Egyptian Armed Forces

[Hell NO]

 

[Gomig-21]

Yesterday was earth day in the US and speaking of the beautiful Sinai; Taken from the Space Station in 2009.

Special forces are a particular case, not good
for comparison as A-micro management is the
name of their game and individual qualities much
more developed so that B- you find FS units with
2 corporals, 3 sergeants and two lieutenants for
some ops, not a standard section format by far.

But this is mostly the units they're using in Sinai. That's the typical Egyptian platoon size, roughly 30+/- very young guys. My point was also to show that they are pretty young and the academy has made more of an emphasis on instilling camaraderie and cohesion in their training. They've been doing this for a while now. Sa'aka takes that unity/cohesion element of the training pretty seriously as illustrated in that video of their training at the academy that I posted a few pages back.

Now whether that camaraderie translates into the field and if it works with different units matching & attaching with others and that cultural issue takes over and threatens cohesion like Frogman suggested is another thing.

On the radios, agreed that runners are safe ...
except from bullets and accidents but they are
also slow. When attacking an outpost, my men
could be about 700m apart with the target near
the middle of the line joining them. Where do
my runners go? It's not formation fight anymore.
Having/using both is a boon.

I can see that, but aren't basic 2-way radios just as effective in cases like that? There's also the possibility that because this fighting in the Sinai is a bit more concentrated, different from conventional warfare or even the type of urban fighting in Iraq and certainly different from the battle environment that was what the US was facing in Afghanistan that it doesn't necessitate platoons being split up in sections that are separated so extensively. Much of the footage we've seen shows the entire platoons, if and when split, are operating at close proximity of one another and in others, their broken up in squads and acting as infantrymen following armored convoys. Perhaps the structure of the fighting is unique. In Iraq, Afghanistan it was foreign forces fighting in foreign lands. Here it's quite different because the "local" component plays a huge factor in tactics. Froggy will probably disagree with that but tough crap.

But I would like to find a paper trail for those rats'
radios your guys nabbed; to see who paid for 'em.

That's always been a tough question to answer, who is supporting these cretins. It's most certainly coming in some form of smuggling and not through wiring methods. I'm sure the Egyptian army is putting a major emphasis on that and I bet it's put a huge dent on the cretins' operating abilities. We've seen a major drop in the sophistication of the IEDs and booby traps they're using, so it must be working. The gov seems to know where and who it's coming from which complicates the fragile alliance in the region. This is another big problem they have to deal with that is very dangerous. You have the heavy and continuous infiltration from Libya, from Gaza and from Sudan as well as by sea through the Red Sea. Another reason why they've basically cut off the 3 main cities in Arish, Sheikh Zweid City and Rafah so that nothing comes in. Unfortunately that's put a huge burden on the residents there and has drawn large criticism from human rights watch groups. That's one thing the Egyptian army is not doing a good job with, for sure.

The other problem was Sisi putting a timeline on the operations. He should've never done that.

And that pic with the smiling pretty boy looks like an advert.

The majority of footage from that war was taken after the fact using recreations. Sadat issued a "no journalist or photographer embedding" policy for the war itself except in certain situations such as when the last Israeli outpost to surrender did so. They milked that one to no end lol. But the point of the photo was that they had conventional coms throughout the war and if I'm not mistaken, had a dedicated signals corps.

Gotta agree there too. Your own radios are of
course supposed to work under your jamming.

And I hope the rats' ECM are limited if they exist.

Hand-held two-way radios are very susceptible to jamming, though, and that's what the squads are using. They're not high-frequency hopping like Bowmans or SINCGARS and they're jamming the living daylights out of much of the areas they're operating in.

Pakistan fell 4 spots, from 13 to 17.

Really? I assumed the arrow down represented only one spot. That's strange since most of their criteria evolves around strength in numbers and the quality of those numbers and if anything, Pakistan Army has increased its equipment hasn't it? More Thunders and Mi-35s and Vipers? Have they reduced anything that you're aware of?

Which ship is that and which helicopter its carrying?

UAE Baynunah Corvette and Eurocopter as Tay said. Pretty sweet setup they got there for sure.

@Taygibay , remember that discussion we were having with @The Eagle about the fuel transfer in that Rafale at the Dubai air show last year? Well, I was talking to someone else on another forum about the Gripen and Rafale and engine efficiencies among other things and I brought up the issue of pushing negative G's and that fuel transfer we talked about and someone posted this pic of a South African Gripen. Apparently its GE F404 does the same exact thing as the SNECMA in the Rafale. Post negative G maneuver fuel transfer. What do you think?

 

[Taygibay]

Nice read my friend, thanks!

And yes, a push by the compressed flow
that would "seep" a big bubble of fuel.

Interesting, now we'll need a chart by engine
( and even plane ) showing the recovery time
before the seeping stops.
Shorter bars are best!

Have a great day mate, Tay.

 

[SipahSalar]

Really? I assumed the arrow down represented only one spot. That's strange since most of their criteria evolves around strength in numbers and the quality of those numbers and if anything, Pakistan Army has increased its equipment hasn't it? More Thunders and Mi-35s and Vipers? Have they reduced anything that you're aware of?

That's correct. Pakistani military has only increased in quantity and quality since then. There could be two reasons for the fall.

1. They have revised how they score militaries.

2. The countries that climbed have increased in capability at even faster pace.

 

[airmarshal]

UAE Baynunah Corvette and Eurocopter as Tay said. Pretty sweet setup they got there for sure.

Again whats the origin of the ship and which helicopter is that?

Is it this one ?

http://www.airbus.com/helicopters/military-helicopters/medium/as565-mbe.html

 

[Taygibay]

Again whats the origin of the ship and which helicopter is that?

https://defence.pk/pdf/threads/egyptian-armed-forces.103456/page-321#post-10437273

That's a Baynunah "corvette", airmarshal!

It is produced at Abu Dhabi Ship Building
on the lead BR70 Combattante by CNM
made in France.

The chopper is a Eurocopter AS 565 also
known as the Panther and also made in Fr.

Particularity : fast enough at around 32 Kt.

Have a great day, Tay.

Is it this one ?

Yes!

Bis repetita placent however, Tay.

 

[Gomig-21]

Oh hey, look at this sharp-looking fella from the paras. I wonder what are those letters on that badge on the right side of his chest, I can't ready it too well. I think it reads: Jaaaaaay...Teeeeeeeee...Aaaaaaaaay.....Ceeeeeee! JTAC! Mishmomken!

 

[Gomig-21]

36 years ago this month, April 1982, the final remnants of Israelis trying to settle in Sinai were forced to pack up and take a hike but resisted a little bit, to no avail.

Look at this guy's shirt.

Awwww, too bad. Can't take land that doesn't belong to you.

Pack 'em up.

If this doesn't prove they had plans to keep the land forever under the pretext of an existential threat, I don't know what does.

They had built settlements! Chalets and condominiums with plans of them becoming permanent residences and when it came time to clear out, they went up on the roofs to try and stay and not be forced to leave.

 

[Gomig-21]

EAD network around the clock.

Great shot of a TOR-M2E missile just fired.

Harpoon blk II being fired from the ENS Toushka, Oliver Hazar Perry-class frigate during an exercise last year.

Apaches, Alpha Jets, Beechcraft, E-2C Hawkey and C-130s moving into Sinai.

Egyptian Army Special Forces conduct CT and hostage rescue training with their Bahraini counterparts in Khalid Bin Walid 18 exercise.

 

[Harpcore_lover]

EAD network around the clock.

Great shot of a TOR-M2E missile just fired.

Harpoon blk II being fired from the ENS Toushka, Oliver Hazar Perry-class frigate during an exercise last year.

Apaches, Alpha Jets, Beechcraft, E-2C Hawkey and C-130s moving into Sinai.

Egyptian Army Special Forces conduct CT and hostage rescue training with their Bahraini counterparts in Khalid Bin Walid 18 exercise.

Alpha jets are used for close air support right?

 

[The SC]

 

[Gomig-21]

Hey @DavidSling @500 , what's up with the Israeli tank crews lately? A rollover and a submersion in less than 1 month? And how did one crewman die in this rollover? That's a bit bizarre.

You guys should come to Egypt for some better training to avoid these things......

 

[Gomig-21]

ايوة كده

Egyptian M1A1 in desert drills, sand donuts.


Rafales

 

[MICA]

 

[Harpcore_lover]

ايوة كده

Egyptian M1A1 in desert drills, sand donuts.


Rafales

Is the crew of that m1a1-m1a2 efficueff tho?