Egyptian Armed Forces

[The SC]

The seizure of large quantities of rockets, "Grad - Cornet - Pyramids" and large quantities of the "c4" explosives

Seizing this huge quantity and finding other similar stores will diminish in a significant way the terrorists targeting operations and and will prevent very heavy losses to the Egyptian Armed Forces and the people...

 

[Gomig-21]

This appears to be a Ka-52 pilot just getting his qualification to fly the brand new attack helicopter.

It also appears that the MiG-35 camo was inspired by the old F-6 camo? Bet NONE of you guys made the connection!?

The Egyptian Mistral Anwar El Sadat and the frigate Tahya MISR leave the Joan of ARC Group after several days of joint exercises.

 

[MICA]

@Gomig-21 this is not a pilot , he is just a soldier who just finished his service

 

[Gomig-21]

So with the recent Qatari signing of 28 NH90's while supposedly the helo is grounded because of the collapsing flooring problem it had or there might be a new problem but either way, they paid a good sum for them and if we think about it, the Mistral was originally intended to use the NH90 on it. But with the whole Russian involvement and the coms and defensive systems being switched around, it's definitely a quandary.

At this point though, it wouldn't make sense to equip them with anything other than Katrans considering they've committed to the 50 Alligators.

 

[HannibalBarca]

So with the recent Qatari signing of 28 NH90's while supposedly the helo is grounded because of the collapsing flooring problem it had or there might be a new problem but either way, they paid a good sum for them and if we think about it, the Mistral was originally intended to use the NH90 on it. But with the whole Russian involvement and the coms and defensive systems being switched around, it's definitely a quandary.

At this point though, it wouldn't make sense to equip them with anything other than Katrans considering they've committed to the 50 Alligators.

Are you gonna fill the Mistrals with Ka-50s??
Ka and NH90( or similar) do not have the same job... neither the same capabilities.

For those mistrals you will need something similar to those Nh90(or equivalen), whatever West or Russian made. Either way, it's needed.

 

[Gomig-21]

Are you gonna fill the Mistrals with Ka-50s??
Ka and NH90( or similar) do not have the same job... neither the same capabilities.

Too bad it's not up to me, Barca. I would wipe out the budget! Not sure where they're at TBH.
I think their plan is to load both LHDs with Ka-52 Katrans for the most part since that's what we've been hearing.

For those mistrals you will need something similar to those Nh90(or equivalen), whatever West or Russian made. Either way, it's needed.

The thing is that the way they ended up in the Egyptian navy is what makes this whole scenario a bit unique because they were destined for the Russian navy and the Russians were probably going to equip them with a combination of Katrans and Ka-29 assault transport helos.

You would think the Egyptian navy will do the something along the same lines but what exactly is not certain yet. But knowing they've purchased 50 Alligators already, it would make all the sense in the world to stick with the Katrans as well, especially when we've seen the Russians use the naval platform as a test bed for the Egyptian Alligator requirements with the new EOS-52 and DIRCMs that they also fitted on the Mi-17s.

Here's the Egyptian test bed they used and you can see the EOS-52 and DIRCM is the same for the Egyptian Ka-52s. So this should be the exact helicopter they would get for the Mistrals if they go with it.

They'll definitely need another transport assault chopper and it would make all the sense in the world to stick with Russian equipment considering all the coms and probably defensive equipment is going to most likely be Russian. So I doubt we'll see the NH90 at all.
Also any other helo will need to be a naval platform with foldable rotors for storage. We know what the choices are for those so we can only guess.

 

[MICA]

 

[The SC]

Special Forces Tactical vehicle (MRZR-D4) operating in Egyptian Special Forces units

 

[The SC]

 

[Gomig-21]

Interesting view of how US military aid to Egypt is distributed to certain defense contractors.
$9 million should buy a lot of these little UAVs.

Egypt Buys AeroVironment RQ-20B Puma Surveillance UAVs

08:29 AM, March 17, 2018

AeroVironment has been awarded a $9,098,295 foreign military sales contract with Egypt for RQ-20B Puma AE II M3/M4 systems and support.

Work will be performed in Monrovia, California, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 16, 2020. The US Army Contracting Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, is the contracting activity, a US DoD release said today.

The number of UAVs or payload was not mentioned in the release.

According to AeroVironment information, Puma AE's is man portable and capable of both ground and water landings. It is equipped with an electro-optical (EO) and infrared (IR) camera and illuminator.

The UAV is Operated from AeroVironment's ground control station (GCS) which allows the operator to control the aircraft manually or program it for GPS-based autonomous navigation. Puma AE can deliver 3.5+ hours of flight endurance while versatile smart battery options support diverse mission requirements.

A provided plug and play power adapter also makes for easy integration of extended endurance options such as solar wings.

http://www.defenseworld.net/news/22...nt_RQ_20B_Puma_Surveillance_UAVs#.Wq2mdmrwaM9

 

[Gomig-21]

Paratroopers getting ready to head to Gulf Shield-1 exercise in Saudiya. Gulf Shield is a ground, air, naval and air defense exercise involving 22 countries.

Saw this interesting pic of a Seasprite landing on the Gamal Abdel Nasser from the back like it typically does on its own ship which is different from the way most helos land on an LHD.

 

[Nahid]

Paratroopers getting ready to head to Gulf Shield-1 exercise in Saudiya. Gulf Shield is a ground, air, naval and air defense exercise involving 22 countries.

Saw this interesting pic of a Seasprite landing on the Gamal Abdel Nasser from the back like it typically does on its own ship which is different from the way most helos land on an LHD.

i can see Bangladeshi flag there too............

 

[Ceylal]

i can see Bangladeshi flag there too............

Missing Morocco, France,England, Australia, Israel,Senegal,Gambia, Seychelles, Somalia, Eritrea...

 

[Gomig-21]

i can see Bangladeshi flag there too............

Post some pics if you get any.

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An interesting concept to think about now in 2018 and beyond and with the current available US military fighter technology and with the F-16 assembly line all but shut down and the F-35 never to see a Cairo hangar, when will we ever see another US fighter come to Egypt? Maybe never?

So the move to go out and get 36 Rafales and 50 MiG-35s was brilliant by Senior El Sisi!
What happens now with the United States? Or with other fighter procurement to keep up with the attrition rate of the F-16, be it retirement or loss?

 

[Harpcore_lover]

Post some pics if you get any.



An interesting concept to think about now in 2018 and beyond and with the current available US military fighter technology and with the F-16 assembly line all but shut down and the F-35 never to see a Cairo hangar, when will we ever see another US fighter come to Egypt? Maybe never?

So the move to go out and get 36 Rafales and 50 MiG-35s was brilliant by Senior El Sisi!
What happens now with the United States? Or with other fighter procurement to keep up with the attrition rate of the F-16, be it retirement or loss?

Noone knows, Pentagon keeps rejecting to equip these f-16s with AMRAAM almost neutring them, they are not that good in air-air combat cause of the absence of the AMRAAMs