https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/egypt-displays-k9-howitzer-in-parade
>The Egyptian Army displayed a 155 mm K9 self-propelled howitzer and its associated K10 ammunition vehicle for the first time during an inspection of the 4th Armoured Division by President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi on 25 October.
>Labelled as a K9 A1EGY, the single howitzer was towed past the viewing stand on a trailer after other artillery systems that are in service with the Egyptian military. It did not have unit markings on it like the vehicles that are in service.
>The 4th Armoured Division's self-propelled howitzer units were formed up for inspection with their M109 guns. The division also has M1A1 tanks and M270 Multiple Launch Rocket Systems, making it one of Egypt's best-equipped formations.
>The Egyptian military announced in February 2022 that it had signed a contract under which K9s would be produced jointly by South Korea's Hanwha Defense and Egyptian companies. Hanwha Defense said Egypt would receive an initial batch of K9s made in South Korea from 2024, with the rest being locally produced.
>Egyptian Minister of State for Military Production Mohamed Ahmed Morsi said in June 2022 that K9 production was expected to begin in 2023 and that 67% of the components would eventually be produced locally.
Does this mean they've already replaced the German powerpacks which were banned by the German government previously?
Is Egypt involved in any conflicts right now?
They said they are prepared for one vis-a-vis Israel. They're also in a cold war with Ethiopia.
What’s the story with Ethiopia?
Ethiopia is building a huge dam that will fuck with the nile river
Holy shit that’s a pretty big deal, no? Isn’t the Nile basically the only thing making Egypt not a gigantic dessert?
like 99% of egypt population lives near the nile so yeah, its the first of many water wars
>The Government of Egypt, a country which depends on the Nile for about 97% of its irrigation and drinking water,[27][dubious – discuss] has demanded that Ethiopia cease construction on the dam as a precondition to negotiations, has sought regional support for its position, and some political leaders have discussed methods to sabotage it.
97% water egypt gets is from nile, oof
>Egypt, a country which depends on the Nile for about 97% of its irrigation and drinking water,[27][dubious – discuss]
>Dubious
I get that things need to be cited from reliable sources and all, but where the fuck else would Egypt get it's water from? They don't even have any other bodies of fresh water.
Yeah, no one likes being blackmailed on their food security. It's a really interesting topic, definitely read more about it
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Ethiopian_Renaissance_Dam#Impact_on_Sudan_and_Egypt
>Grand_Ethiopian_Renaissance_Dam
lel that name, so much for overthrowing the monarchy for your commie larp
It is a pretty swagger name. Not many years ago Ethiopia did have a fairly positive image, most though it to be one of the best African countries, and one with a bright future. Then the civil war happened and that image was tarnished.
The dam's location is not even on the main bit of the river. Would the dam really cause that much damage?
Can't they just do what their buddy Israel does and desalinate? Put that canal to use!
>Can't they just do what their buddy Israel does and desalinate? Put that canal to use!
I imagine its not only drinking water, but also irrigation. Farmland and so on. So imagine losing water in the middle of egypt, transporting it to there just for irrigation would probably be a very expensive and hard thing to do
the blue nile is the source of over 80% of water for the river nile so it is really a problem
Egypt is dependent on Nile, which runs also through Ethiopia, and Ethiopia is building a dam on it (or already did, not sure)
The construction on the dam is done, but they're still building out the hydro power plant and it'll take several years to fill the reservoir entirely.
>Egypt fighting israel
lmao egypt is a quiet Israeli ally and they cooperate on everything. All the "we will fight israel!" shit is bluster for the masses.
egypt even warned israel about the hamas attack
I think they both denied those reports. Turned out to be some retarded journo who was fooled by one “anonymous source”
oh my bad then, i thought it was official
>1 v 1 israel
Oh it's this time of the century again.
Lybian border is always a hot spot, but the more serious conflict is with Ethiopia which could actually erupt into a huge shitshow.
Egypt would absolutely roflstomp Ethiopia
If Egypt went to war with Ethiopia they'd have to go through Sudan, which is in the middle of a civil war. Just try to imagine what a clusterfuck it would be.
They can do a very cool paratrooper drop to demolish the dam and then retreat. I would like this more than gay drone warfare
How difficult is it to just missile spam a dam to oblivion?
No idea. I would think you need insane payloads though, meaning an engineering team setting charges is more realistic
>In recent years due to the threat of a possible airstrike on the dam, the Ethiopian government has sought and bought several air defence systems from Russia, including the Pantsir-S1 air defence system, and from Israel, including the SPYDER-MR medium-range air defence system which was installed at the dam. Egypt sought to block the sale between Israel and Ethiopia but Israel ignored the request.
>Pantsir-S1
so Egypt just has to fly a plane in the general direction and the air defense will deal with everything?
It's the main Nile, and desalination costs a lot of money.
Does this invalidate paratroop drops though? What’s the practical range of these systems?
Yeah, I've been waiting to see shit hit the fan since they started construction on that dam even if Ethopia promises that "it's totally not going to fuck the Nile down river."
Considering it was towed, it could be a hull without the powerpack.
>Does this mean they've already replaced the German powerpacks which were banned by the German government previously?
annon if they had, they'd have let it take part in the parade under it's own power
It already had.
I thought Islam forbids K9s?
heyooooo
nice numbers, nice joke
Egypt is not happy about Gaza situation.
Do they have a chance against israel in a fictional scenario?
The entire ME has no love for Palestine and can't directly interfere even if they wanted to for fear of losing to Israel and then suffering an immediate collapse of the ruling party.
Egypt has lost three wars to Israel already. The last one almost ended with israel killing every single Egyptian soldier in their third army, which would have left Egypt virtually indefensible.
Egyptian elite chose peace already. They wouldn’t go back to war again, especially not for gazans, whom they despise.
Egypt is helping Israel in it if anything.
Is Ethiopian food any good? There are Eth restaurants in my town.
Whoops. *there *aren't any.
It smells really bad. Meat is goat and bread is some weird African shit. Definitely exotic but the smell… oof
It's good. It's alot of hummus oriented stuff, but you scoop it with these soft spongey pancake things instead of traditional flatbread. And of course a ton of pickled veggies and pepper type things to go along with.
Egyptian military industry is pretty impressive. Theyre the only country in Africa besides South Africa that can make tanks.
The egyptian pentagon is insane
>The headquarters extends over a total area of 22,000 acres (89 km2; 960,000,000 sq ft), with about 50,500,000 square feet (1,160 acres; 4,690,000 m2) of it serving as floor area.
These are octagons!!
You sure this isn't a superweapon from ace combat?
>all those empty spaces
Should've just built airstrips.
Isn't Egyptian military basically a state inside a state (deep state?)
yeah, they also own large parts of the "private" economy
if you buy pasta and bottled water at a corner store somewhere in Cairo there is a good chance you are somehow financing the armed forces
t. guy who lived there for a while right after the arab spring
Are the streets literally lined with trash over there?
yes they are
i had to pay a guy who wouldd taje my trash just to see goats eat my trash 50 meters apar
Sorry i am very drunk, my team jusxt won
The Egyptian elite is basically the army, this has been a staple for centuries since the mamluks.
M109A5s get mogged k9 thunder face it amerimutts its over.
Why does Egypt insist on having such a large military when it's on the precipice of bankruptcy?
Ukraine will be conquered by Russia.
Noice.
Good to see the asiatics taking on the krauts as usual.