Egyptian Armed Forces | |
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Coat of arms of Egypt
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Founded | 1922 |
Current form | 1952 |
Service branches |
Egyptian Army |
Headquarters | Cairo |
Leadership | |
Supreme Commander | Sedki Sobhy |
Minister of Defence & Commander in Chief | Sedki Sobhy |
Chief of Staff & Deputy Supreme Commander | Mahmoud Hegazy |
Manpower | |
Military age | 18-49 years old |
Conscription | 1-3 years depending on circumstances |
Available for military service |
41,157,220, age 18–49 (2011) |
Fit for military service |
35,305,381, age 18–49 (2011) |
Reaching military age annually |
1,532,052 (2011) |
Active personnel | 438,500, incl. 290,000–320,000 conscripts |
Reserve personnel | 479,000 |
Expenditures | |
Budget | US$5.47 billion (2015), incl. US$1.3 billion of U.S military aid annually |
Percent of GDP | 1.8% (2015) |
Industry | |
Foreign suppliers |
United States Russia France China Italy United Kingdom Former: Soviet Union |
Related articles | |
History |
Second World War |
Military ranks of Egypt | ||
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Turco-Egyptian ranks (until 1958) |
Modern Egyptian ranks |
Western equivalents |
Officers | ||
Mushir |
General of the army/ field marshal |
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Sirdar سردار |
Fariq awwal |
General |
Fariq |
Lieutenant general | |
Liwa |
Major general | |
Amiralay أمير آلاي |
Amid |
Brigadier |
Qaimaqam قائم مقام |
Aqid |
Colonel |
Bimbashi |
Muqaddam |
Lieutenant colonel |
Sagh |
Raid |
Major |
Yuzbashi يوزباشي |
Naqib |
Captain |
Mulazim awwal |
First lieutenant | |
Mulazim thani |
Mulazim |
Second lieutenant |
Non-commissioned officers | ||
Shawish شاويش |
Raqib |
Sergeant |
Ombashi أونباشي |
Arif |
Corporal |
Soldiers | ||
Askari عسكري |
Jundi |
Private |
Egyptian Army
Egyptian Navy
Egyptian Air Force
Second World War
1948 Arab-Israeli War
Egyptian Revolution of 1952
Tripartite Aggression
North Yemeni Civil War
Six Day War
Nigerian Civil War
War of Attrition
October War
Shaba I
Libyan–Egyptian War
Gulf War