Country catalog

Egypt Weapons and Military Equipment

Browse 6 weapon systems built or assembled in Egypt, including air defense, armored vehicles, and related systems, with images, specifications, source notes, and conflict records.

6 weapon systems
6Catalog records
4Equipment categories
4Leading builders shown
8Conflict links shown

Category Mix

Air Defense1Armored Vehicles2Artillery2Infantry Weapons1

Builder Links

Kader Factory for Developed Industries2SAKR Factory for Developed Industries2Various manufacturers2KBP Instrument Design Bureau1

Conflict Coverage

2014 Yemen Civil War42014 Russia-Ukraine War21967 Six-Day War11991 Somali Civil War12001 War in Afghanistan12009 Boko Haram Insurgency12011 Sinai Insurgency12012 Mali War1

Category

Air Defense

Systems that contest aircraft, missiles, helicopters, and drones.

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ZU-23-2, Towed twin 23 mm anti-aircraft autocannon, Air Defense2014 Russia-Ukraine War, 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict +3 moreZU-23-2Towed twin 23 mm anti-aircraft autocannonBuilt by: KBP Instrument Design Bureau / Various manufacturersThe ZU-23-2 is a Soviet twin 23 mm towed anti-aircraft autocannon built around two 2A14 guns on a light carriage. Its manual sighting, rapid emplacement, and high volume of fire make it a close-range air-defense weapon against low-flying aircraft, helicopters, and drones, while many operators also use it for direct fire against light vehicles and infantry positions. Ukrainian forces have used ZU-23-2 guns in mobile and positional air-defense teams during the 2014 Russia-Ukraine War, Armenian-side losses in the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh fighting included towed and vehicle-mounted ZU-23 guns, and conflict monitors documented ZU-23 or ZU-23-2-pattern use in Yemen, Tigray, and northern Mali.

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Armored Vehicles

Troop carriers, infantry fighting vehicles, and protected mobility.

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Walid armored personnel carrier, 4x4 wheeled armored personnel carrier, Armored Vehicles1967 Six-Day WarWalid armored personnel carrier4x4 wheeled armored personnel carrierBuilt by: Kader Factory for Developed IndustriesThe Walid, also rendered Al Walid or Waleed, is an Egyptian 4x4 armored personnel carrier produced by Kader Factory for Developed Industries. Open sources describe it as a BTR-40-like open-topped APC using a German Magirus-Deutz/UNIMOG-derived truck chassis made under licence in Egypt with a locally produced armored body, two crew, space for about ten troops, a pintle 7.62 mm machine gun, central tire-pressure regulation, and no amphibious, NBC, or night-vision equipment. It first saw combat in the 1967 Arab-Israeli war, later appeared in captured Israeli service, and was followed in Egyptian production by the Fahd APC family.
Fahd armored personnel carrier, Wheeled armored personnel carrier, Armored Vehicles2011 Sinai Insurgency, 1991 Somali Civil WarFahd armored personnel carrierWheeled armored personnel carrierBuilt by: Kader Factory for Developed IndustriesThe Fahd armored personnel carrier is an Egyptian 4x4 APC family built by Kader Factory after German-assisted development work for Egypt's post-Walid armored fleet. Its baseline role is protected infantry transport, but the family expanded into command, ambulance, recovery, police-security, mine-laying, and BMP-2-turret IFV forms. Direct conflict-use coverage includes Egyptian government deployments in the 2011 Sinai Insurgency and Burundian AMISOM Fahd-300 vehicles in Somalia.

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Artillery

Tube artillery, rocket artillery, and long-range ground fires.

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Sakr-6 multiple rocket launcher, Light 122 mm multiple rocket launcher, Artillery2014 Yemen Civil WarSakr-6 multiple rocket launcherLight 122 mm multiple rocket launcherBuilt by: SAKR Factory for Developed IndustriesThe Sakr-6 is a light six-tube 122 mm multiple rocket launcher associated with Egypt's Sakr/Grad-compatible rocket-artillery family. Oryx lists the type in both pre-war Yemeni Army inventories and later Houthi-held Yemen Civil War equipment, while technical sources support only family-level details for compatible Sakr and Russian-pattern Grad rockets rather than a complete Sakr-6 datasheet or a verified Sakr-6 firing incident.

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Infantry Weapons

Portable weapons used by soldiers and small units.

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RPG-7, Reusable shoulder-fired anti-tank rocket launcher, Infantry Weapons2014 Russia-Ukraine War, 2023 Israel-Hamas War +4 moreRPG-7Reusable shoulder-fired anti-tank rocket launcherBuilt by: Various manufacturersThe RPG-7 is a Soviet-origin reusable shoulder-fired rocket launcher built around a simple 40 mm launch tube and a wide family of over-caliber anti-armor, fragmentation, and thermobaric rounds. Its low cost, portability, and large global stock make it a common infantry anti-armor and assault weapon, including documented Ukrainian service, Hamas use in Gaza, ISWAP use in the 2009 Boko Haram Insurgency, and insurgent use in Afghanistan.