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

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