The Military Industrial Corporation is the state-run defense corporation of Sudan

Sudan

Sudan , officially the Republic of the Sudan , is a country in North Africa, sometimes considered part of the Middle East politically. It is bordered by Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the northeast, Eritrea and Ethiopia to the east, South Sudan to the south, the Central African Republic to the...

. It is responsible for the production of a wide range of defense equipment, such as main battle tank

Main battle tank

A main battle tank , also known as a battle tank or universal tank, is a tank that fills the heavy direct fire role of many modern armies. They were originally conceived to replace the light, medium, heavy and super-heavy tanks. Development was spurred onwards in the Cold War with the development...

s, ammunition

Ammunition

Ammunition is a generic term derived from the French language la munition which embraced all material used for war , but which in time came to refer specifically to gunpowder and artillery. The collective term for all types of ammunition is munitions...

 and electronics.

History

The MIC was established by national decree in 1994 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 ammunitions.

• 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

Sudatel

Sudatel is a telecommunications and Internet service provider in the Sudan. The company is responsible for the construction and maintenance of Sudan's telecom infrastructure. Sudatel is more than 60% owned by the Sudanese government; the remainder being owned by private interests...

.

• Safat Aviation Complex (SAC)

Established in 2005, SAC is responsible for supporting the Sudanese Air Force

Sudanese Air Force

The Sudanese Air Force is the air force operated by the Republic of the Sudan. As such it is part of the Sudanese Armed Forces.-History:The Sudanese Air Force was founded immediately after Sudan gained independence from the United Kingdom in 1956. The British assisted in the Air Force's...

 in the maintenance of its military aviation capabilities.

Productions

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

Pistols

Marra = CZ-75 (Czech Republic)

Lado = CZ-75 Compact in .32 ACP

.32 ACP

.32 ACP , also known as the .32 Automatic is a pistol cartridge. It is a semi-rimmed, straight-walled cartridge developed by firearms designer John Browning, initially for use in the FN M1900 semi-automatic pistol...

 caliber (Czech Republic)

These pistols might be manufactured with machineries supplied by Norinco

Norinco

The China North Industries Corporation , official English name Norinco, manufactures vehicles , machinery, optical-electronic products, oil field equipment, chemicals, light industrial products, explosives and blast materials, civil and military firearms and ammunition, etc...

, which manufactures CZ-75 clones for the civilian export markets

Assault rifles

Dinar = G3

Heckler & Koch G3

The G3 is a 7.62mm battle rifle developed in the 1950s by the German armament manufacturer Heckler & Koch GmbH in collaboration with the Spanish state-owned design and development agency CETME ....

 (Germany, out of Iranian machineries)

Maz = Type 56 assault rifle

Type 56 Assault Rifle

The Type 56 assault rifle is a Chinese copy of the Kalashnikov AK-47 assault rifle, which has been manufactured since 1956. It was produced by State Factory 66 from 1956-73, then by Norinco from 1973 onwards.-Service history:...

 (People's Republic of China)

Terab = Norinco CQ

Norinco CQ

The CQ is a copy of the Colt M16 rifle. It is currently being manufactured by Norinco. According to the Norinco website, the rifle is officially known as CQ 5.56.-History:...

 (People's Republic of China)

Machine-guns

Mokhtar = PKM

PK machine gun

The PK is a 7.62 mm general-purpose machine gun designed in the Soviet Union and currently in production in Russia. The PK machine gun was introduced in the 1960s and replaced the SGM and RPD machine guns in Soviet service...

 (Russia/China)

Khawad = DShK

DShK

The DShK 1938 is a Soviet heavy machine gun firing the 12.7x108mm cartridge. The weapon was also used as a heavy infantry machine gun, in which case it was frequently deployed with a two-wheeled mounting and a single-sheet armour-plate shield...

 (Russia/China)

Karar = Rheinmetall MG3

Rheinmetall MG3

The MG3 is a German general-purpose machine gun chambered for the 7.62x51mm NATO cartridge. The weapon's design is derived from the World War II era MG 42 universal machine gun that fired the 7.92x57mm Mauser round....

 (Germany, out of Iranian machineries)

Armored Vehicles

Digna MBT = T-55

T-55

The T-54 and T-55 tanks were a series of main battle tanks designed in the Soviet Union. The first T-54 prototype appeared in March 1945, just before the end of the Second World War. The T-54 entered full production in 1947 and became the main tank for armored units of the Soviet Army, armies of...

 (Russia)

Al Basheer MBT = Type 85M-II

Type 85

Type 85 may refer to:* Type 85 * Type 85/YW 306, 23 mm cannon* Type 85 a Chinese tank* W85 Heavy Machine Gun* Linesman/Mediator radar systems* A Chinese produced variant of the SVD...

 (China)

Al Zubair 1 MBT = Type-72Z Safir-74 (Iran)

Al Zubair 2 MBT= similar to Type 59D

Type 59

The Type 59 main battle tank is a Chinese produced version of the Soviet T-54A tank, an improvement over the ubiquitous T-54/55. The first vehicles were produced in 1958 and it was accepted into service in 1959, with serial production beginning in 1963...

 (China)

Abu Fatma SPG = 2S1

2S1

The 2S1 Gvozdika, ; is a Soviet 122-mm self-propelled howitzer that resembles the PT-76 but is essentially a version of the MT-LB APC, mounting the 2A18 howitzer. "2S1" is its GRAU designation. An alternative Russian designation is SAU-122 but in the Russian Army it is commonly known as Gvozdika...

 (Russia)

Shareef 1 IFV= BTR-80A

BTR-80

BTR-80 is an 8x8 wheeled armoured personnel carrier designed in the Soviet Union. Production started in 1986 and replaced the previous versions, BTR-60 and BTR-70 in the Soviet army. -Description:The Soviets based the BTR-80 on the BTR-70 APC...

 (Russia)

Shareef 2 IFV = WZ551

WZ551

The WZ551 is a Chinese wheeled armored personnel carrier. It is actually consisted of two families of vehicles with official designations in the People's Liberation Army as Type 90 and Type 92. Roughly 600 WZ551s are in service with the PLA, where they are used by light mechanized infantry units...

 (China)

Amir IFV = Rakhsh

Rakhsh

Rakhsh is the stallion of main protagonist Rostam in the Persian national epic, Shahnameh of Ferdowsi.The color of Rakhsh is described as "rose leaves that have been scattered upon a saffron ground" and it is first noticed by Rostam amongst the flocks of horses brought over from Zabulistan and Kabul...

 (Iran)

Khatim 1 IFV = Boragh

Boragh

The Boragh is an Iranian-made armoured personnel carrier. Boragh is believed to be a reverse engineered and upgraded model of the Chinese Type 86 . The upgrades include a reduction in weight, a higher road speed, and stronger armor...

 (Iran)

Artillery

Nijoumi = BS-3 (Russia)

Khalifa = D-30M (Russia)

Mahdi = M-30 (Russia)

Aboud = M-37M

82-PM-37

The M-37 is a Soviet 82 millimeter calibre mortar designed by B.I. Szayrin and accepted into service in 1937. The design of the M-37 is based on the earlier French Brandt mle 27/31 mortar with Russian modifications....

 (Russia)

Saba = SPG-9

SPG-9

The SPG-9 Kopye is a Russian tripod-mounted man-portable, 73 millimetre calibre recoilless gun developed by the Soviet Union. It fires fin-stabilised, rocket-assisted HE and HEAT projectiles similar to those fired by the 73 mm 2A28 Grom low pressure gun of the BMP-1 vehicle...

 (Russia)

Taka = Type 63

Type 63 multiple rocket launcher

The Type 63 multiple rocket launcher is a towed, 12-tube, 107mm rocket launcher produced by the People's Republic of China in the early 1960s, based on the Soviet BM-12 MRS and using similar rockets...

(China)