Saturday, May 25, 2013

Yemen

Yemen




Yemen
Capital: Aden




Second largest military in the Arabian Peninsula behind Saudi Arabia.
1962-1970 North Yemen civil war. Royalists verses Republican forces.
1994 civil war between north and south Yemen.
2011 civil protests and uprising
2015- Currently being bombed and occupied by Saudi led forces






Ballistic Missiles

Hwasong-5 missiles?

SS-1 Scud C missiles
Borkan 1 ballistic missile. Made in Yemen.

Borkan 2 ballistic missiles. Made in Yemen

 

Borkan 3 radar evading ballistic missile. Further development from the Borkan 2. Made in Yemen
 
Falaq ballistic missile



 
 
Zulfaqar (or Zolfaqar) ballistic missile. Made in Yemen
 
Hatim missiles


 Karrar missiles


 



SS-21 (OTR-21 Tochka) short range ballistic missiles


Qaher-M2 ballistic missiles. Made in Yemen.


 




Qaher-1 short range surface-to-surface ballistic missiles. Appear to be modified S-75 Dvina (SA-2 Guideline) surface-to-air missiles.  Made in Yemen


Badr P-2




Badr P-1 precision guided missiles. Made in Yemen




Badr-F ballistic missiles. Appear to explode into many pieces of shrapnel over a large radius. Made in Yemen.
 
 
Quds 3 cruise missiles

 


Quds 2 cruise missiles




 
Saeer missiles


Qasim missiles



FROG-7 rockets?


Samoud rockets. Made in Yemen


Badr 1 rockets. Made in Yemen




Hidden underground rocket launchers.








Zelzal 2 rockets. Made in Yemen




Zelzal 1 rockets. Made in Yemen











Air Force






Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Samad 3 (Invincible 3)




Qasef 2K (Striker 2K) unmanned aerial vehicles. Made in Yemen.




 
Qasef 1 (Striker 1) unmanned aerial vehicles. Made in Yemen


 
Rashed (Surveyor) unmanned aerial vehicles. Made in Yemen.

Raqib (Rival) unmanned aerial vehicles. Made in Yemen.


Hudhud 1 unmanned aerial vehicles. Made in Yemen.

Khatif loitering munitions. Made by Yemen








Mersad reconnaissance drone

 

Wa'aed loitering munition




unmanned aerial vehicles





unmanned aerial vehicles



unmanned aerial vehicles












Navy



Patrol Boats
Speed boats






 







B21 Robeige (P-15) anti-ship missiles

 



Rubezh (P-15M) anti-ship missiles

 
Faliq 1 anti-ship missiles
 
Al Mandab 2 anti-ship missiles. Made in Yemen.


 
Al Mandab 1 anti-ship missiles. Made in Yemen.




Moheet anti-ship missile




Aasif anti-ship missile





Mersad ("Ambush") sea mines. Made in Yemen



Combat divers








 

 

 

 

 

Army

tanks

 
 
tanks

 

BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicles

 


vehicles










Technicals”










M-43 120mm mortars
L16 81mm mortars

BGM-71 TOW anti-tank guided missiles
MILAN anti-tank guided missiles
AT-5 anti-tank guided missiles
AT-4 anti-tank guided missiles
AT-3 anti-tank guided missiles
AT-2 (3M11 Falanga) anti-tank guided missiles
FGM-77 Dragon anti-tank guided missiles

RPG-7 shoulder fired anti-tank rocket launchers
RPG-2 shoulder fired anti-tank rocket launchers

KPV machine guns
SG-43 Goryunov machine guns
Locally manufactured copies of the Vickers machine guns
RPD machine guns
Type 99 light machine guns
DS-39 machine guns
Dragunov sniper rifles
AK-47/AKM assault rifles
Locally manufactured copies of the Gewhr 43 rifle
Locally manufactured copies of the Karabiner 98k rifle
Mosin-Nagant rifles
M4 carbines
SVT-40 rifles
AVS-36 rifles
Locally manufactured copies of the MP 18
Locally manufactured copies of the MP 40
PPSh-41 sub-machine guns
PPS sub-machine guns
PPD-40 sub-machine guns
Makarov PM pistols















Air Defense

SA-6 (2K12 Kub) surface-to-air missiles



 
 

Fater-1 (Innovator-1) surface-to-air missiles. Made in Yemen. Appears to be a 9M336 missile from the Soviet era 2K12 Kub (SA-6 Gainful) air defense system.



Thaqib-1 (Piercer-1) surface-to-air missiles. Made in Yemen. Appears to be a modified R-73 air-to-air missile configured to fire as surface-to-air missile. .




Thaqib-2 (Piercer-2) surface-to-air missiles. Made in Yemen. Appears to be a modified R-27 air-to-air missile configured to fire as surface-to-air missile.
 
 




Thaqib-3 (Piercer-3) surface-to-air missiles. Made in Yemen. Appears to be a modified R-77 air-to-air missile configured to fire as surface-to-air missile.

















ZPU-2 14.5mm anti-aircraft guns


M167 Vulcan air defense system




P-19 radar






Military Police
Red berets










pictures
 
 

 















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