Egyptian Army
Egyptian Army Egyptian Army insignia Country Egypt Type Army Role Land warfare Size 310,000 active [1] March " We painted the face of our nation on our hearts. " (Arabic: رسمنا على القلب وجه الوطن , rasamna ala al qalb wagh al watan ) Commanders Second Field Army Major General Hamza Hassan Third Field Army Major General Baher Khattab The Egyptian Army or Egyptian Ground Forces (Arabic: القوات البرية المصرية al-Quwwāt al-Barriyya al-Miṣriyya ) is the largest service branch within the Egyptian Armed Forces. The modern army was established during the reign of Muhammad Ali Pasha (1805–1849), widely considered to be the "founder of modern Egypt". Its most significant engagements in the 20th century were in Egypt's five wars with the State of Israel (in 1948, 1956, 1967, 1967–1970, and 1973), one of which, the Suez Crisis of 1956, also saw it do combat with the armies of Britain, and France. The Egyptian army was also ...