Egypts airforce
210 f-16 (all upgraded to blk. 32 and late 40s)
<22 Mirage 2000
<30 f-4 (phantom II)
<60 Mirage III/5
> 120 f-7/mig-21
50? Alpha Jet (training and ground attack a/c)
120 k-8e (training and dedicated single seat ground attack)
Egyptian Air defense
Nile Skyguard 23mm and 37mm guns married to aim-7 missiles
Patriot (americas most important abm and ad system)
aim-120 araam On Humvee (sa-8 replacement)
sa-6
sa-2 Chinese and Soviet
(aish al sakr) Improved egyptian variant of sa-2
Sakr eyi (Egyptian improved sa-7 manpad)
14.5mm 23mm 37mm 57mm and 100mm aa guns some mobile some not
Egyptian Army
320,000 (in the Field Armies)
200,000 (in army service elsewhere such as in labor and army buisnesses)
500,000 (1st reserve)
110,000 (National Guard a quasi security force as well as Rep Guard)
unk. (unknown millions serve in a national militia)
670 M1 series Tanks (very unpopular due to their turbine engines)
2,500+ m60 series
(american give away not all working, spanish and italian purchases in 2000)
1,000+ t-55 (supposed to be destroyed, additional chech purchases 1998)
670 t-62 (also supposed to be destroyed may be armed with 105mm l7 gun additional eastern european purchases and upgrades)
40 t-80 (israeli quotes Egypt aquired the t-80 from russia in 2001)
1,000+ m113/ypr-65 (reportedly some built in egypt)
620 bmp.1 (obsolete refitted with french engines 1988)
950 btr-50ot-64 (supposedly scrapped in 1986 additional purchases 1997)
1,000+ btr-60/bmr-800
1000+ al fahd (egyptian built west german 4x4 apc)
The Egyptians will in 2006-7 face an israeli defense force whos least!!! capable fighters the f-15I or f-16I will completely be superior to the most advanced EAF Fighter. f-16 blk 4os or mirage 2000c
210 f-16 (all upgraded to blk. 32 and late 40s)
<22 Mirage 2000
<30 f-4 (phantom II)
<60 Mirage III/5
> 120 f-7/mig-21
50? Alpha Jet (training and ground attack a/c)
120 k-8e (training and dedicated single seat ground attack)
Egyptian Air defense
Nile Skyguard 23mm and 37mm guns married to aim-7 missiles
Patriot (americas most important abm and ad system)
aim-120 araam On Humvee (sa-8 replacement)
sa-6
sa-2 Chinese and Soviet
(aish al sakr) Improved egyptian variant of sa-2
Sakr eyi (Egyptian improved sa-7 manpad)
14.5mm 23mm 37mm 57mm and 100mm aa guns some mobile some not
Egyptian Army
320,000 (in the Field Armies)
200,000 (in army service elsewhere such as in labor and army buisnesses)
500,000 (1st reserve)
110,000 (National Guard a quasi security force as well as Rep Guard)
unk. (unknown millions serve in a national militia)
670 M1 series Tanks (very unpopular due to their turbine engines)
2,500+ m60 series
(american give away not all working, spanish and italian purchases in 2000)
1,000+ t-55 (supposed to be destroyed, additional chech purchases 1998)
670 t-62 (also supposed to be destroyed may be armed with 105mm l7 gun additional eastern european purchases and upgrades)
40 t-80 (israeli quotes Egypt aquired the t-80 from russia in 2001)
1,000+ m113/ypr-65 (reportedly some built in egypt)
620 bmp.1 (obsolete refitted with french engines 1988)
950 btr-50ot-64 (supposedly scrapped in 1986 additional purchases 1997)
1,000+ btr-60/bmr-800
1000+ al fahd (egyptian built west german 4x4 apc)
The Egyptians will in 2006-7 face an israeli defense force whos least!!! capable fighters the f-15I or f-16I will completely be superior to the most advanced EAF Fighter. f-16 blk 4os or mirage 2000c