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The Military Industry Corporation is the state-run defense corporation of Sudan. It is responsible for the production of a wide range of defence equipment, such as munitions, firearms, artillery etc.
History
The MIC was established by national decree in 1993 under the Ministry of Defence and consolidate the existing defense establishment and manufacturing plants.[2]
MIC has made efforts to push more sales in Africa[3] since 2013 when MIC’s director of external relations, Ali Othman Mahmoud said that local production is being encouraged to meet the needs of the Sudanese military and export any surplus materials abroad.[4]
Organisation
The MIC is grouped into the following major complexes covering different areas:
Alshagara Industrial Complex (AIC)
Established in 1959 as the El Sharja Ammunition Plant,[5] it was absorbed into MIC during its formation. AIC is responsible for manufacturing a wide range of small arms ammunition.[5]
Established in 1993 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 in Khartoum's Soba section.[5] It's managed by the National Intelligence and Security Service and has a 35% ownership by Iran.[5] Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corp personnel were reported to be working there.[6] In 2012, it was suggested that the Israeli Air Force conducted an air strike on YIC.[7]
Elshaheed Ibrahim Shamseldeen Complex for Heavy Industries
Established in 2002 in Giad, the complex is responsible for the manufacturing and maintenance of armored vehicles as well as industrial heavy vehicles.[5]
Alzargaa Engineering Complex
Established in 1999 and inaugurated in 2004 in Halfya, Khartoum,[5] the Alzargaa Engineering Complex is responsible for various electronics and electro-optic equipment for the Sudan military.[5] 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. Africa Confidential reports that UAVs made in SAC were done with Iranian assistance.[5]
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.[8] Armored vehicles are repaired and produced at the Elshaheed Ibrahim Shams el Deen Complex in Khartoum.[9]
Chinese AR-15 clone, built with machinery bought from China.[14] It was marked as being chambered in 7.62 NATO ammo.[15] The correction was made that MIC documentation mentions that it chambers 5.56 NATO ammo in recent years.[14]
A widely used antitank weapon, manufactured under from Bulgaria's ATGL-type RPGs, although the pistol grips were based on Iranian-made RPGs.[23][14] A variant of it, the Sinar RPG-7V, is based on Iranian commando-type RPGs.[14]
Unlicensed copy, originally produced in China; derived from the WZ551 IFV.[30]
Shareef 3 IFV
An upgrade to the BTR-70 by changing original two ZMZ-4905 engines with a more fuel-efficient KAMAZ-7403 V8 water-cooled diesel developing 260hp at 2,600 rpm with the installation of a BMP-1 IFV turret.[29]
Unlicensed copy, originally produced in China; derived from the Chinese MLRS Type 63.[28] It's mounted on a South Korean KIA-made truck.[28]
Others
Ateed
An indigenous RCWS system, it debuted at the IDEX 2015 convention.[34] It's licensed from the Iranian ARIO-H762 RCWS made by Rayan Roshd Afzar.[35][36]
^Mitzer, Stijn; Oliemans, Joost (May 31, 2017). "Exotic Armour, an inside look at Sudan's armour repair facility". Oryx Blog. Archived from the original on June 3, 2017. To help ease the Sudan established an armour repair workshop and the Elshaheed Ibrahim Shams el Deen Complex, the latter of which is also involved in the production of several types of armoured fighting vehicles. [...] This opposed to the Elshaheed Ibrahim Shams el Deen Complex, which is part of the Military Industry Corporation (MIC). The armour repair workshop is located in the heart of Khartoum, which is certainly an interesting location to set up such a facility.
