Military industry of Egypt
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The military industry of Egypt produces defense and security products including small arms, armored vehicles, and naval vessels for the Egyptian Armed Forces. Equipment is also exported. Egypt has co-production agreements with several countries, including the United States and France.[1][2]
History
Near the end of World War II, Egypt came into possession of a large quantity and variety of armaments left behind by Nazi Germany,[3] including large stockpiles of 8mm Mauser ammunition that had been manufactured by several Axis countries. The Egyptian government decided to manufacture a semi-automatic battle rifle and purchased the tooling and plans for the Swedish Automatgevär m/42 (Ag m/42) rifle, and re-engineered it to use the 8mm Mauser cartridges and a gas adjustment valve. The resulting Hakim Rifle was manufactured and fielded from the early 1950s until c. 1961. Egypt also briefly manufactured another re-engineered Ag ms/42, chambered for the 7.62×39mm Soviet cartridge, called the Rasheed Carbine. These guns were replaced in the 1960s by the Maadi AK-47, a licensed copy of the AK-47.
During the late 1950s, Egypt built the
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Egypt was involved in supplying the
Organisation
The military industry in Egypt is organised across the following organisations:[6]
- Egyptian Armaments Authority (EAA) which serves as the Egyptian military's acquisition arm for military hardware
- Arab Organization for Industrialization (AOI) which owns and operates 23 defense manufacturing factories and the Egyptian Aerospace research center
- National Service Products Organization (NSPO) which owns several companies and supplies the Egyptian military and exports excess products
- Armed Forces Engineering Authority (AEA) which is responsible for mega projects
Egypt Defence Expo
The Egypt Defence Expo (EDEX) is held in Cairo every two years.[7]
See also
- Egyptian Armed Forces:
- National Service Products Organization
- General Services Organization (Arabic: جهاز الخدمات العامة)
- Ministry of Defense (Egypt):
- Marine Industries & Services Organization (Arabic: جهاز الصناعات والخدمات البحرية)
- Marine Industries & Services Organization (
- Ministry of Military Production (Egypt)
- Arab Organization for Industrialization
References
- ^ Mikhail, George (2020-03-04). "Egypt boosts local weapons production". Al-Monitor. Retrieved 2020-03-11.
- ^ "EGYPT DEFENSE AND SECURITY". trade.gov. International Trade Administration. September 17, 2020. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
- ^ "Afrika Korps", Wikipedia, 2022-04-05, retrieved 2022-04-07
- ^ "Egypt - Missile". NTI. James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies. Archived from the original on 26 October 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
- ^ Charlie Wilson's War, George Crile, 2003, Grove/Atlantic.
- ^ "EGYPT DEFENSE AND SECURITY". trade.gov. International Trade Administration. September 17, 2020. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
- ^ "EGYPT DEFENSE AND SECURITY". trade.gov. International Trade Administration. September 17, 2020. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
