M901 | ![]() |
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Anti-tank missile carrier | 52[61] | ||
YPR-765 | ![]() |
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Anti-tank missile carrier | 300[61] | ||
HMMWV | ![]() |
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Anti-tank missile carrier | N/A[61] | Equipped with TOW-2[61] |
Model | Image | Origin | Type | Version | Number | Period | Details |
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Multiple-rocket launcher | |||||||
ATS-59 | ![]() |
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122mm MLRS | ATS-59G | N/A[61] | ||
BM-21 | ![]() ![]() |
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MLRS 122 mm | BM-21 Sakr-10 Sakr-18 Sakr-36 |
260[61] | *Range 36 km *Range 30 km *Range 20 km *Range 20 km *Range 10 km *Range 10 km *Range 10 km Egypt purchased the original 215 units from the Soviet Union and a domestic production license renaming all the future machines Sakr. Sark-4 are tripod-based units, while Sakr-10 and Sakr-8 are jeep-mounted units, and the rest are truck-mounted units. | |
K-136 Kooryong | ![]() |
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130mm MLRS | 36[61] | |||
M270 | ![]() |
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MLRS 227 mm | M270 Sakr-45 |
26[61] | Range dependent on the type of ammunition used: *Range with M26 rocket 32 km *Range with M26A1/A2 rocket 45 km *Range with M30 rocket 70 km Egypt also developed a wheeled based MRL called Sakr-45 which also uses the M270 rockets; it is not unlike the American HIMARS. | |
BM-14 | ![]() |
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240mm MLRS | 32[61] | |||
BM-24 | ![]() |
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240mm MLRS | 48[61] | All in store[61] | ||
Self-propelled artillery | |||||||
SP-122[76] | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Self-propelled howitzer 122 mm | 124+[61] | Locally assembled D-30 gun on an Armored Ural Truck chassis
License built by Egypt. Some are modernized[61] | |||
M-46 | ![]() |
130mm Self-propelled howitzer | N/A | Locally Assembled M-46 gun on an Armored KrAZ Truck chassis
Modernized[61] | |||
M109 | ![]() |
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Self-propelled howitzer 155 mm & 122mm |
M109A5 M102A2 |
368[61] | ||
K9 Thunder | ![]() |
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155mm self-propelled howitzer | K9A1EGY | The export contract worth $1.6 billion was signed in February 2022.[77] Initial batches will be produced in South Korea while the rest will be produced in Egypt under license from 2024 with 50% localization rate.[78][79][80] | ||
Towed artillery | |||||||
D-30 | ![]() |
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122mm howitzer | D-30M | 190[61] | Egypt bought production license and will likely use it to replace completely the older 122 mm models that are now stored due to age.[citation needed] | |
A-19 | ![]() |
122mm howitzer | 36[61] | All are stored. | |||
M-30 | ![]() |
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122mm howitzer | 300[61] | Some used for training the rest are stored. | ||
M-46 | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
130mm howitzer | M-46 Type 59-1M |
420[61] | 1952– | Egypt bought the license to produce M-46 from USSR.[81] | |
GH 52 | ![]() ![]() |
155mm howitzer | 16[61] | Being manufactured locally under license, likely to replace aging 152 mm and 130 mm artillery. | |||
Self-propelled mortar | |||||||
M106 | ![]() |
65mm mortar carrier | M106A2 | 35[61] | |||
M125 | ![]() |
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81mm mortar carrier | M125A2 | 50[61] | ||
M1064 | ![]() |
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120mm mortar carrier | M1064A3 | 36[61] | ||
M-160 | ![]() |
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160mm self-propelled mortar | 30[61] | |||
Ammunition support vehicle | |||||||
K10 | ![]() |
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Artillery ammunition support vehicle | K10 K11 |
U/N | Ammunition resupply vehicle to support the K9s. | |
M992 | ![]() |
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250 | Designed to support self-propelled howitzers, purchased from US along with the M109A5s. |
Model | Image | Origin | Type | Number | Details |
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M88 | ![]() |
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Armoured recovery vehicle | 310[61] | In 1992 Egypt bought 221 M88A1 recovery vehicles for its M1A1 tanks, then in 1997 Egypt bought further 24 M88A2 but also obtaining the right for domestic manufacture. 50 M88A2 units were produced in the first batch, with further 13 produced in the second batch in 2002.[82] |
YPR-765-PRBRG | ![]() |
Armoured recovery vehicle | Bought along with the YPR-765 IFV | ||
M579 | ![]() |
Armoured recovery vehicle | N/A[61] | ||
BREM-2 | ![]() |
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Armoured recovery vehicle | ||
M578 | ![]() |
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Armoured recovery vehicle | ||
BTS-4A | ![]() |
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Armoured recovery vehicle | N/A[61] | |
Maxxpro | ![]() |
Armoured recovery vehicle | 12[61] | ||
M984 | ![]() |
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Recovery vehicle | ||
M728 CEV | ![]() |
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Combat engineer vehicle | Bought from the old U.S. Army Europe stock in the 1990s. | |
BAT-2 | ![]() |
Combat engineer vehicle | 72[83] | ||
M104 Wolverine | ![]() |
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Armoured vehicle-launched bridge | Bought as an option along with the Abrams tank. | |
M60A1 AVLB | ![]() |
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Armoured vehicle-launched bridge | Bought along with other M60 tanks. | |
MT-55 K/L | ![]() |
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Armoured vehicle-launched bridge | ||
MTU-20 | ![]() |
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Armoured vehicle-launched bridge | 56[84] | |
TMM-3 | ![]() |
Motorized bridge | 96[85] | Based on the KrAZ-255 it was the standard motorized bridge of USSR in the 70s that Egypt bought in the same decade. It is believed that all units are still combat capable. | |
TMM-1 | ![]() |
Motorized bridge | 70[85] | Based on the ZIL-157 it was the standard motorized bridge of USSR in the 60s that Egypt bought in the same decade, but today its serviceability is highly doubtful due to its age. | |
TPP | ![]() |
Mobile treadway bridge | 94[86] | Based on the ZIL-151 it was the standard treadway system of USSR in the 50s that Egypt bought in the 60s, but today its serviceability is highly doubtful due to its age. | |
PMP | ![]() |
Floating bridge | Uses KrAZ-255 for transportation. | ||
GSP-55 | ![]() |
Amphibious tracked ferry | 86[86][87][88] | ||
PMM-2 | ![]() |
Pontoon bridger | 56[84][89] | Bought from Ukraine after the collapse of the Soviet Union.[90] | |
BMK-T | ![]() |
Bridging boats | |||
BMK-150M | ![]() |
Bridging boats | |||
BMK-130M | ![]() |
Bridging boats | |||
Fahd | ![]() |
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Minelayer | 75[91][92] | |
Nather-1/2 | ![]() |
Minelayer | A Soviet UMZ system that could be carried by any 6×4 truck, its successor in the Soviet Union became the GMZ.[93] | ||
Husky VMMD | ![]() |
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Fateh 2/3/4 | ![]() ![]() |
Mine clearer | 340[91][92] | Based on a Soviet T-55 chassis with two mine-clearing line charges. | |
PZM-2 | ![]() |
Trencher | 48[94] | Bought from Ukraine after the collapse of the Soviet Union.[95] | |
MDK-2M | ![]() |
Trencher | 36[96][97] | ||
M9 ACE | ![]() |
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Caterpillar D9 | ![]() |
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Caterpillar D7 | ![]() |
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Caterpillar 930G | ![]() |
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Front end loader |
Name | Image | Origin | Type | Variant | Number | Details |
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M274 | ![]() |
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All-terrain vehicle | |||
HMMWV | ![]() |
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Utility vehicle | M998 M1038 M1043 M996 M1043 |
675 450 510+575 150 140 |
Utility and cargo carrier Utility and cargo carrier Utility and cargo carrier; additional 575 M1043 are on order. Mini ambulance Maxi ambulance * Arab Organization for Industrialization has a project of fitting HMMWVs with anti armor weaponry, options include: TOW, Milan, or HOT missiles.[103] |
G-Class | ![]() |
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Utility vehicle | 3,910+[104][better source needed] | Production ongoing by Kader Factory for Developed Industries as the Kader-320.[105] | |
Jeep CJ | ![]() |
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Utility vehicle | Jeep CJ7 Jeep CJ8 Jeep TJ Jeep JK Jeep J8 |
10,650[104][better source needed] | Locally built. |
M151 | ![]() |
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Utility vehicle |
Name | Image | Origin | Type | Variant | Number | Details |
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HETS | ![]() |
Heavy tractor | Total M1070 M1070A1 |
295 249 46 |
The first 170 vehicles were delivered by December 2004. By late 2009 around 249 systems had been ordered.[106] In July 2016, Egypt made a new order for 46 M1070A1 HET A1 heavy tractors.[107] | |
MAZ | ![]() |
Very heavy truck (19,600 kg) |
MAZ-543 | |||
HEMTT A4 | ![]() |
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Fuel servicing truck Recovery truck |
M978 M978A4 M984A4 |
75[citation needed] 1 1[107] |
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Ural | ![]() |
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Very heavy truck (12,000 kg) |
Ural-5323 | ||
ZiL | ![]() |
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Very heavy truck (10,000 kg) |
ZIL-135 | ||
M939 | ![]() |
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Heavy truck (5,000 kg) |
Model M931 Model M927 Model M923 Model M818 |
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M54 | ![]() |
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Heavy truck (5,000 kg) |
US army surplus. | ||
KrAZ | ![]() |
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Heavy truck (10,000 kg) Heavy Truck (7,500 kg) |
KrAZ-6322 KrAZ-255 |
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Scania | ![]() |
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Heavy truck (6,000 kg) |
Model SBA111 | Ordered during the late 1980s. | |
Ural | ![]() ![]() |
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Heavy truck (5,000 kg) Heavy truck (4,500 kg) |
Ural-4320 Ural-375D |
Locally built, ongoing production | |
ZiL | ![]() |
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Heavy truck (3,500 kg) |
ZIL-131 | Ordered in the 1960s from the Soviet Union. | |
M35 | ![]() |
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Medium truck (2,500 kg) |
US army surplus | ||
GAZ | ![]() |
Medium truck (2,000 kg) |
GAZ-66 | |||
Trucks | ||||||
635NL trailer | ![]() |
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Flatbed | Produced under license.[108] | ||
M 970A1 | ![]() |
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Refueler |
Name | Image | Origin | Type | Quantity | Notes |
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Short-range ballistic missile | 9[61] | |
Sakr-80 | ![]() |
24[61] | |||
9K72 Elbrus | ![]() |
9[61] |
Name | Image | Origin | Type | Quantity | Notes |
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Sinai-23 | ![]() |
23mm self-propelled anti-aircraft gun | 45[61] | Mounted on M113A2 APC fitted with a Hispano-Suiza one-person TA-23E turret armed with twin 23-mm ZU-23 anti-aircraft guns and six Egyptian Sakr-Eye (a local variant of the Russian SA-7 Grail) surface-to-air missiles.[109] | |
ZSU-23-4 | ![]() |
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23mm self-propelled anti-aircraft gun | 120[61] | |
ZSU-57-2 | ![]() |
57mm self-propelled anti-aircraft gun | 40[61] | ||
ZPU-4 | ![]() |
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14.5mm anti-aircraft gun | 300[61] | |
ZU-23-2 | ![]() |
23mm anti-aircraft autocannon | 200[61] | ||
S-60 | ![]() |
57mm anti-aircraft autocannon | 200[61] |