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  2. Egyptian Armed Forces - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 21 February 2025. There are 3 pending revisions awaiting review. Combined military forces of Egypt You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Arabic. (April 2019) Click [show] for important translation instructions. Machine translation, like DeepL or Google ...

  3. Egyptian Armoured Corps - Wikipedia

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    After the Six Day War, the whole Armed forces went through a process of extensive training and modernisation to prepare for the October War. The Armoured Corps replaced the old T-54s, T-34s, and SU-100s with T-62s and BMP-1s , and got trained on newer tactics, new better commanders got in command and new units were formed.

  4. Egyptian Army - Wikipedia

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    There was a separate command for the Egyptian Army [30] (created) on March 25, 1964, but it was officially abolished after the Six-Day War of 1967, so that the command of the land formations returned directly to the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces, and the ground formations were divided to the forces east of the canal, under whose command ...

  5. Egypt's Sisi names new armed forces chief of staff, defence ...

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    CAIRO (Reuters) -Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi named a new chief of staff for the armed forces on Wednesday, after replacing the defence minister in his newly formed cabinet, as tensions ...

  6. Egyptian Air Force - Wikipedia

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    The Egyptian Air Force (EAF) (Arabic: القوات الجوية المصرية, romanized: El Qūwāt El Gawīyä El Maṣrīya), is the aviation branch of the Egyptian Armed Forces that is responsible for all airborne defence missions and operates all military aircraft, including those used in support of the Egyptian Army, Egyptian Navy and the Egyptian Air Defense Forces.

  7. List of equipment of the Egyptian Army - Wikipedia

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    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 [43] Russia: Anti-materiel sniper rifle: 12.7×108mm: Used by Egyptian special operation forces. M110 SASS United States: Sniper rifle: 7. ...

  8. Yom Kippur War - Wikipedia

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    Egyptian forces then consolidated their initial positions. On 7 October, the bridgeheads were enlarged an additional 4 km (2 + 1 ⁄ 2 mi), at the same time repulsing Israeli counterattacks. In the north, the Egyptian 18th Division attacked the town of El-Qantarah el-Sharqiyya, engaging Israeli forces in and around the town. The fighting there ...

  9. Battle of Migdol (601 BC) - Wikipedia

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    The battle took place in the last days of 601 BC. Nebuchadnezzar advanced into the sinai to invade Egypt and was met by Necho and his forces. a fierce battle broke out near the fortress of Migdol where both sides had many casualties. the Babylonians withdrew and were pursued by Necho who captured Gaza.