Egyptian Armed Forces

[Gomig-21]

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Nice open bridge yacht they're on. Those Mirage 2Ks must've put holes in their ears flying so low.
Another pic.

M1A1 Kaboom!

According to either MoD or military spokesman, this is EAF EC-130H Compass Call which is:

The EC-130H Compass Call is an electronic attack aircraft flown by the United States Air Force. Based on the Lockheed Martin C-130 Hercules, the aircraft is heavily modified to disrupt enemy command and control communications, perform offensive counterinformation operations, and do other kinds of electronic attack. According to this info, it's staged out of an EC-130 Hercules, but this looks like possibly a mobile command post for Compass Call and not a C-130. Interesting.

 

[MICA]

@Gomig-21 you should hear them in real life they so much louder and deeper than the F-16

 

[HannibalBarca]

Nice open bridge yacht they're on. Those Mirage 2Ks must've put holes in their ears flying so low.

@Gomig-21 you should hear them in real life they so much louder and deeper than the F-16

Now imagine having them, at least 5-6 times a week... flying very low... above your house...
My tiles hate them...

 

[Gomig-21]

Would have LOVED to see the development of the Mirage 4000 and have seen it come to Egypt in this camo color.

What a beauty. It was perfect, dual engined and a bubble canopy, sort of the compromise between the 2K and the Rafale.

Looking through my extensive collection and picking a few oldies but goodies.

 

[HannibalBarca]

https://twitter.com/x/status/971086447401938944

 

[Gomig-21]

As part of this Sinai-2018 campaign against terrorism and the discovery and confiscation of so much explosive material and contraband, the Egyptian Parliament has just amended the penalty for possessing explosives with the aim of committing terrorist acts from lifetime imprisonment to a death sentence. Excellent way to help weed out terrorism. Cretins have no business with C-4 or any of that type of weapon of mass destruction and if they do, they hang. Awesome job my all the Egyptian MPs.

https://dailynewsegypt.com/2018/03/06/law-amendment-sentences-explosives-possessors-death/

Egyptian HALO team.

 

[MICA]

US Secretary of Defense James Mattis visited the United Arab Emirates and Iraq in February, in August - in Vietnam, in September - in India, in December - in Egypt, Jordan and Pakistan, and in January 2018 - in Indonesia. During these visits, the US military tried to persuade their counterparts to review plans for the purchase of Russian arms, say the two top managers of the defense industry enterprises. It did not always happen. So, contracts were signed with Iraq and Vietnam for the delivery of T-90S / SC tanks (the first 36 cars Baghdad received a few weeks ago, the remaining 37 arrive in late April), Negotiations with Egypt on the supply of anti-aircraft missile systems "Antey-2500 "(in addition to the previously ordered and already partially delivered four batteries).

 

[Mhmoud]

As part of this Sinai-2018 campaign against terrorism and the discovery and confiscation of so much explosive material and contraband, the Egyptian Parliament has just amended the penalty for possessing explosives with the aim of committing terrorist acts from lifetime imprisonment to a death sentence. Excellent way to help weed out terrorism. Cretins have no business with C-4 or any of that type of weapon of mass destruction and if they do, they hang. Awesome job my all the Egyptian MPs.

https://dailynewsegypt.com/2018/03/06/law-amendment-sentences-explosives-possessors-death/

Egyptian HALO team.

I think that the point here is how many of them you catch, and not how many you kill. Catching them is necessary, killing them is optional.
There have been some reports of extrajudicial killings last year and soldiers putting guns next to the bodies of the victims, and some have been taken on video, so I suspect that it is more of a political matter than a security one.
On the other hand, the ones operating in Sinau have shown themselves to be really disciplined. I think that the reason why the US chose not to arm Egypt with the best was because at war, Egypt's army is as good as its equipment allows it to be. In 1973 the entire army was armed with obsolete or severely downgraded weapons, but still packed a massive punch.
By the way, is the now-commonly seen ARX now becoming the service rifle?

 

[Crocodile]

Maybe not many have been noticing it but I believe it's a good thing the Egyptian army is finally reclaiming its battle cry "Allahu Akbar" after being hijacked for decades by the terrorist scum who twisted it into a signature for spilling innocent blood all over the world.

About that new explosives law, there is also something in there about indicting the terrorist's immediate family as accomplices if they were proven to know about his actions and not turning him in.

 

[HannibalBarca]

Maybe not many have been noticing it but I believe it's a good thing the Egyptian army is finally reclaiming its battle cry "Allahu Akbar" after being hijacked for decades by the terrorist scum who twisted it into a signature for spilling innocent blood all over the world.

About that new explosives law, there is also something in there about indicting the terrorist's immediate family as accomplices if they were proven to know about his actions and not turning him in.

One thing I see since those past years under Sissi... is a Coming back to..as sort of "Islamisation"...
My choice of word may be "strange" since Egypt is a muslim country... But under Sissi... is like Islam is coming back into the "Administration and Wings"...

A bit like what is Happening with Turkey under Erdogan...Quite a paradox...

Something that wasn't present under Mubarak... and even before... Where the Army and Gov had no "Religion" (Sort of) at least what it feels...

 

[Crocodile]

One thing I see since those past years under Sissi... is a Coming back to..as sort of "Islamisation"...
My choice of word may be "strange" since Egypt is a muslim country... But under Sissi... is like Islam is coming back into the "Administration and Wings"...

A bit like what is Happening with Turkey under Erdogan...Quite a paradox...

Something that wasn't present under Mubarak... and even before... Where the Army and Gov had no "Religion" (Sort of) at least what it feels...

Well, this paradox seems to be a concern among many Egyptian seculars (me included). But I believe there is an alterior motive behind it, being that Sisi wants to create a version of state-controlled religion. Previous regimes, in their attempts to be as secular as possible, left religion to fall in the hands of MB and Salafis. Leading to them being the dominant religious forces in the country, and look where that got us. This regime, however, is trying to protect secularism by bringing religion back under state control. Sure the state looks more religious but we can not ignore measures such as closing down many of the MB/Salafist mosques and making it obligatory to obtain a license for religious preaching.

 

[Gomig-21]

, Negotiations with Egypt on the supply of anti-aircraft missile systems "Antey-2500 "(in addition to the previously ordered and already partially delivered four batteries).

Excellent news. We need A LOT MORE than 4 batteries of S-300VM. In order to adequately protect the essential areas, I would say at least 16 batteries or more, and this wouldn't even be enough for both coasts as the navy would need to help out in that respect. This would just be for the "essential" targets or important areas.

I think that the point here is how many of them you catch, and not how many you kill. Catching them is necessary, killing them is optional.

That and also a deterrent. I think a law such as the death penalty for possession of explosives WITH INTENT to use in a terrorist act can be a very strong deterrent specifically to those that @Crocodile mentioned and not necessarily the cretins themselves since they couldn't care less about their own lives. The issue will be if justice is served appropriately and not just at a whim.

There have been some reports of extrajudicial killings last year and soldiers putting guns next to the bodies of the victims, and some have been taken on video, so I suspect that it is more of a political matter than a security one.

Yeah that wasn't a good thing. Even cretins, if they surrender they need to be taken into custody and served justice in the right way.

By the way, is the now-commonly seen ARX now becoming the service rifle?

I don't think so TBH. I think it will take a miracle to replace the Maadi Misr with anything in the caliber of the ARX-160. Only those special guys will get a hold of it although some special units like the paratroopers look like they're mostly armed with the C-807.

Maybe not many have been noticing it but I believe it's a good thing the Egyptian army is finally reclaiming its battle cry "Allahu Akbar" after being hijacked for decades by the terrorist scum who twisted it into a signature for spilling innocent blood all over the world.

Glad I'm not the only one who cringes every time I hear those lower than scum say that and in that most terribly repetitive manner, and even mispronouncing it is infuriating.

One thing I see since those past years under Sissi... is a Coming back to..as sort of "Islamisation"...
My choice of word may be "strange" since Egypt is a muslim country... But under Sissi... is like Islam is coming back into the "Administration and Wings"...

A bit like what is Happening with Turkey under Erdogan...Quite a paradox...

Something that wasn't present under Mubarak... and even before... Where the Army and Gov had no "Religion" (Sort of) at least what it feels...

Check this out, man.

IDF: EGYPTIAN CYBER WARFARE IN SINAI CAUSING CELL DISRUPTIONS IN SOUTH ISRAEL

"We've never seen anything this intensive or protracted. Even the Palestinians have been coming to us, appealing to make it stop," one Israeli official told Reuters on condition of anonymity. Phones had been disrupted as far away as Jerusalem and northern Israel, depending on weather, the official said.

The entire article is pretty interesting.

http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/ID...using-cell-disruptions-in-south-Israel-544438

 

[HannibalBarca]

Well, this paradox seems to be a concern among many Egyptian seculars (me included). But I believe there is an alterior motive behind it, being that Sisi wants to create a version of state-controlled religion. Previous regimes, in their attempts to be as secular as possible, left religion to fall in the hands of MB and Salafis. Leading to them being the dominant religious forces in the country, and look where that got us. This regime, however, is trying to protect secularism by bringing religion back under state control. Sure the state looks more religious but we can not ignore measures such as closing down many of the MB/Salafist mosques and making it obligatory to obtain a license for religious preaching.

Well...time will tell
IF...
The Gov want to put under Control "Islam"
Or
The Gov is Actually "Islamic".

The Arab pattern for Military regime since Decades was "Also" to take control of "Islam"
Iraq' Saddam did well in that matter...Syria did too...Algeria did too...Libya did too...
But You always had that feeling of "Difference" of being 2 entities playing with each others... without being one...

That is not the case With Sissi and Egypt right now...
IMO, It feels like an Islamic based Gov with a military Doctrine...

The same one that Muslims got under Sultans/Caliphe etc...
And it's seems to be the new pattern... Like in Turkey/Egypt/Libya... Even GCC countries seems to go that way...

 

[Gomig-21]

lol @ our Algerian friends @ MENA DEFENSE.


Why did Egypt order second-hand Mi24s?

The Egyptian army has not communicated on the purchase of Mi24 used, it is nevertheless possible to make a number of assumptions about the reasons for this purchase more than weird.

• Russia refuses to sell Mi35: It is possible that Russia refused or did not have the capacity to provide helicopters quickly.
• Egypt has no financing to pay the Mi35: it is a possibility which moreover is justified by the unreasonable price of Mi35 which is almost as expensive as that of the Mi28.
• Apache helicopters of the Egyptian army have maintenance problems or can not fly over combat zones (American or other pressures)
• Egypt wants to build CSAR (search and rescue) capabilities at a reasonable price to bolster its offensive operations in Sinai or elsewhere.
• Egypt wishes to repeat what Algeria has done with the same equipment almost twenty years ago by adapting modern navigation and observation equipment and more up-to-date weaponry.

It is possible to see that it is not Egyptian Mi24 but a lot of Libyan Mi24D who have suffered a repair in Rostov Sur Don in Russia and who have passed through an Egyptian military airport on the way back.

https://www.menadefense.net/2018/03/06/letrange-apparition-de-mi-24-ciel-egyptien/

Did @Ceylal write this article? lol

 

[The SC]

I think that the point here is how many of them you catch, and not how many you kill. Catching them is necessary, killing them is optional.
There have been some reports of extrajudicial killings last year and soldiers putting guns next to the bodies of the victims, and some have been taken on video, so I suspect that it is more of a political matter than a security one.
On the other hand, the ones operating in Sinau have shown themselves to be really disciplined. I think that the reason why the US chose not to arm Egypt with the best was because at war, Egypt's army is as good as its equipment allows it to be. In 1973 the entire army was armed with obsolete or severely downgraded weapons, but still packed a massive punch.
By the way, is the now-commonly seen ARX now becoming the service rifle?

Brother, the ones who shoot or kill army officers are killed.. the suspected ones are arrested and shown too.. it is just fair..
In the US and Canada.. if someone shows a gun or even a knife in the presence of police officers.. he gets killed on the spot.. let alone terrorists shooting with Kalash and big guns shooting at army officers.. this becomes war..

lol @ our Algerian friends @ MENA DEFENSE.


Why did Egypt order second-hand Mi24s?

The Egyptian army has not communicated on the purchase of Mi24 used, it is nevertheless possible to make a number of assumptions about the reasons for this purchase more than weird.

• Russia refuses to sell Mi35: It is possible that Russia refused or did not have the capacity to provide helicopters quickly.
• Egypt has no financing to pay the Mi35: it is a possibility which moreover is justified by the unreasonable price of Mi35 which is almost as expensive as that of the Mi28.
• Apache helicopters of the Egyptian army have maintenance problems or can not fly over combat zones (American or other pressures)
• Egypt wants to build CSAR (search and rescue) capabilities at a reasonable price to bolster its offensive operations in Sinai or elsewhere.
• Egypt wishes to repeat what Algeria has done with the same equipment almost twenty years ago by adapting modern navigation and observation equipment and more up-to-date weaponry.

It is possible to see that it is not Egyptian Mi24 but a lot of Libyan Mi24D who have suffered a repair in Rostov Sur Don in Russia and who have passed through an Egyptian military airport on the way back.

https://www.menadefense.net/2018/03/06/letrange-apparition-de-mi-24-ciel-egyptien/

Did @Ceylal write this article? lol

The first 3 points make no sense.. Egypt bought the KA-52 and the Katran.. most likely more expansive..

US Secretary of Defense James Mattis visited the United Arab Emirates and Iraq in February, in August - in Vietnam, in September - in India, in December - in Egypt, Jordan and Pakistan, and in January 2018 - in Indonesia. During these visits, the US military tried to persuade their counterparts to review plans for the purchase of Russian arms, say the two top managers of the defense industry enterprises. It did not always happen. So, contracts were signed with Iraq and Vietnam for the delivery of T-90S / SC tanks (the first 36 cars Baghdad received a few weeks ago, the remaining 37 arrive in late April), Negotiations with Egypt on the supply of anti-aircraft missile systems "Antey-2500 "(in addition to the previously ordered and already partially delivered four batteries).

The Russians have said recently that they have finished the delivery of the first Egyptian order.. and that negotiations for the S-400 were taking place.. but the Russian side has advised Egypt to buy more S-300VM for now..because they are more affordable..
Anyhow, the VM can use some of the best S-400 missiles..mostly the very long range one of 400km..