Egyptian Army 2008

v.1.0 July 18, 2009

© Magued Wassef. Not be reproduced without author’s permission.

ORGANIZATION

Ministry of Defense
Egyptian Military Operations Authority: HQ in Cairo (Tactical Defense Command)
Egyptian Army Chief of Staff HQ in Cairo (3 C4 HQ: 9 C4 field HQ)
Military Regions

HQ Central Military High Command: Heliopolis, Cairo

HQ Northern Military Region: Alexandria
Field HQ, Alexandria, Northern Military Region
Sub-Field HQ, Abou Qir, Northern Military Region
Sub-Field HQ, Mariout, Northern Military Region
Field HQ, Rashid, Northern Military Region
Field HQ, Damietta, Northern Military Region
HQ Eastern Military Region: El Suez
Field HQ, Port Said, Northern Suez Canal Military Region
Field HQ, Ismaelia, Central Suez Canal Military Region
Field HQ, El Mansoura, El Sharqueya, Eastern Delta Military Region
Field HQ, El Suez, Southern Suez Canal Military Region
Field HQ, Cairo-Suez Highway Military Region
Field HQ, Hurghada, Red Sea Military Region
HQ Western Military Region: Mersa Matruh
Field HQ, Sidi Barrani, Western Military Region
Field HQ, Marsa Alam, Western Military Region
Field HQ, Salloum, Western Military Region
HQ Southern Military Region: Assiut
Field HQ, Qena, Southern Military Region
Field HQ, Sohag, Southern Military Region
Field HQ, Aswan, Southern Military Region

FIELD ARMIES

First Field Army: HQ in Cairo (HQ Command & 3 field HQ)

1st Corps: Field HQ In Heliopolis, Cairo, Central Military Region

1 Republican Guard Armored Division (1st)
1 Independent Mechanized Brigade (24th)
2 Field Artillery Brigades (116th & 117th)
 1 Special Forces Regiment (135th)

2nd Corps: Field HQ in Alexandria, Northern Military Region

1 Mechanized Division (6th)
1 Independent Armored Brigade (18th)
1 Independent Infantry Brigade (218th)
2 Field Artillery Brigades (118th & 119th)
1 Special Forces Regiment (129th)

3rd Corps: Field HQ in Assiut, Southern Military Region

1 Mechanized Division (8th)
1 Independent Armored Brigade (36th)
2 Field Artillery Brigades (120th & 121st)
1 Air Mobile Brigade (222nd)

Second Field Army: HQ Ismaelia (HQ Command & 3 field HQ)

1st Corps: Field HQ in Port Said, Northern Suez Canal Military Zone
1 Armored Division (2nd)
1 Mechanized Division (7th) (former 2nd Infantry Division)
2 Field Artillery Brigades (122nd & 123rd)
1 Paratroops Brigade (412th)
1 Special Forces Regiment (117th)

2nd Corps: Field HQ in Ismaelia, Central Suez Canal Military Zone

1 Armored Division (4th)
1 Mechanized Division (17th)
2 Field Artillery Brigades (124th & 125th)
1 Special Forces Regiment (123rd)

3rd Corps: Field HQ in El Mansoura, El Sharqueya, Eastern Delta Military

Region
1 Armored Division (7th)
1 Mechanized Division (19th)
1 Independent Infantry Brigade (219th)
1 Field Artillery Brigades (126th)
1 Heavy Mortar Brigade (815th)

Third Field Army: HQ Suez (HQ Command & 3 field HQ)

1st Corps: Field HQ in Cairo-Suez Highway Military Region

1 Armored Division (9th)
1 Mechanized Division (23rd)
 1 Independent Mechanized Brigade (94th)
1 Field Artillery Brigade (127th)
1 Air Mobile Brigade (224th)

2nd Corps: Field HQ in Suez, Suez Canal Military Zone

1 Mechanized Division (36th)
1 Independent Armored Brigade (44th)
2 Field Artillery Brigades (128th & 129th)
1 Heavy Mortar Brigade (816th)
1 Special Forces Regiment (141st)
3rd Corps: Field HQ in Hurghada, Red Sea Military Region
1 Mechanized Division (16th)
1 Independent Armored Brigade (82nd)
2 Independent Mechanized Brigades (110th & 111th (Former 130th Amphibious
Brigade))
1 Field Artillery Brigade (130th)
1 Special Forces Regiment (147th)

ARMS AND SERVICES

Republican Guard

Republican Guard Armored Division (1st)

Republican Guard Armored Brigade (33rd)
Republican Guard Armored Brigade (35th)
Republican Guard Mechanized Brigade (510th)
Republican Guard Mechanized Brigade (512th)

Tactical Missile Command

SSM Brigade (1st)

SSM Brigade (2nd)

Armored Corps

Armored Division (2nd)

Armored Division (7th)
Armored Division (4th)
Armored Division (9th)
Independent Armored Brigade (18th)
Independent Armored Brigade (36th)
Independent Armored Brigade (44th)
 Independent Armored Brigade (82nd)
Republican Guard Armored Brigade (33rd)
Republican Guard Armored Brigade (35th)

Mechanized

Mechanized Division (6th)

Mechanized Division (7th)
Mechanized Division (8th)
Mechanized Division (16th)
Mechanized Division (17th)
Mechanized Division (19th)
Mechanized Division (23rd)
Mechanized Division (36th)
Independent Mechanized Brigade (24th)
Independent Mechanized Brigade (94th)
Independent Mechanized Brigade (110th)
Independent Mechanized Brigade (111th) (former 130th Amphibious Brigade)
Republican Guard Mechanized Brigade (510th)
Republican Guard Mechanized Brigade (512th)

Infantry

Independent Infantry Brigade (218th)

Independent Infantry Brigade (219th)
ATGW Brigade (33rd)
ATGW Brigade (44th)
ATGW Brigade (55th)
ATGW Brigade (66th)
ATGW Brigade (77th)
ATGW Brigade (88th)

Artillery

Republican Guard's S/P Field Artillery Brigade (10th)

S/P Field Artillery Brigade (101st)
S/P Field Artillery Brigade (102nd)
S/P Field Artillery Brigade (103rd)
S/P Field Artillery Brigade (104th)
S/P Field Artillery Brigade (105th)
S/P Field Artillery Brigade (106th)
S/P Field Artillery Brigade (107th)
S/P Field Artillery Brigade (108th)
 S/P Field Artillery Brigade (109th)
S/P Field Artillery Brigade (111th)
S/P Field Artillery Brigade (113th)
S/P Field Artillery Brigade (115th)
Field Artillery Brigade (116th)
Field Artillery Brigade (117th)
Field Artillery Brigade (118th)
Field Artillery Brigade (119th)
Field Artillery Brigade (120th)
Field Artillery Brigade (121st)
Field Artillery Brigade (122nd)
Field Artillery Brigade (123rd)
Field Artillery Brigade (124th)
Field Artillery Brigade (125th)
Field Artillery Brigade (126th)
Field Artillery Brigade (127th)
Field Artillery Brigade (128th)
Field Artillery Brigade (129th)
Field Artillery Brigade (130th)
Heavy Mortar Brigade (815th)
Heavy Mortar Brigade (816th)

Paratroops

Paratroops Brigade (414th)

Air Mobile

Air Mobile Brigade (222nd)

Special Forces

Special Forces Regiment/Group (117th)

Special Forces Regiment/Group (123rd)
Special Forces Regiment/Group (129th)
Special Forces Regiment/Group (135th)
Special Forces Regiment/Group (141st)
Special Forces Regiment/Group (147th)
Special Forces Regiment/Group (153rd)
Special Forces Regiment/Group (159th)

Signals (battalions assigned to major HQs)

 18 Signal Battalions (601 to 619th)

Engineers

Field Engineers Brigade (35th)

Field Engineers Brigade (37th)
Field Engineers Brigade (39th)
Field Engineers Brigade (41st)
Field Engineers Brigade (43rd)
Field Engineers Brigade (45th)

Medical

18 Military Hospitals, 3 Hospital Ships, 4 Hospital Barges

27 Field Medical Battalions (1st to 27th)
108 Field Medical Companies (201st to 308th)

Supply

36 Field Supply Battalions (501st to 536th)

Quartermaster

9 Central Military depots

16 Regional Military depots
32 Field Military depots

Military Police

12 Inland MP Battalions (222, 224, 226, 228, 230, 232, 234, 236, 238, 240, 242, 244)
12 Field MP Battalions (221, 223, 225, 227, 229, 231, 233, 235, 237, 239, 241, 243)

Frontier Corps (1 HQ Command & 5 Field HQ)

20 Battalions: 12,000 men, mostly Bedouins, in a lightly armed paramilitary

force equipped this force with remote sensors, night-vision binoculars,
communications vehicles, and high-speed motorboats and responsible for:

Border surveillance: 10 battalions

General peacekeeping: 2 battalions
Drug interdiction: 5 battalions
Prevention of smuggling: 3 battalions
ORDER OF BATTLE CROSS REFERENCE

4 Armored Divisions (2nd, 4th, 7th & 21st)

8 Armored Brigades (312th, 314th, 316th, 318th, 320th, 322nd, 324th, 326th)
24 Armored Battalions (1st to 24th)
80 Armor Companies
8 Command Companies
8 Signal/Recon Companies
8 Mechanized Battalions (1st to 8th)
24 Mechanized Companies
4 Command Companies
4 Signal/Recon Companies

4 Mechanized Brigades (512th, 514th, 516th, 518th, 520th, 522nd, 524th, 525th)
12 Mechanized Battalions (13th to 25th)
24 Mechanized Companies
4 Command Companies
4 Signal/Recon Companies
4 Armored Battalions (25th to 28th)
12 Armored Companies
2 Command Companies
2 Signal/Recon Companies

4 S/P Artillery Brigades (102nd, 104th, 106th, 108th)

16 S/P Artillery Battalions (36th to 51st)
48 S/P Artillery Batteries

8 Mechanized Infantry Divisions (6th, 7th, 8th, 16th, 18th, 19th, 23rd, 36th)

16 Mechanized Brigades (712th to 727th)

36 Mechanized Battalions (111th to 145th)
120 Mechanized Companies
12 Command Companies
12 Signal/Recon Companies
18 Armored Battalions (30th to 47th)
54 Armored Companies
9 Command Companies
9 Signal/Recon Companies

8 Armored Brigades (10th to 17th)

24 Armored Battalions (65th to 88th)
 80 Armored Companies
8 Command Companies
8 Signal/Recon Companies
8 Mechanized Battalions (41st to 48th)
24 Mechanized Companies
8 Command Companies
8 Recon Companies

8 S/P Artillery Brigades (101st, 103rd, 105th, 107th, 109th, 111th, 113th, 115th)
8 S/P Artillery Command HQ (Brigade level)
24 S/P Artillery Battalions (6th to 29th)
96 S/P Batteries

1 Republican Guard Armored Division (1st)

2 Armored Brigades (33rd & 35th)

4 Armored Battalions (118th, 119th, 120th, 121st)
16 Armored Companies
4 Command Companies
4 Signal/Recon Companies
2 Mechanized Battalions (41st & 42nd)
8 Mechanized Companies
2 Command Companies
2 Signal/Recon Companies

2 Mechanized Brigades (510th & 512th)

6 Mechanized Battalions (41st, 42nd, 43rd, 44th, 45th, 46th)
18 Mechanized Companies
3 Command Companies
3 Signal/Recon Companies
2 Armored Battalions (116th & 117th)
6 Armored Companies
1 Command Company
1 Signal/Recon Company

1 S/P Artillery Brigade (10th) Command HQ (Brigade level)

4 S/P Artillery Battalions (1st to 4th)
16 S/P Artillery Batteries

4 Independent Armored Brigades (18th, 36th, 44th & 82nd)

12 Armored Battalions (77th, 78th, 79th, 80th, 81st, 82nd, 83rd, 84th, 85th,
86th, 87th, 88th)
 36 Armored Companies
6 Command Companies
6 Signal/Recon Companies
4 Mechanized Battalions (91st, 92nd, 93rd, 95th)
12 Mechanized Companies
2 Command Companies
2 Signal/Recon Companies

4 Independent Mechanized Brigades (24th, 94th, 110th, 111th (former 130th

Amphibious Brigade))
12 Mechanized Battalions (33rd, 34th, 35th, 36th, 37th, 38th, 39th, 40th, 41st,
42nd, 43rd, 44th)
36 Mechanized Companies
12 Com/Recon Companies
4 Armored Battalions (96th, 97th, 98th, 99th)
12 Armored Companies
2 Command Companies
2 Signal/Recon Companies

2 Independent Infantry Brigades (218th & 219th)

4 Infantry Battalions (712th, 713th, 714th, 715th)

10 Infantry Companies
4 Command Companies
2 Signal/Recon Companies
4 Mechanized Battalions (100th, 101st, 102nd, 103rd)
12 Mechanized Companies
2 Command Companies
2 Signal/Recon Companies
2 Armored Battalions (17th & 18th)
6 Armored Companies
1 Command Company
1 Signal/Recon Company

222nd Air Mobile Brigade

3 Air Mobile Mechanized Battalions (5th, 6th, 7th)

9 Mechanized Companies
1 Command Company
1 Recon/Signal Company
1 Air Defense Company
1 Air Mobile Armored Battalion (56th)
3 Air Mobile Light Armored Companies
 1 Air Mobile Command/Recon Company

414th Airborne Brigade

3 Paratroops Battalions (224th, 225th, 226th)

10 Paratroops Companies
1 Paratroops Command Company
1 Paratroops Recon Company
1 Paratroops Mechanized Battalion (176th)
3 Mechanized Companies
1 Command/Recon/Signal Company
8 Special Forces Regiments/Groups (Brigade level) (117th, 123rd, 129th, 135th, 141st,
147th, 153rd, 159th) (of which 3 Lightning/Saaqa regiments and 3 Commandos
regiments, the remaining 2 are the Marine Commandos and the Infiltration Anti-
terror units)

18 Commandos Battalions: (230th to 247th)

72 Commandos Companies
3 Marine Commandos Battalions (515th, 616th, 818th)
12 Marine Commandos Companies
3 Infiltration Anti-terror Battalions (777th, 888th, 999th)
12 Infiltration Companies

15 Heavy Artillery Brigades (116th to 130th)

60 Artillery Battalions (314th to 373rd)

240 Artillery Batteries (1st to 240th)

2 Heavy Mortar Brigades (815th & 816th) 8 S/P Heavy Mortar

8 S/P Heavy Mortar Battalions (333rd, 334th, 335th, 336th, 337th, 339th, 340th
341st)
32 S/P Heavy Mortar Batteries (1st to 32nd)

6 ATGW Brigades (33rd, 44th, 55th, 66th, 77th, 88th)

6 Engineering Brigades (35th, 37th, 39th, 41st, 43rd, 45th)

12 Engineers Battalions (65th to 82nd)

6 Field Engineers Battalions (610th to 615th)
6 Construction Engineering Companies
6 Demolition Engineering Companies
6 Mine Clearance Engineering Companies
6 Maintenance & Logistics Engineering Companies
4 Field Engineering Salvage Battalions
2 Field Engineering Special Operations Battalions