Country Egypt Color Red, White and Black | Branch Active duty | |
Role Combined arms strike formationStrategic headquarters element Nickname(s) Third Field Army/ El-Geish el-Thalth el-midani Similar Egyptian Armed Forces, Egyptian Air Force, Egyptian Navy, Saudi Arabian Army, Israeli Air Force | ||
The Third Field Army is one of the Egyptian armed forces, armies, and located his headquarters in Suez. It is now part of the Unified Command of the area east of the canal (Egypt). It may currently have seven divisions assigned to it.
On 31 January 2015 a "unified command" was established to oversee counterterrorism operations east of the Suez Canal. Osama Askar, commander of the Third Army, was promoted to lieutenant general and given command of the new "unified command." Askar will also retain his seat on the SCAF. Askar’s former deputy, Muhammad Abdullah, has been appointed commander, and Tarek Anwar Helal the chief of staff, of the Third Army.
Among Third Army's forces is the 23rd Mechanised Infantry Division, which previous army commander Osama Askar commanded earlier in his career. The 23rd Division, under Brig Gen Ahmad 'Aboud el Zommer, was previously part of the Second Field Army during the Yom Kippur War.
Operation Badr order of battle
Just before the beginning of Operation Badr in October 1973, the army had the following troops under its control: