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Native name
  
هيئة التصنيع الحربي

Industry
  
Defence

Headquarters
  
Khartoum

Type
  
State-owned company

Area served
  
Africa

Founded
  
1993

Key people
  
Omar Hassan Al-Bashir (President)

Products
  
munitions, firearms, artillery, combat vehicle, naval vessels, civil and military aerospace, electro-optical devices, telecommunications

Motto
  
For Peace we gather all our effort

Military industry corporation sudan


The Military Industry Corporation is the state-run defense corporation of Sudan. It is responsible for the production of a wide range of defense equipment, such as munitions, firearms, artillery etc.

Contents

History

The MIC was established by national decree in 1993 under the Ministry of Defence and consolidate the existing defense establishment and manufacturing plants.

Organization

The MIC is grouped into the following major complexes covering different areas:

  • Alshagara Industrial Complex (AIC)
    • Established in 1959, it was absorbed into MIC during it formation. AIC is responsible for manufacturing a wide range of small arms ammunition.
  • Yarmouk Industrial Complex (YIC)
    • Established in 1994 and inaugurated in 1996, YIC appears to be responsible for the processing and manufacturing of dual use products that cover the construction, transport and manufacturing industries.
  • Elshaheed Ibrahim Shamseldeen Complex for Heavy Industries
    • Established in 2002, the complex is responsible for the manufacturing and maintenance of armored vehicles as well as industrial heavy vehicles.
  • Alzargaa Engineering Complex
    • Established in 1999 and inaugurated in 2004, the Alzargaa Engineering Complex is responsible for various electronics and electro-optic equipment for the Sudan military. It is also involved in the Sudanese telecommunications market through Sudatel.
  • Safat Aviation Complex (SAC)
    • Established in 2005, SAC is responsible for supporting the Sudanese Air Force in the maintenance of its military aviation capabilities.

    Productions

    The MIC have advertised a wide range of products that appears to be versions of equipment originally supplied to Sudan or licensed by China, Russia and Iran.

    Pistols

  • Marra
    • A clone built from Chinese machinery, originally designed and built in Czech Republic.
  • Lado (CZ-75 Compact)
    • A clone built from Chinese machinery; in .32 ACP caliber, originally designed and built in Czech Republic.

    These pistols might be manufactured with machinery supplied by Norinco, which produces CZ-75 clones for the civilian export markets

    Assault rifles

  • Dinar G3
    • Designed in Germany, it lay out from Iranian machinery.
  • Maz (MAZ)
    • Built from machinery bought in China.
  • Terab
    • Built from machinery bought in China.

    Sub-machine guns

  • Tihraga
    • Designed in Germany, it lay out from Iranian machinery.

    Machine-guns

  • Mokhtar
    • A Type 80 machine gun built from machinery bought in China.
  • Khawad
    • A Type 85 heavy machine gun built from machinery bought in China.
  • Karar
    • A MG3 machine gun designed in Germany, also built from machinery bought in Iran.

    Light antitank weapons

  • Sinar
    • A widely used antitank weapon, manufactured under license from Russia, Iran or China, in the MIC complex.

    MBT

  • Digna MBT
    • Unlicensed copy from Russia/China.
  • Al Basheer MBT (Type 85M-II)
    • Unlicensed copy from China.
  • Al Zubair 1 MBT
    • Unlicensed copy from Iran.
  • Al Zubair 2 MBT
    • Unlicensed copy from China, similar to Type 59D.

    Howitzer

  • Abu Fatma SPG
    • Unlicensed copy from Russia.

    IFV

  • Shareef 1 IFV
    • Unlicensed copy, originally produced in Russia; derived from the BTR-80A IFV.
  • Shareef 2 IFV
    • Unlicensed copy, originally produced in China; derived from the WZ551 IFV.
  • Amir IFV
    • Unlicensed copy, originally produced in Iran; derived from the Rakhsh IFV.
  • Khatim 1 IFV
    • Unlicensed copy, originally produced in Iran, derived from the Boragh IFV.

    Artillery

  • Nijoumi
    • Unlicensed copy, originally produced in Russia; derived from the BS-3.
  • Khalifa
    • Unlicensed copy, originally produced in Russia; derived from the D-30M.
  • Mahdi
    • Unlicensed copy, originally produced in Russia; derived from the M-30.
  • Aboud
    • Unlicensed copy, originally produced in Russia; derived from the M-37M.
  • Saba
    • Unlicensed copy, originally produced in Russia; derived from the SPG-9.
  • Taka
    • Unlicensed copy, originally produced in China; derived from the Chinese MLRS Type 63.

    References

    Military Industry Corporation Wikipedia
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