埃及的国防工业创建于五十年代初期,当时规模较小,主要是生产一些轻武器和各种弹药,故长期以来,埃及军队的武器装备依赖于国外进口。五十年代至七十年代中期,基本上以苏式装备为主,包括坦克、装甲输送车、各种火炮与导弹等。仅据1967～1976年十年间的统计,埃及从苏联进口的军火累计达二十三亿美元,占苏联向第三世界国家出口武器的第一位也占同期埃及军火进口总额的84%。七十年代中期,埃苏关系破裂,埃及的武器装备转向西 Egypt’s defense industry was founded in the early 1950s when it was smaller in size and mainly produced some light weapons and various types of ammunition. For a long time, the Egyptian military’s weapons and equipment relied on foreign imports. From the 1950s to the mid-1970s, Soviet equipment was basically used, including tanks, armored vehicles, various artillery and missiles. According to the statistics of the 1967-1976 decade, Egypt’s arms imports from the Soviet Union totaled 2.3 billion U.S. dollars, accounting for 84% of the total Egyptian arms imports over the same period, accounting for the first U.S. exports of weapons to the third world countries. In the mid-1970s, the relations between Egypt and the Soviet Union ruptured, and Egypt’s weapons and equipment turned west