page_title: Egyptian Airborne Corps
section_title: Yom Kippur War
hierarchical_section_title: Egyptian Airborne Corps / Yom Kippur War
caption_attribution_description: Colonel Ismail Azmy of the Egyptian Army, commander of the 182nd Paratrooper Brigade. His brigade defended Ismailia during the Yom Kippur War
context_page_description: Egyptian Airborne Corps are the airborne infantry units of the Egyptian Army.
context_section_description: The paratroopers fought in the Yom Kippur War, without conducting any combat drops. Shazli writes that the Army had three parachute brigades at the time. The numbers usually associated with the parachute brigades are 150th, 160th, and 182nd, and Shazli uses two of these designations. Trevor N. Dupuy write the 182nd Parachute Brigade was assigned to Second Army, while 150th and 160th were in GHQ reserve, and Shazli says a brigade moves forward from reserve on or about 17/18 October 1973. Ismalia is a likely location for where the 182nd Brigade fought, and a brigade coming forward from reserve would be consistent with the 150th.
  After the Battle of the Chinese Farm, Ismaila was under threat. The 182nd Paratrooper Brigade, comprising the 81st, 85th and 89th Battalions (each composed of three companies) under the command of Colonel Ismail Azmy, was assigned responsibility for defending the area south of Ismailia against an Israeli offensive. Azmy arrived at Nafisha with the bulk of his brigade at midnight on October 17, where he was briefed by Brigadier General Abd el-Munim Khalil, commander of Second Army. Khalil identified the west bank strong points as objectives for the paratroopers to secure, as the ramparts could be used to provide fire support to Egyptian forces on the east bank. The paratroopers would also hold Serabaeum and the bridges there over the Sweetwater Canal.
  In the Battle of Ismailia, the combined Egyptian paratrooper-commando (Sai'qa) force managed to achieve a tactical and strategic victory at a time when Egypt's general situation on the battlefield was deteriorating, and GHQ was in a state of confusion. Sharon's advance toward Ismailia had been halted, and Second Army's logistical lines remained secure. According to Dupuy, the Israelis remained about ten kilometers south of Ismailia, now mostly a wrecked city.
caption: Ismail Azmy, commander of the 182nd Paratrooper Brigade
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