Egyptian Armed Forces

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Egyptian Armed Forces
القوات المسلحة المصرية (Egyptian Arabic) ⲠⲐⲱⲟⲩϯ ⲙ̀ⲙⲁⲧⲟⲓ ⲛ̀ⲣⲉⲙⲛⲕⲏⲙⲓ (Coptic)
Emblem of the Egyptian Armed Forces
Motto	Victory or Martyrdom
Founded	c. 3150 BC (ancient Egypt) 305 BC (ancient Egypt (Ptolemaic)) 868 (Tulunid) 935 (Ikhshidid) 969 (Fatimid) 1171 (Ayyubid) 1250 (Mamluk) 1820 (modern) 1967 (current form)
Service branches	Egyptian Army (abolished command)  Egyptian Navy  Egyptian Air Force Egyptian Air Defense Forces
Headquarters	Cairo
Website	www.mod.gov.eg/ModWebSite/
Leadership
Supreme Commander	Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
Minister of Defense	General Mohamed Ahmed Zaki
Chief of Staff	Lieutenant General Osama Askar
Personnel
Military age	18–49
Conscription	1–3 years depending on circumstances
Active personnel	438,500[1]
Reserve personnel	479,000[1]
Expenditure
Budget	4.82 billion dollars (in addition to 1.3 billion US aid)[2]
Industry
Domestic suppliers	Arab Organization for Industrialization Ministry of Military Production[3] Alexandria Shipyard[4]
Foreign suppliers	Current:  Brazil  China  Czech Republic  France  Germany  Italy  Poland  Russia  South Africa  Ukraine  United Kingdom  United States Former:  Czechoslovakia  Soviet Union
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Ranks	Military ranks of Egypt

The Egyptian Armed Forces (Egyptian Arabic: القوات المسلحة المصرية, romanized: alquwwat almusalahat almisria, Egyptian (Coptic): ⲠⲐⲱⲟⲩϯ ⲙ̀ⲙⲁⲧⲟⲓ ⲛ̀ⲣⲉⲙⲛⲕⲏⲙⲓ) are the military forces of the Arab Republic of Egypt. They consist of the Egyptian Navy, Egyptian Air Force and Egyptian Air Defense Forces.^[6] Previously, there was a separate command for the Egyptian Land Forces^[7] 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 the two armies (the Second and the Third) and the military regions (central, northern, western, and southern), in contrast to the rest of the forces, bodies, departments, and auxiliary agencies.^{[8]: 304:307 [8]: 142:144}

All branches, forces, armies, regions, bodies, agencies and departments of the Armed Forces are subject to the leadership of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, who simultaneously holds the Ministry of Defence. This position is currently held by Lieutenant General Mohamed Zaki (since June 2018),^[9] Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces and Minister of Defense and Military Production. The only person above him in the leadership ladder is the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, who is the President of the Republic, and this position is currently held by Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. The Chief of Staff is Lieutenant General Osama Askar (since October 2021).^[10] The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces consists of 23 members, headed by the Commander-in-Chief and Minister of Defense, and represented by the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces, with membership of: Commanders of the main branches of air, navy, and air defense, commanders of the border guard forces, commanders of the armies (Second and Third), and commanders of the military regions (Central, Northern, Western and Southern) and the heads of the Operations, Armament, Logistics and Supply, Engineering, Training, Financial Affairs, Military Justice, Management and Administration, the directors of the Officers Affairs and Military Intelligence departments, the Assistant Minister of Defense for Constitutional and Legal Affairs, and the Secretary of the Council is the Secretary-General of the Ministry of Defense.^[11][12]

Senior members of the military can convene the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, such as during the course of the 2011 Egyptian revolution, when President Mubarak resigned and transferred power to this body on February 11, 2011.^[13]

The armament of the Egyptian armed forces varies between eastern and western sources through weapons deliveries by several countries, led by the United States, Russia, France, China, Italy, Ukraine and Britain. Much of the equipment is manufactured locally at Egyptian factories. The Egyptian armed forces celebrate their anniversary on October 6 each year to commemorate the Crossing of the Suez during the October War of 1973.

The modern Egyptian armed forces have been involved in numerous military crises and wars since independence, from the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, Egyptian Revolution of 1952, Suez Crisis, North Yemen Civil War, Six-Day War, Nigerian Civil War, War of Attrition, Yom Kippur War, Egyptian bread riots, 1986 Egyptian conscripts riot, Egyptian-Libyan War, Gulf War, War on Terror, Egyptian Crisis, Second Libyan Civil War, War on ISIL and the Sinai insurgency.