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List of equipment of the Egyptian Army

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The following list outlines the major equipment in service with the Egyptian Army.

Individual equipment edit

Name Image Origin Type Notes
Protective gear
Hełm wz. 50     Egypt

  Polish People's Republic

Combat helmet Standard issue for regular infantry
BK-3 Helmet   Croatia Combat helmet Standard issue for forces deployed in Sinai insurgency operations
Ops-Core FAST helmet     United States Combat helmet Used by Special Forces Army/Navy Command (El-Sa'ka Forces)
PASGT     United States Combat helmet, ballistic vest Used by Special Forces Army/Navy Command (El-Sa'ka Forces)
Mars Armor Modular Tactical Vest Model 58   People's Republic of Bulgaria Ballistic vest Standard issue for regular infantry
Defcon 5 BAV-13 Plate Carrier   Italy Ballistic vest
Egyptian Integrated Soldier System   Egypt Future soldier program

Infantry weapons edit

Small arms edit

Name Image Origin Type Caliber Comment
Pistols
Colt M1911[1]     United States Semi-automatic pistol .45 ACP Used by Special Forces Army/Navy Command (El-Sa'ka Forces)
Browning Hi-Power     Belgium Semi-automatic pistol 9×19mm Used by Special Forces Army/Navy Command (El-Sa'ka Forces)
TT-33[2]     Soviet Union Semi-automatic pistol 7.62×25mm Used by Special Forces Army/Navy Command (El-Sa'ka Forces)
Glock 17     Austria Semi-automatic pistol 9×19mm Used by Special Forces Army/Navy Command (El-Sa'ka Forces)
SIG Sauer P226      Switzerland Semi-automatic pistol 9×19mm Used by Special Forces Army/Navy Command (El-Sa'ka Forces)
H&K USP[3]     Germany Semi-automatic pistol 9×19mm Used by Special Forces Army/Navy Command (El-Sa'ka Forces)
Helwan 920[4]     Italy
  Egypt		 Semi-automatic pistol 9×19mm Beretta M92-FS pistol, with early Beretta 92-style grip-mounted magazine release button. Produced under license by the Ministry of Military Production, Factory 54[5] Service Pistol
CZ 75[6]     Czechoslovak Socialist Republic Semi-automatic pistol 9×19mm Secondary Service Pistol
RS9 Vampir   Bosnia and Herzegovina Semi-automatic pistol 9×19mm Secondary Service Pistol
Submachine gun
HK MP5[7]     West Germany Submachine gun 9×19mm Used by Paratroopers,Special Forces Army/Navy Command (El-Sa'ka Forces)
UMP     Germany Submachine gun .45 ACP Used by Special Forces Army/Navy Command (El-Sa'ka Forces)
Star Model Z-45[8]     Spain Submachine gun 9×23mm
CZ Scorpion Evo 3[9]     Czech Republic Submachine gun 9×19mm / 9×21mm Used by Special Forces Army/Navy Command (El-Sa'ka Forces)
Škorpion[10]     Czechoslovak Socialist Republic Submachine gun .32 ACP Used by Special Forces Army/Navy Command (El-Sa'ka Forces)
MP7[11]     Germany Submachine gun 4.6×30mm Used by Paratroopers,Special Forces Army/Navy Command (El-Sa'ka Forces)
PP-19 Vityaz     Russia Submachine gun 9×19mm
Shotgun
Saiga-12     Russia Shotgun 12-gauge Used by Infantry units and Special Forces Army/Navy Command (El-Sa'ka Forces)
M1014     Italy Combat shotgun 12-gauge
M590     United States Shotgun 12-gauge
Assault rifle/Carbine
SIG 552   Switzerland Carbine 5.56×45mm Used by Special Forces Army/Navy Command (El-Sa'ka Forces) and Paratroopers 170th Airborne Brigade
Heckler & Koch G36[12]     Germany Assault rifle 5.56×45mm Used by Special Forces Army/Navy Command (El-Sa'ka Forces)
Beretta AR70/90[13]     Italy Assault rifle 5.56×45mm
SKS[14]     Soviet Union Semi-automatic rifle 7.62×39mm Used By Infantry Units
Maadi     Soviet Union
  Egypt		 Assault rifle 7.62×39mm Indigenous version of the Soviet AKM rifle. Produced under license by the Al Maadi Company for Engineering Industries (Factory 54).[15][16] Main Service Rifle
AK-12     Russia Assault rifle 5.45×39mm Used by Infantry units and Special Forces Army/Navy Command (El-Sa'ka Forces)
AK-15     Russia Assault rifle 7.62×39mm Used by Infantry units and Special Forces Army/Navy Command (El-Sa'ka Forces)
AK-101     Russia Assault rifle 5.56×45mm Used By Infantry Units
AK-103     Russia Assault rifle 7.62×39mm Used by Infantry units and Special Forces Army/Navy Command (El-Sa'ka Forces)
AK-104     Russia Assault rifle 7.62×39mm Used by Infantry units and Special Forces Army/Navy Command (El-Sa'ka Forces)
PM md. 63     Socialist Republic of Romania Assault rifle 7.62×39mm Used by Infantry units and Special Forces Army/Navy Command (El-Sa'ka Forces) and police forces
Zastava M70     Yugoslavia Assault rifle 7.62×39mm Used by Infantry units and Special Forces Army/Navy Command (El-Sa'ka Forces)
Zastava M21     Serbia and Montenegro Assault rifle 5.56×45mm Used by Infantry units and Special Forces Army/Navy Command (El-Sa'ka Forces)
AR-M1     Bulgaria Assault rifle 7.62×39mm Used by Infantry units and Special Forces Army/Navy Command (El-Sa'ka Forces)
M16[17]     United States Assault rifle 5.56×45mm
M4A1[18]     United States Carbine 5.56×45mm Used by Paratroopers and Special Forces Army/Navy Command (El-Sa'ka Forces)
CAR-15     United States Assault rifle
Carbine		 5.56×45mm Used by Paratroopers and Special Forces Army/Navy Command (El-Sa'ka Forces)
SIG Sauer SIG516[19]     United States
  Germany		 Assault rifle 5.56×45mm Used by Rapid Deployment Forces and Special Forces Army/Navy Command (El-Sa'ka Forces)
Vz. 52[20]     Czechoslovak Socialist Republic Semi-automatic rifle 7.62×45mm Used by Paratroopers, Republican Guard and Special Forces Army/Navy Command (El-Sa'ka Forces)
CZ-805 BREN A1/A2[21]     Czech Republic Assault rifle 5.56×45mm Used by Paratroopers, Republican Guard and Special Forces Army/Navy Command (El-Sa'ka Forces) (candidate for replacement service rifle)
CZ 807[22]   Czech Republic Assault rifle 7.62×39mm Used by Paratroopers, Republican Guard and Special Forces Army/Navy Command (El-Sa'ka Forces) (candidate for replacement service rifle)
Beretta ARX 160[23]     Italy Assault rifle 5.56×45mm Used by Special Forces Army/Navy Command (El-Sa'ka Forces)
Machine gun
Zastava M72[24]     Yugoslavia Light machine gun 7.62×39mm
RPD[25]     Soviet Union
  Egypt		 Light machine gun 7.62×39mm Produced locally under license. (See RPD page)
FN Minimi[26]     Belgium
  Egypt		 Light machine gun 5.56×45mm Produced locally under license.
RPK[27]   Soviet Union Light machine gun 7.62×39mm
PKM[28]     Soviet Union General-purpose machine gun 7.62×54mmR PK PKM PKMS
M60[29]     United States General-purpose machine gun 7.62×51mm Also known as Mk43
FN MAG     Belgium
  Egypt		 General-purpose machine gun 7.62×51mm Produced locally under license[30][31] (See FN MAG page)
DP-27[32]     Soviet Union Light machine gun 7.62×54mmR
SG-43 Goryunov[33]     Soviet Union
  Egypt		 Medium machine gun 7.62×54mmR Produced locally
DShK     Soviet Union Heavy machine gun 12.7×108mm
NSV     Soviet Union Heavy machine gun 12.7×108mm Used by T-80 crews
M2HB     United States Heavy machine gun .50 BMG
KPV     Soviet Union Heavy machine gun 14.5×114mm See KPV page
Sniper rifle
Mosin-Nagant[34]     Russian Empire Bolt-action
Sniper rifle		 7.62×54mmR
Dragunov SVD[35]     Soviet Union Designated marksman rifle
Sniper rifle		 7.62×54mmR
Accuracy International AWM     United Kingdom Sniper rifle .300 Winchester Magnum Used by Rapid Deployment Forces
PSG1     West Germany Sniper rifle 7.62×51mm
M40A3     United States Sniper rifle 7.62×51mm
M24     United States Sniper rifle 7.62×51mm
SIG Sauer SSG 3000[36]      Switzerland Sniper rifle 7.62×51mm Used by Unit 777
Barrett M82     United States Anti-materiel rifle .50 caliber Used by Thunderbolt Forces, Unit 999, Egyptian navy special forces brigades and Black Cobra Unit
PGM Hécate II     France Anti-materiel rifle .50 caliber Used By Rapid Deployment Forces and Black Cobra
OSV-96[37]     Russia Anti-materiel sniper rifle 12.7×108mm Used by Egyptian special operation forces.
M110 SASS     United States Sniper rifle 7.62×51mm Used By Unit 777 and Thunderbolt Forces.
Orsis T-5000[38]     Russia Sniper rifle 6.5×47mm Lapua or 7.62×51mm NATO (.308 Winchester) or .300 Winchester Magnum or .338 Lapua Magnum or .375 CheyTac Used By Unit 777 and Thunderbolt Forces.
Grenade launcher
MK19     United States
  Egypt		 Automatic grenade launcher 40×53mm Manufactured locally.[39][40]
Maadi GL     United States
  Egypt		 Underbarrel grenade launcher 40×46mm Manufactured locally[41][42]
M79     United States Single shot grenade launcher 40×46mm

Anti-tank and missile edit

Recoilless rifles edit

Name Image Origin Number Comment
Recoilless rifle
M40[citation needed]   |   United States Unknown 105 mm
SPG-9     Soviet Union 73 mm[43]
B-10     Soviet Union 82 mm[44]

Anti tank systems edit

Name Image Origin Number Comment
Anti tank systems
RPG-7     Soviet Union
  Egypt		 Made by the Sakr Factory for Development Industries.[45][46]
RPG-32   Russia Unknown
M72 LAW     United States
MILAN II[47]     France 345 units Wire-guided anti-armor missile system
Swingfire     United Kingdom
  Egypt		 260+ units Wire-guided anti-armor missile system (locally made)
BGM-71D TOW II[48]     United States
  Egypt		 500+ 450 missiles Wire-guided anti-armor missile system (810 + 575 units(locally made)[49]
AGM-114 Hellfire     United States Unknown 107mm
9M14 Malyutka[50]     Soviet Union
  Egypt		 Unknown Wire-guided anti-tank guided missile system.
9M113 Konkurs[51]     Soviet Union Unknown Wire-guided anti-tank missile, mounted on Fahd armoured personnel carriers purchased in the 1990s
9K115-2 Metis-M[52]     Russia Unknown Anti-tank missile, mounted on armoured personnel carriers purchased in 2014
Skif (anti-tank guided missile)[53]     Ukraine Unknown Anti-tank missile
Akeron MP[54]     France Appears in Navy Thunderbolts Training in 15 March 2023 Anti-tank missile
HJ-8[55]     China
  Egypt		 Unknown Locally Produced Version Named AHRAM[citation needed]
HJ-73[56]   China Unknown

Man-portable air defence edit

System Image Origin Number Comment
Air defence
Sakr Eye     Egypt 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.[45]
9K34 Strela-3     Soviet Union Man-portable air-defense system short range surface-to-air missile.
FIM-92 Stinger     United States Man-portable air-defense system short range surface-to-air missile
9K38 Igla     Soviet Union Man-portable air-defense system short range surface-to-air missile

Mortars edit

System Image Origin Number Comment
Mortars
M240     Soviet Union 240mm
M1943[57]     Soviet Union 160mm
M-43[57]     Soviet Union 120mm
2B11 Sani     Soviet Union 120mm
Helwan UK-2     Soviet Union 120 mm, Egyptian version of the M-43[58]
M2[59]     United States
  Egypt		 107 mm
M224 Mortar     United States 60 mm mortar system
Helwan   China [citation needed] 60 mm, Egyptian modified variant of the Chinese Type 63-1[60][61][62]

Training mortars edit

System Image Origin Number Comment
Training mortars
M1938     Soviet Union 120 mm
2B14 Podnos     Soviet Union 82 mm

Vehicles edit

Tanks (4,174) edit

Model Image Origin Type Version Number Period Details
M1A1 Abrams     United States
  Egypt		 Main battle tank M1A1 1,340 1992– All in active service. Manufactured in Egypt.[63]
M60 Patton     United States Main battle tank M60A1

M60A3

 1,700 1979– Active[64] 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     Russia Main battle tank T-80U

T-80UK

34 1997– Purchased in 1997.[65] (possibly no less than 100 in total)
T-62     Soviet Union Main battle tank RO-115, RO-120 500 1972– 200 in active service, 300 in storage[63]
T-55     Soviet Union
  Egypt		 Main battle tank T-55E MK II

Ramses II

600 In storage.[66]

Infantry Fighting Vehicles (4,000) edit

Model Image Origin Type Version Number Details
YPR-765 PRI     Netherlands
  Belgium		 Infantry fighting vehicle 2,000 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     Soviet Union
  Egypt		 Infantry fighting vehicle BMP-1S 500
SENA 200   Egypt Infantry fighting vehicle 1,500 First introduced in EDEX 2021

Armored Personnel Carriers & MRAPS (20,000) edit

Model Image Origin Type Version Number Details
M113  
 
 
 		   United States
  Egypt		 Armored personnel carrier
Tank destroyer
Tracked field command vehicle
Tracked support and cargo vehicle
Artillery fire support vehicle		 M113A2
M901A3
M577
M548
M981 FISTV		 3,000 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     Soviet Union
  Egypt		 Amphibious armored personnel carrier BTR-50PKM

BTR-50PK

300
 500 were ordered in 1964 from the Soviet Union and delivered between 1965 and 1966. 250 BTR-50's are currently in service,[67] 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     Czechoslovakia
  Ukraine		 Amphibious armored personnel carrier OT-62B
OT-62		 300 Purchased in 1972. 200 units were upgraded by Ukraine to the OT-62B standard in 2010.[68]
PTS     Soviet Union Amphibious personnel carrier PTS-M 500 Purchased in 1973.
Pegaso BMR     Spain Amphibious armored personnel carrier BMR-600 500 Purchased in 1986.
OT-64 SKOT     Czechoslovakia
  Polish People's Republic		 Amphibious armored personnel carrier OT-64C 250 250 were purchased from Czechoslovakia with all the units subsequently being upgraded to OT-64C standard by Poland.
BTR-60     Soviet Union Amphibious armored personnel carrier BTR-60PB 200 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.
RG-32 Scout     South Africa Armored personnel carrier RG-32M 350 Bought in 2003 for border patrol. Likely will replace all BTR-152.
HMMWV     United States Armored personnel carrier
Artillery observation vehicle		 M1151
M1114		 2,500 Purchases began in 1995.
Fahd     Egypt
  West Germany		 Armored personnel carrier
Armored medevac
Tank destroyer
Armored command post
Infantry fighting vehicle
Fahd 240
Fahd 280
Fahd 280-30 		2,200 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.
Panthera   Egypt
  United Arab Emirates		 Armored personnel carrier Panthera T6 800 Produced locally by Egyptian company Eagles Defence International Systems (EDIS).[69]
ST-500[70]   Egypt 1,000 Designed and manufactured by Egypt
Nimr     United Arab Emirates Armored personnel carrier 2,000 Appeared for the first time during the 42nd anniversary of the 1973 Arab-Israeli war.[citation needed]
Temsah armoured personnel carrier (Egypt)  

 

  Egypt MRAPs, Light tactical APCs Temsah Light

Temsah 1

Temsah 2

Temsah Bus

Temsah 3

Temsah 4

Temsah 5

Temsah 6

Temsah Sherpa

210 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 I : 4x4

Timsah II : 6x6

Timsah III : 4x4 Squad Car[citation needed]

Casspir     South Africa
  South Africa
  United Kingdom		 Armored personnel carrier 200
Mamba APC     South Africa
  South Africa
  United Kingdom		 Armored personnel carrier 200
Husky VMMD     South Africa
  South Africa		 MRAP Husky 2G 100
Walid     Egypt Armored personnel carrier Walid MKII 400 Production started in 1966 and of the units are assigned to border patrol.[citation needed]
Sherpa     France Armored personnel carrier 500
Hotspur HUSSARD   United Kingdom Armored Personnel Carrier 500 Purchased in 1986 for use by military police.[citation needed]
Tiger Kader-120     Italy
  Egypt		 Armored personnel carrier
Armored ambulance		 800
[better source needed]		 License for production was bought from Italy in 1998.[71][72][73][74]
Cadillac Gage Commando     United States Armored reconnaissance scout V150
Commando Scout		 390 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     Soviet Union
  Poland		 Armored reconnaissance scout BRDM-2M96i
BRDM-2		 500 Purchased in 1968 from USSR, 100 of them were modernized by Poland in 2001.[citation needed]
Caiman     United States MRAP CAT II (6x6) 780 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.[75]
RG-33     South Africa
  United Kingdom
  United States 		MRAP Total
RG-33L
HAGA		 720 The heavily armored vehicle is designed to protect soldiers from blasts from IEDs, landmines, and from other types of attacks.[citation needed]
International MaxxPro     United States MRAP recovery vehicle MaxxPro MRV 300 The delivery is part of the US Department of Defense's Excess Defense Articles grant program.[76]
ST-100[70]   Egypt MRAP 500 First introduced in EDEX 2018

Self Propelled Artillery (1,200) edit

Towed Artillery (1,884) edit

Multiple Launch Rocket System (1,314) edit

Model Image Origin Type Version Number Period Details
M270     United States
  Egypt		 MRL 270 mm M270
Sakr-45		 50 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-21  
 		   Soviet Union
  Egypt		 MRL 122 mm Sakr-36
Sakr-30
Sakr-18
BM-21
Sakr-10
Sakr-8
Sakr-4		 764 *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.
RAAD 200   Egypt MRL 122 mm 100 Interduced At EDEX 2023.
RM-51     Czechoslovakia MRL 130 mm 200 1957– In storage
Type 63     People's Republic of China
  Egypt		 MRL 107 mm RL-812 TLC
PRL81		 100 In storage.
VAP-80   Egypt MRL 80 mm 100 Tripod mounted indigenous Egyptian design, range 8 km.
M110     United States Self-propelled howitzer 203 mm M110A2 100 1996– Purchased from US in 1996.
M109     United States
  Egypt		 Self-propelled howitzer 155 mm
122mm		 M109A5
M102A2
SPH 122		 500 SPH 122 are locally assembled howitzers based on M109A2 chassis, but instead of utilizing the 155 mm gun the 122 mm D-30 gun is fitted in instead.[77][78]
K9 Thunder     Republic of Korea
  Egypt		 155mm self-propelled howitzer K9A1EGY 200 The export contract worth $1.6 billion was signed in February 2022.[79] Initial batches will be produced in South Korea while the rest will be produced in Egypt under license from 2024 with 50% localization rate.[80][81][82]
Ural D-30[83]   Soviet Union
  Russia
  Egypt 		Self-propelled howitzer 122 mm 300 Locally assembled D-30 gun on an Armored Ural Truck chassis
KrAZ M-46-1M[84]   Soviet Union
  Ukraine
  Egypt 		Self-propelled howitzer 130 mm 100 Locally Assembled M-46 gun on an Armored KrAZ Truck chassis
K10     Republic of Korea
  Egypt		 Artillery ammunition support vehicle K10
K11		 U/N Ammunition resupply vehicle to support the K9s.
M992     United States 250 Designed to support self-propelled howitzers, purchased from US along with the M109A5s.
M120     Soviet Union
  Egypt		 Self-propelled mortar 120 mm Built on a T-55 chassis with the turret replaced by a mount fitted with an 120-PM-43 mortar.[citation needed]
M113 mortar carrier     United States
  Netherlands		 Self-propelled mortar 107 mm
Self-propelled mortar 82 mm		 M106A2

M125A2
GH 52     Finland
  Egypt		 Towed artillery 155 mm 400 Being manufactured locally under license, likely to replace aging 152 mm and 130 mm artillery.
ML-20     Soviet Union Towed artillery 152 mm 484 1952– 100 purchased, kept in storage.
M-46     Soviet Union
  People's Republic of China
  Egypt		 Towed artillery 130 mm M-46
Type 59-1M		 200 1952– Egypt bought the license to produce M-46 from USSR.[85]
D-30     Soviet Union
  Egypt		 Towed artillery 122 mm D-30M 184 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]
M-30     Soviet Union Towed artillery 122 mm 500 Some used for training the rest are stored.
A-19     Soviet Union Towed artillery 122 mm 116 All are stored.

Engineering vehicles edit

Model Image Origin Type Number Details
M88     United States
  Egypt		 Armoured recovery vehicle 308[86] 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.[87]
YPR-765-PRBRG   Netherlands Armoured recovery vehicle Bought along with the YPR-765 IFV
M579   United States Armoured recovery vehicle
BREM-2     Soviet Union Armoured recovery vehicle
M578     United States Armoured recovery vehicle
BTS-4A     Soviet Union Armoured recovery vehicle
M984     United States Recovery vehicle
M728 CEV     United States Combat engineer vehicle Bought from the old U.S. Army Europe stock in the 1990s.
BAT-2   Soviet Union Combat engineer vehicle 72[88]
M104 Wolverine     United States Armoured vehicle-launched bridge Bought as an option along with the Abrams tank.
M60A1 AVLB     United States Armoured vehicle-launched bridge Bought along with other M60 tanks.
MT-55 K/L     Soviet Union Armoured vehicle-launched bridge
MTU-20     Soviet Union Armoured vehicle-launched bridge 56[89]
TMM-3   Soviet Union Motorized bridge 96[90] 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   Soviet Union Motorized bridge 70[90] 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   Soviet Union Mobile treadway bridge 94[91] 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     Soviet Union Floating bridge Uses KrAZ-255 for transportation.
GSP-55     Soviet Union Amphibious tracked ferry 86[91][92][93]
PMM-2   Ukraine Pontoon bridger 56[89][94] Bought from Ukraine after the collapse of the Soviet Union.[95]
BMK-T   Soviet Union Bridging boats
BMK-150M   Soviet Union Bridging boats
BMK-130M   Soviet Union Bridging boats
Fahd     Egypt Minelayer 75[96][97]
Nather-1/2   Soviet Union Minelayer A Soviet UMZ system that could be carried by any 6×4 truck, its successor in the Soviet Union became the GMZ.[98]
Husky VMMD     United States
Fateh 2/3/4   Soviet Union
  Egypt		 Mine clearer 340[96][97] Based on a Soviet T-55 chassis with two mine-clearing line charges.
PZM-2     Ukraine Trencher 48[99] Bought from Ukraine after the collapse of the Soviet Union.[100]
MDK-2M   Soviet Union Trencher 36[101][102]
M9 ACE     United States
Caterpillar D9     United States
Caterpillar D7     United States
Caterpillar 930G     United States Front end loader

Amphibious bridging edit

Utility vehicles edit

Name Image Origin Type Variant Number Details
M274     United States All-terrain vehicle
HMMWV     United States
  Egypt		 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.[108]
G-Class     Germany
  Egypt		 Utility vehicle 3,910+[71][better source needed] Production ongoing by Kader Factory for Developed Industries as the Kader-320.[109]
Jeep CJ     United States
  Egypt		 Utility vehicle Jeep CJ7
Jeep CJ8
Jeep TJ
Jeep JK
Jeep J8		 10,650[71][better source needed] Locally built.
M151     United States Utility vehicle

Logistic vehicles edit

Name Image Origin Type Variant Number Details
HETS     United States 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.[110] In July 2016, Egypt made a new order for 46 M1070A1 HET A1 heavy tractors.[111]
MAZ     Soviet Union Very heavy truck
(19,600 kg)		 MAZ-543
HEMTT A4     United States Fuel servicing truck
Recovery truck		 M978
M978A4
M984A4		 75[citation needed]
1
1[111]
Ural     Russia Very heavy truck
(12,000 kg)		 Ural-5323
ZiL     Soviet Union Very heavy truck
(10,000 kg)		 ZIL-135
M939     United States Heavy truck
(5,000 kg)		 Model M931
Model M927
Model M923
Model M818
M54     United States Heavy truck
(5,000 kg)		 US army surplus.
KrAZ  
 		   Ukraine




  Soviet Union		 Heavy truck
(10,000 kg)



Heavy Truck
(7,500 kg)		 KrAZ-6322




KrAZ-255
Scania     Sweden Heavy truck
(6,000 kg)		 Model SBA111 Ordered during the late 1980s.
Ural  
 		   Soviet Union
  Egypt



  Soviet Union		 Heavy truck
(5,000 kg)



Heavy truck
(4,500 kg)		 Ural-4320




Ural-375D		 Locally built, ongoing production
ZiL     Soviet Union Heavy truck
(3,500 kg)		 ZIL-131 Ordered in the 1960s from the Soviet Union.
M35     United States Medium truck
(2,500 kg)		 US army surplus
GAZ     Soviet Union Medium truck
(2,000 kg)		 GAZ-66
Trucks
635NL trailer     United States Flatbed Produced under license.[112]
M 970A1     United States Refueler
  • ZU-23-2 upgraded twin 23 mm stationary or towed radar guided AA gun system (manufactured locally)[113] (650)

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