Editor's Foreword

navy ε8,500 (incl 2,000 Coast Guard); 10,000
conscript (total 18,500)
Two Fleets: Mediterranean and Red Sea. Naval
Organisation: 1 Submarine Bde, 1 Destroyer Bde, 1 Patrol
Bde, 1 Fast Attack Bde and 1 Special Ops Bde.
FORCes by ROle
Navy 1 HQ located at Alexandria; 1 HQ located at Safaqa
eQUIpment by type
SUBMARINES • TACTICAL • SSK 4 Romeo† each with 8
single 533mm TT with UGM-84C Harpoon tactical USGW
PRINCIPAL SURFACE COMBATANTS 10
FRIGATES • FFG 10:
2 Abu Qir (ESP Descubierta) each with 2 Mk 141 Harpoon
quad (8 eff.) each with RGM-84C Harpoon tactical SSM,
2 triple ASTT (6 eff.) each with Sting Ray LWT, 1 twin
tube Bofors mortar 375mm (2 eff.), 1 76mm gun
2 Damyat (US Knox) each with 1 Mk16 Mk 112 octuple
with 8 RGM-84C Harpoon tactical SSM, tactical ASROC,
2 twin 324mm TT (4 eff.), 1 127mm gun, (capacity 1 SH-
2G Super Seasprite ASW hel)
4 Mubarak (US Oliver Hazard Perry) each with 1 Mk
13 GMLS with 4 RGM-84C Harpoon tactical SSM, 36
SM-1 MP SAM, 1 76mm gun, (capacity 2 SH-2G Super
Seasprite ASW hel)
2 Najim Al Zaffer (PRC Jianghu I) each with 2 twin (4
eff.) each with HY-2 (CSS-N-2) Silkworm tactical SSM,
2 RBU 1200 (10 eff.)
PATROL AND COASTAL COMBATANTS 41
PFM 23:
5 Tiger class each with 2 single each with Otomat
tactical SSM
4 Hegu (Komar type) (PRC) each with 2 single each with
1 SY-1 tactical SSM
5 October (FSU Komar) each with 2 single each with 1
SY-1 tactical SSM
3 Osa I (FSU) each with 4 single each with 1 SS-N-2A
Styx tactical SSM
6 Ramadan each with 4 single each with 1 Otomat
tactical SSM
PFC 18:
5 Hainan (PRC) each with 2 triple 324mm TT (6 eff.),
4 x1 RL
3 Hainan† in reserve (PRC) each with 2 triple (6 eff.)
324mm TT (6 eff.), 4 single RL
4 Shanghai II (PRC)
4 Shershen each with 1+ SA-N-5 Grail SAM (manual
aiming), 1 12 tube BM-24 MPL (12 eff.)
2 Shershen (FSU) each with 4 single 533mm TT, 1 8 tube
BM-21 MRL (8 eff.)
MINE WARFARE • MINE COUNTERMEASURES 14
MSO 3 Assiout (FSU T-43 class)
MSC 4 Aswan (FSU Yurka)
MHC 5: 2 Osprey; 3 Dat Assawari
MHI 2 Safaga (US Swiftships)
AMPHIBIOUS 12
LS • LSM 3 Polnochny A (capacity 6 MBT; 180 troops)
(FSU)
CRAFT • LCU 9 Vydra (capacity either 3 AMX-30 MBT
or 100 troops)
LOGISTICS AND SUPPORT 20:
Middle East and North Africa
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AOT 7 Toplivo
AE 1 Halaib (Westerwald-class)
AR 1 Shaledin (Luneberg-class)
ATF 4
TRG 3: 1 El Fateh† training (UK ‘Z’ class); 1 Tariq† (UK
FF); 1 El Horriya (also used as the Presidential yacht)
TRV 2 Poluchat
YDT 2
FACIlItIes
Bases Alexandria, Port Said, Mersa Matruh, Port Tewfig,
Safaqa, Hurghada, Suez, Al Ghardaqah
coastal Defence
Army tps, Navy control
MSL • TACTICAL • SSM SSC-2b Samlet
LNCHR 3:
3 twin each with 1 Mk 2 Otomat SSM
GUN 100mm; 130mm SM-4-1; 152mm
Naval Aviation
All aircraft armed and operated by Air Force
AIRCRAFT • TPT • BEECH 1900: 4 Beech 1900C
(Maritime Surveillance)
HELICOPTERS
ATK 5 SA-342 Gazelle
ASW 15: 10 SH-2G Super Seasprite each with Mk 46
LWT; 4 Sea King MK47
UAV 2 Camcopter 5.1
coast Guard 2,000
PATROL AND COASTAL COMBATANTS 80+
PCC 50: 5 Nisr; 9 Swiftships; 21 Timsah; 9 Type83; 6+
Swift Protector Class (Additional vessels on order)
PCI 12 Sea Spectre MKIII;
PFI 6 Crestitalia less than 100 tonnes
PBI 12 (various)
Air Force 30,000 (incl 10,000 conscript)
FORCes by ROle
Ftr 2 sqn with Mirage 5D/E; 2 sqn with F-16A
Fighting Falcon; 1 sqn with M-2000C Mirage; 7
sqn with F-16C Fighting Falcon; 6 sqn with MiG-
21 Fishbed
FGA 2 sqn with F-4E Phantom II; 2 sqn with J-6 (MiG-
19S) Farmer B; 1 sqn with Alpha Jet*; 1 sqn with
Mirage 5E2
ASW/Hel 2 sqn with SH-2G Super Seasprite*; Sea King
MK47*; SA-342L Gazelle* (Navy use)
Tac/Hel/
Tpt
sqns with CH-47C Chinook; CH-47D Chinook
(medium); Commando (of which 3 VIP); Mi-6
Hook; S-70 Black Hawk (VIP, light); Mi-8 Hip;
AS-61; UH-60A Black Hawk; UH-60L Black Hawk
(VIP); UH-12E
Recce 2 sqn with MiG-21R Fishbed H*; Mirage 5SDR
(Mirage 5R)*
MP 1 sqn with Beech 1900C
EW 1 sqn with Beech 1900 (ELINT); C-130H Hercules
(ELINT); Commando 2E (ECM)
AEW 1 sqn with E-2C Hawkeye
Middle East and
North Africa