Egyptian Ground Forces

Military exercise begins today with Sudan , much hardware for a maneuver ,i guess something is going there regarding the Ethiopian dam problem .






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Egypt, UAE start 'Zayed 3' joint military exercise

Egypt and the UAE started on Friday the activities for a joint military exercise dubbed 'Zayed 3' with the participation from the two countries' special forces, the Egyptian Armed Forces announced.

According to the Egyptian Armed Forces' spokesperson, the two-week military drills, which kicked off in the UAE, include several activities: the transfer and exchange of military training expertise between the two sides, as well as managing joint combat work between the participating elements.

The military exercise comes in light of the Egyptian Armed Forces’ keenness on fostering military cooperation and exchanging relevant expertise with brotherly and friendly countries amid the current challenges facing the region, the Egyptian army added.
https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsPrint/411581.aspx

Egypt develops new local-version of French Sherpa Light 4x4 tactical vehicle

Egypt buys 200 K9 155mm howitzers from South Korea

Egypt has signed a $1.7 billion deal with South Korea’s Hanwha Defence for the acquisition of K9 Thunder self-propelled howitzers, which will be mostly locally manufactured in Egypt.

The signing ceremony took place in Cairo on 1 February and was attended by senior Egyptian military and South Korean industry officials, including Mohamed Zaki, Egypt’s Minister of Defence, and Mohamed Ahmed Morsi, Minister of State for Military Production.

Around 200 artillery systems will be supplied along with support vehicles including the K10 ammunition resupply vehicle, Defense News reports.

South Korea’s Defence Acquisition Programme Administration (DAPA) and the Egyptian military announced the deal, but did not disclose the exact value or quantities involved – it is estimated the contract is worth around $1.7 billion.

The Egyptian sale is the largest export contract for the K9 Thunder. Most of the artillery systems and vehicles will be produced in Egypt by the state-run Factory 200 outside Cairo, while an initial batch will be delivered by Hanwha Defence.

Egypt has been eyeing the K9 since 2010 when a memorandum of understanding on defence cooperation was signed between Egypt and South Korea. Egypt has for years expressed interest in acquiring new self-propelled howitzers, most likely to replace its M109s (Egypt has more than 170 M109A5s in service). Amongst options it examined were the French Caesar, the K9, the Russian 2S35 Koalitsiya-SV, and Chinese PLZ-45. Around 2017, the Caesar was trialled in Egypt.

https://www.armyrecognition.com/defense_news_december_2021_global_security_army_industry/egypt_could_sign_soon_an_agreement_to_acquire_k9_155mm_howitzers_from_south_korea.html

JohninMK wrote:Mahmoud Gamal
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Great News! Egypt's Deputy Minister of Military Production has officially announced that Egypt will finalize a contract with South Korea at #EDEX2021 for manufacturing the K-9 Thunder self-propelled Howitzer locally.

Photo from factory 200 ,it seems they produced some parts there .

Al Sisi witnesses the war inspection lineup of the Sixth Armored Division of the Second Field Army.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRalIklV8e4

Modified BMP-1 ,adding a fire control unit, integrating a remote weapons control platform on top of the combat tower equipped with a dual launcher for “Concourse” anti-armor missiles .

Securing the satellite communications for units after Egypt has already launched it's own military satellite.