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Egyptian Armed forces

Egypt
Population
107,770,524
Military budget
6 billion $
Active personnel
438,500
Nuclear weapons
☢
0 warheads
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Basic informations

Capital: Cairo
Area: 1,010,407 km2
Population: 107,770,524
Etnic groups: Egyptian 99.6%, other 0.4%
Religions: Muslim (predominantly Sunni) 90%, Christian (majority Coptic Orthodox) 10%

Military branches

(القوات المسلحة المصرية‎) Army, Navy, Air Force, Air Defense Forces.

Military service

18-30 years of age for male conscript military service; service obligation - 18-36 months, followed by a 9-year reserve obligation; voluntary enlistment possible from age 16.

Military expenditures

Military budget
6 billion $
Percent of GDP
0

Manpower

Active personnel
438,500
Reserve
479,000
Available
41,157,220

Land Forces

Tanks
3,610
AFV
6,532
Artillery
2,549
Self-propelled guns
1,056
Rocket artillery
531
Armoured fighting vehicles includes infantry fighting vehicles, tank destroyers, armoured personnel carriers, mine-resistant ambush protected vehicles(MRAP), amphibious and reconnaissance vehicles.
Total artillery includes towed, self-propelled gun(SPG) and rocket artillery.

Tanks

AFVs

TypeNameNumber
- SENA 200 -
- YPR-765 PRI 390
BMP-1 300
M113 2000
- BTR-50 500
Pegaso BMR 250
- Walid 650
- BTR-60 250
- Reva -
- Sherpa 173
- Timsah MRAP -
- Cadillac Gage Commando 112
- BRDM-2 300
- Fahd 410
International MaxxPro 12
- Caiman 535
- RG-33 450
- OT-62 TOPAS 200

Self-propelled artillery

TypeNameNumber
M109 368
- SPH 122 124
- M-46 420
- M110 144

Rocket artillery

TypeNameNumber
- Scud-B, Scud-C -
- K-136 Kooryong 36
M270 26
BM-21 356
- BM-24 48
Type 63 -
- Sakr-80 24
- 9K52 Luna-M 9
- RAAD 200 -
- BM-14 32

Air Forces

Total aircraft
854
Fighters
28
Multirole
256
Attack
40
Helicopters
251
UCAV (combat drone)
32
Total aircraft - number of all military aircraft and helicopters in country. Includes training and cargo aircraft. Does not include drones.
Attack includes ground-attack and strategic bomber aircraft.

Fighter aircraft

TypeNameNumber
MiG-29M 28

Multirole aircraft

Attack and bomber aircraft

TypeNameNumber
- Alpha Jet 40

Helicopters

TypeNameNumber
- Mil Mi-8 40
UH-60 Black Hawk 4
- AW149 5
AH-64 Apache 45
Kamov Ka-52 42
Mi-17 3
- Sikorsky S-70 4
- Sea King 23
- Aérospatiale Gazelle 52
CH-47 Chinook 19
- SH-2G Super Seasprite 7
- AW109 3
- AW139 4

UCAV (combat drone)

Navy

Total naval
196
Aircraftcarriers
2
Destroyers
0
Frigates
13
Corvettes
7
Submarines
8
Total naval - number of all military ships in country. Includes auxiliaries.
Aircraft carriers includes helicopter carriers. Destroyers includes Battlecruisers and Cruisers.

Aircraftcarriers

Destroyers

TypeNameNumber
- -

Frigates

TypeNameNumber
Fremm 3
Oliver Hazard Perry 4
- Knox class 2
- Meko A-200 EN 4

Corvettes

TypeNameNumber
Pohang-class 1
Gowind class 4
- Descubierta class 2

Submarines

TypeNameNumber
Type 209 4
- Romeo-class 4

☢ Nuclear weapons

Does not have nuclear weapons.