This is the order of battle for Operation Badr, an Egyptian military operation that initiated the Yom Kippur War against Israel along the

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in the

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on October 6, 1973. As neither belligerent has released an official order of battle, this list remains incomplete (for example, concerning brigades within divisions of the Third Army) and largely conjectural. An asterisk indicates Egyptian units that participated in the operation. The Sa'iqa (lit. "''lightning''") were Egyptian commando forces.

Egyptian Army

General Headquarters (Center Ten): Commander in Chief -

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Ahmad Ismail Ali Ahmad Ismail Ali ( ar, أحمد إسماعيل علي) (14 October 1917 – 26 December 1974) was the Commander-in-Chief of Egypt's army and minister of war during the October War of 1973, and is best known for his planning of the attack across ...

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- Lieutenant General

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Chief of Operations - Lieutenant General

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Engineer-in-Chief - Major General Gamal Mohamed Aly Chief of Military Intelligence - Major General Ibrahim Fouad Nassar *Port Said Sector (

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and

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) - Maj Gen Omar Khalid **30th Independent Infantry Brigade* - Brigadier General Mohamed Salah el-Din **135th Independent Infantry Brigade* - Colonel Mustafa el-'Abbassi **10th Mechanised Brigade (in reserve) * Second Field Army (Northern Canal Zone) - Maj Gen Sa'adeddin Ma'moun :Chief of Staff - Maj Gen Tayseer Aqad :Chief of Artillery - Maj Gen Mohamed Abd Al-Halim Abu Ghazala **''18th Infantry Division''* - Brig Gen Fuad 'Aziz Ghali ***90th Infantry Brigade ***134th Infantry Brigade ***136th Mechanized Infantry Brigade **'' 2nd Infantry Division''* - Brig Gen Hassan Abu Sa'ada ***4th Infantry Brigade ***120th Infantry Brigade ***117th Mechanized Infantry Brigade **'' 16th Infantry Division''* - Brig Gen abd Rab el-nabi hafez ***16th Infantry Brigade - Abdel-Hamid Abdel-Sami ***112th Infantry Brigade ***3rd Mechanized Infantry Brigade **'' 21st Armored Division'' - Brig

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***1st Armored Brigade: Mohamed Taufik Abu Shady (killed), replaced by Sayyid Saleh ***14th Armored Brigade*: Othman Kamel ***18th Mechanised Brigade: Talaat Muslim **''

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'' - Brig Gen Ahmad 'Aboud el Zommer, Hassan Abd Al-Latif ***24th Armored Brigade* ***116th Mechanised Brigade - Hussein Ridwan (killed) ***118th Mechanised Brigade **15th Independent Armored Brigade* - Col Tahseen Shanan * Third Field Army (Southern Canal Zone) - Maj Gen Mohamed Abd Al-Munim Wasel :Chief of Staff - Maj Gen Mustafa Shaheen :Chief of Artillery - Maj Gen Munir Shash **'' 7th Infantry Division''* - Brig Gen Ahmad Badawi Said Ahmad ***2nd Infantry Brigade ***11th Mechanized Infantry Brigade ***8th Mechanized Infantry Brigade **'' 19th Infantry Division''* - Brig Gen Yusuf Afifi Mohamed ***5th Infantry Brigade ***7th Infantry Brigade ***2nd Mechanized Infantry Brigade **'' 4th Armored Division'' - Brig Gen Mohamed Abd Al-Aziz Qabil ***2nd Armored Brigade ***3rd Armored Brigade* - Brig Noureddin Abd Al-Aziz (killed) ***6th Armored Brigade **''

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'' - Brig Gen Mohamed AbulFath Muharam ***22nd Armored Brigade* ***113th Mechanised Brigade ***1st Mechanised Brigade **130th Independent Amphibious Brigade - Col Mahmoud Shu'aib **25th Independent Armored Brigade* - Col Ahmed Helmy Badawy * Sa'ka Forces - Maj Gen Nabeel Shukry **127th Sa'ka Group - Col Fuad Basyuni **129th Sa'ka Group- Col Ali Heykal **136th Sa'ka Group - Col Kamal Atiyah **139th Sa'ka Group - Col Osama Ibrahim **145th Sa'ka Group - Col El-Sayid Sharqawy Most sources use Dupuy's commando brigade designations: 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, and 134. But Dani Asher clearly defines six commando groups (group = brigade size). Each group contained 3 to 5 commando battalions totalling 24 battalions. He doesn't identify the groups, but from Arab sources, the following designations are available: 39, 127, 129, 136, 139, and 145.

Israeli Defense Force

Minister of Defense - Lt Gen (ret.)

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Chief of Staff - Lt Gen David Elazar Deputy Chief of Staff - Maj Gen Israel Tal Head of Operations - Maj Gen Abraham Tamir Head of Intelligence - Maj Gen Eli Zeira Southern Command: Maj. Gen. Shmuel Gonen *''252nd Armored Division'' - Maj. Gen. Abraham 'Albert' Mandler ** 8th Armored Brigade - Col Aryeh Dayan **14th Armored Brigade - Col Amnon Reshef ** 401st Armored Brigade - Col Dan Shomron ** 460th Armored Brigade - Col Gabi Amir ** 'Harel' Brigade - Col Abraham Bar-Am ** 11th Reserve Mechanized Brigade - Col Aharon Peled +Mechanised Infantry and Paratroop support *'' 162nd Reserve Armored Division'' - Maj. Gen. Abraham 'Bren' Adan **217th Reserve Armored Brigade - Col Natke Nir **460th Armored Brigade - Col Gabi Amir ** 500th Reserve Armored Brigade - Col Aryeh Keren +Mechanised Infantry and Paratroop support including: 35th Paratroop Brigade - Col

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*''143rd Reserve Armored Division'' - Maj. Gen. Ariel 'Arik' Sharon **14th Armored Brigade - Col Amnon ReshefTransferred from Mandler's 252nd Division **600th Reserve Armored Brigade - Col Tuvia Raviv **421st Brigade - Col Haim Erez **243rd Paratroop Brigade - Col

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+Mechanized Infantry units

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