The following list outlines the major equipment in service with the Egyptian Army.
Individual equipment NameImageOriginTypeNotes Protective gearM-3EProtective maskThe Mask is used by the M60A3 tank crew to provide protection against military & biological gasses and atomic dustM81-AFiltering protective suit* Manufactured from filterating Cloth that protects against weapons of mass destruction (NBC) Protects all the body organs from the effect of weapons of mass destructions and helps the body to breathe naturally through the skin Allows the sweat to be evaporated Purifies the air that enters the body from all harmful contaminationsHełm wz. 50Combat helmetStandard issue for regular infantryHełm wz. 67Combat helmetStandard issue for regular infantryBK-3 HelmetCombat helmetStandard issue for forces deployed in Sinai insurgency operationsOps-Core FAST helmetCombat helmet Used by Special Forces Army/Navy Command (El-Sa'ka Forces)PASGTCombat helmet, ballistic vest Used by Special Forces Army/Navy Command (El-Sa'ka Forces)Mars Armor Modular Tactical Vest Model 58 Ballistic vest Standard issue for regular infantryDefcon 5 BAV-13 Plate CarrierBallistic vestEgyptian Integrated Soldier SystemFuture soldier program
Infantry weapons
Small arms NameImageOriginTypeCaliberComment PistolsColt M1911 Citing Semi-automatic pistol.45 ACPUsed by Special Forces Army/Navy Command (El-Sa'ka Forces) Browning Hi-Power Semi-automatic pistol 9×19mmUsed by Special Forces Army/Navy Command (El-Sa'ka Forces) TT-33Hogg, Ian (2002). Jane's Guns Recognition Guide. Jane's Information Group. . Semi-automatic pistol 7.62×25mmUsed by Special Forces Army/Navy Command (El-Sa'ka Forces) Glock 17 Semi-automatic pistol 9×19mmUsed by Special Forces Army/Navy Command (El-Sa'ka Forces) SIG Sauer P226 Semi-automatic pistol 9×19mmUsed by Special Forces Army/Navy Command (El-Sa'ka Forces) H&K USP Semi-automatic pistol9×19mmUsed by Special Forces Army/Navy Command (El-Sa'ka Forces) Helwan 920 Semi-automatic pistol 9×19mm Beretta 92FS pistol, with early Beretta 92-style grip-mounted magazine release button. Produced under license by the Ministry of Military Production, Factory 54 Service PistolCZ 75 Semi-automatic pistol9×19mm Secondary Service PistolRS9 Vampir Semi-automatic pistol9×19mm Secondary Service Pistol Submachine gun HK MP5 Submachine gun 9×19mm Used by Paratroopers, Special Forces Army/Navy Command (El-Sa'ka Forces) UMPEnterprise (11 September 2017). "Heckler & Koch to stop selling weapons in “crisis regions,” including Egypt." Enterprise Ventures LLC, https://enterprise.press/stories/2017/09/11/heckler-koch-to-stop-selling-weapons-in-crisis-regions-including-egypt/ Submachine gun .45 ACP Used by Special Forces Army/Navy Command (El-Sa'ka Forces) Star Model Z-45 Submachine gun 9×23mm CZ Scorpion Evo 3 Submachine gun 9×19mm / 9×21mm Used by Special Forces Army/Navy Command (El-Sa'ka Forces) ŠkorpionDiez, Octavio (2000). Handguns: Armament and Technology. Lema Publications, S.L. . Submachine gun .32 ACP Used by Special Forces Army/Navy Command (El-Sa'ka Forces) MP7 Submachine gun 4.6×30mm Used by Paratroopers, Special Forces Army/Navy Command (El-Sa'ka Forces) PP-19 Vityaz Submachine gun 9×19mm Shotgun Saiga-12 Shotgun 12-gauge Used by Infantry units and Special Forces Army/Navy Command (El-Sa'ka Forces) M1014 Combat shotgun 12-gauge M590 Shotgun 12-gauge Assault rifle/Carbine SIG 552 Carbine 5.56×45mm Used by Special Forces Army/Navy Command (El-Sa'ka Forces) and Paratroopers 170th Airborne Brigade Heckler & Koch G36 Assault rifle 5.56×45mm Used by Special Forces Army/Navy Command (El-Sa'ka Forces) Beretta AR70/90 Assault rifle 5.56×45mm SKSMiller, David (2001). The Illustrated Directory of 20th Century Guns. Salamander Books Ltd. . Semi-automatic rifle 7.62×39mm Used By Infantry Units Misr assault rifle 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). Main Service Rifle SIG Sauer SIGM400 Semi-automatic rifle5.56×45mm NATOUsed by Infantry units and Special Forces Army/Navy Command (El-Sa'ka Forces) AK-74Assault rifle5.45×39mmUsed by Infantry units and Special Forces Army/Navy Command (El-Sa'ka Forces)McNab, Chris (2002). Modern Military Uniforms. p. 145. AK-12 Assault rifle 5.45×39mm Used by Infantry units and Special Forces Army/Navy Command (El-Sa'ka Forces) AK-15 Assault rifle 7.62×39mm Used by Infantry units and Special Forces Army/Navy Command (El-Sa'ka Forces) AK-101 Assault rifle 5.56×45mm Used By Infantry Units AK-103 Assault rifle 7.62×39mm Used by Infantry units and Special Forces Army/Navy Command (El-Sa'ka Forces) AK-104 Assault rifle 7.62×39mm Used by Infantry units and Special Forces Army/Navy Command (El-Sa'ka Forces) PM md. 63 Assault rifle 7.62×39mm Used by Infantry units and Special Forces Army/Navy Command (El-Sa'ka Forces) and police forces Zastava M70 Assault rifle 7.62×39mm Used by Infantry units and Special Forces Army/Navy Command (El-Sa'ka Forces) Zastava M21 Assault rifle 5.56×45mm Used by Infantry units and Special Forces Army/Navy Command (El-Sa'ka Forces) AR-M1 Assault rifle 7.62×39mm Used by Infantry units and Special Forces Army/Navy Command (El-Sa'ka Forces) M16 Assault rifle 5.56×45mm M4A1 Carbine 5.56×45mm Used by Paratroopers and Special Forces Army/Navy Command (El-Sa'ka Forces) CAR-15 Assault rifleCarbine 5.56×45mm Used by Paratroopers and Special Forces Army/Navy Command (El-Sa'ka Forces) SIG Sauer SIG516 Assault rifle 5.56×45mm Used by Rapid Deployment Forces and Special Forces Army/Navy Command (El-Sa'ka Forces) Vz. 52Walter, John: Rifles of the World (3rd ed.), page 229. Krause Publications, 2006. 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 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 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 160Egyptian Navy Special Forces Adopt Beretta ARX-160 - Thefirearmblog.com, 18 July 2013 Assault rifle 5.56×45mm Used by Special Forces Army/Navy Command (El-Sa'ka Forces) Machine gun Zastava M72 Light machine gun 7.62×39mm RPDJones, Richard D. Jane's Infantry Weapons 2009/2010. Jane's Information Group; 35 edition (27 January 2009). . Light machine gun 7.62×39mm Produced locally under license. (See RPD page) FN Minimi Light machine gun 5.56×45mm Produced locally under license. RPK Light machine gun 7.62×39mm PKM General-purpose machine gun 7.62×54mmR PK PKM PKMS M60 General-purpose machine gun 7.62×51mm Also known as Mk43 FN MAG General-purpose machine gun 7.62×51mm Produced locally under license (See FN MAG page) DP-27 Light machine gun 7.62×54mmR SG-43 Goryunov Medium machine gun 7.62×54mmR Produced locally DShK Heavy machine gun 12.7×108mm NSV Heavy machine gun 12.7×108mm Used by T-80 crews M2HB Heavy machine gun .50 BMG KPV Heavy machine gun 14.5×114mm See KPV page Sniper rifle Mosin-Nagant Bolt-actionSniper rifle 7.62×54mmR Dragunov SVD Designated marksman rifleSniper rifle 7.62×54mmR Accuracy International AWM Sniper rifle .300 Winchester Magnum Used by Rapid Deployment Forces PSG1 Sniper rifle 7.62×51mm M40A3 Sniper rifle 7.62×51mm M24 Sniper rifle 7.62×51mm SIG Sauer SSG 3000 Sniper rifle 7.62×51mm Used by Unit 777 Barrett M82 Anti-materiel rifle .50 caliber Used by Thunderbolt Forces, Unit 999, Egyptian navy special forces brigades and Black Cobra Unit PGM Hécate II Anti-materiel rifle .50 caliber Used By Rapid Deployment Forces and Black Cobra OSV-96Египетские снайперы вооружились российскими СВДС и ОСВ-96 // "Российская газета" от 14 августа 2018 Anti-materiel sniper rifle 12.7×108mm Used by Egyptian special operation forces. M110 SASS Sniper rifle 7.62×51mm Used By Unit 777 and Thunderbolt Forces.Orsis T-5000Sniper 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 Automatic grenade launcher 40×53mm Manufactured locally. Maadi GL Underbarrel grenade launcher 40×46mmManufactured locally M79 Single shot grenade launcher 40×46mm
Anti-tank and missile
Recoilless rifles NameImageOriginComment Recoilless rifle M40 105 mm SPG-9 73 mm B-10 82 mmCarl Gustaf 8.4 cm recoilless rifle84 mmAT484 mmSAKR 105Egypt105mm
Anti-tank systems NameImageOriginNumberComment Anti tank systems RPG-7 Made by the Sakr Factory for Development Industries. RPG-32 Unknown M72 LAW MILAN II 345 units Wire-guided anti-armor missile system Swingfire 260+ units Wire-guided anti-armor missile system (locally made) BGM-71D TOW II 500+ 450 missiles Wire-guided anti-armor missile system (810 + 575 units(locally made) AGM-114 Hellfire Unknown 107 mm 9M14 Malyutka Unknown Wire-guided anti-tank guided missile system. 9M113 Konkurs Unknown Wire-guided anti-tank missile, mounted on Fahd armoured personnel carriers purchased in the 1990s 9K115-2 Metis-M Unknown Anti-tank missile, mounted on armoured personnel carriers purchased in 2014 Skif (anti-tank guided missile) Unknown Anti-tank missile Akeron MPFrance has supplied MBDA Akeron MP anti-tank missiles to Egyptian Special Forces. Army Recognition. 23 March 2023. Appears in Navy Thunderbolts Training on 15 March 2023 Anti-tank missileAT-1K RayboltUnknownBought along with K9 howitzers in 2022, locally produced under licence HJ-8 Unknown Locally Produced Version Named AHRAM HJ-73 Unknown FGM-148 JavelinFGM-148FApproved for purchase of up to 2,020 FGM-148F missiles and 200 Lightweight Command Launch Units (LWCLUs) in October 2026 for $832 million.
Man-portable air defence SystemImageOriginComment Sakr Eye 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. 9K34 Strela-3 Man-portable air-defense system short range surface-to-air missile. FIM-92 Stinger Man-portable air-defense system short range surface-to-air missile 9K38 Igla Man-portable air-defense system short range surface-to-air missile. 9K38 / 9K338 variants
Mortars SystemImageOriginNumberComment Mortars M240 240 mm M1943 1800 160 mm M-43 120 mm 2B11 Sani 120 mm Helwan UK-2 120 mm, Egyptian version of the M-43 M2 107 mm M224 Mortar 60 mm mortar system Helwan 60 mm, Egyptian modified variant of the Chinese Type 63-1
Training mortars SystemImageOriginComment Training mortars M1938 120 mm 2B14 Podnos 82 mm
Vehicles Main battle tanks Main battle tanks (2,000)ModelImageOriginIn serviceNotesM1A1 Abrams 1,300 555 units will be up-graded to M1A1 SA std.M60A3500T-62100T-54/T-55100Reconnaissance vehicles (412)Commando Scout112BRDM-2300Infantry fighting vehicles (690)YPR-765 39025mm cannonBMP-1300
Armoured vehicles (6,181+) ModelImageOriginTypeVersionNumberDetailsArmoured personnel carriers (tracked) M113/YPR-765 Armored personnel carrierTank destroyerTracked field command vehicleTracked support and cargo vehicleArtillery fire support vehicle M113A2M901A3M577M548M981 FISTV 2,000 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. BTR-50 Amphibious armored personnel carrier BTR-50PKM