The Armoured Production and Repair Factory () or Military Factory 200 () is an Egyptian government

joint-stock company A joint-stock company (JSC) is a business entity in which shares of the company's stock can be bought and sold by shareholders. Each shareholder owns company stock in proportion, evidenced by their shares (certificates of ownership). Shareho ...

, one of the companies of the National Authority for Military Production, affiliated with the Ministry of Military Production. It was established in 1987 in the Abu Zaabal area of

Qalyubia Governorate Qalyubia ( ' ) is one of the governorates of Egypt, located in Lower Egypt. It is situated north of Cairo in the Nile Delta region. Its capital is Benha, Banha. Name ''Qalyubia'' is derived from the city of Qalyub, whose name is an arabization ...

on an area of 2.5 million square metres, as a result of the agreement concluded between the Egyptian government and the United States government for the joint production of the American

M1A1 Abrams The M1 Abrams () is a third-generation American main battle tank designed by Chrysler Defense (now General Dynamics Land Systems) and named for General Creighton Abrams. Conceived for modern armored ground warfare, it is one of the heavies ...

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, where the first tank was produced at the factory in 1992, and the factory continued production until it produced more than 1,000 tanks of this type for the

Egyptian Armed Forces The Egyptian Armed Forces () are the military forces of the Egypt, Arab Republic of Egypt. The Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces directs (a) Egyptian Army forces, (b) the Egyptian Navy, (c) Egyptian Air Force and (d) Egyptian Air Defense Forces. ...

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* K9A1EGY SPH * ST-100 APC *

ST-500 The ST-500 is a multi-mission armored vehicle that appeared for the first time during the Military and Defense Industries Exhibition EDEX 2018 in Cairo. It is produced at Military Factory 200 (armor production and repair) in cooperation with the ...

APC *Uparmord

M113 The M113 is a fully tracked armored personnel carrier (APC) that was developed and produced by the FMC Corporation. The M113 was sent to United States Army Europe in 1961 to replace the mechanized infantry's M59 APCs. The M113 was first used ...

APC (SIFV) *

SENA 200 The SENA 200 or Sinai 200 is the first domestic Egyptian amphibious infantry fighting vehicle (IFV). The beginning of the design and production of this armored vehicle within the “ Military Factory 200” armored production and repair factory. D ...

IFV *

Egyptian Infantry Fighting Vehicle The Egyptian Infantry Fighting Vehicle (EIFV), also known as Infantry Fighting Vehicle Light (IFVL), is an Egyptian modification of the M113. It is a hybrid, based on an enlarged M113 chassis equipped with the complete two-man power-operated turre ...

IFV *

RAAD 200 The RAAD 200 is an Egyptian armoured tracked self-propelled 122 mm multiple rocket launcher A multiple rocket launcher (MRL) or multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) is a type of rocket artillery system that contains multiple rocket launcher, ...

MLRS A multiple rocket launcher (MRL) or multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) is a type of rocket artillery system that contains multiple launchers which are fixed to a single platform, and shoots its rocket ordnance in a fashion similar to a vol ...

*635NL trailer *Foton electric bus

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