List of equipment of the Yemeni Army

This is an inventory of military equipment of the Yemeni Army. ^[1] The army is organized into eight armored brigades, 16 infantry brigades, six mechanized brigades, ^[2] two airborne commando brigades, one surface-to-surface missile brigade, three artillery brigades, one central guard force, one Special Forces brigade, and six air defense brigades, which consist of four anti-aircraft artillery battalions and one surface-to-air missile battalion. ^[3]

Equipment

Small arms

Name	Image	Caliber	Type	Origin	Faction	Notes
Pistols
TT pistol		7.62×25mm Tokarev	Semi-automatic pistol	Soviet Union
Glock 19		9×19mm Parabellum	Semi-automatic pistol	Austria
Submachine guns
Sterling L2A3		9×19mm	Submachine gun	United Kingdom
Rifles
SKS		7.62×39mm	Semi-automatic rifle	Soviet Union	SPC
AK-47		7.62×39mm	Assault rifle	Soviet Union	SPC	[4]
AKM		7.62×39mm	Assault rifle	Soviet Union	SPC	[5]
Type 56 assault rifle		7.62×39mm	Assault rifle	China	SPC
AKS-74U		5.45x39mm	Carbine Assault rifle	Soviet Union	SPC
AR-M9		5.56x45mm	Assault rifle	People's Republic of Bulgaria Bulgaria	PLC	[6]
Colt CK901		5.56×45mm	Assault rifle	United States		[7]
M16A2		5.56×45mm	Assault rifle	United States		[8]
M4		5.56×45mm	Carbine Assault rifle	United States		[9]
Steyr AUG		5.56×45mm	Bullpup Assault rifle	Austria	PLC	Supplied by Saudi Arabia to Pro-PLC Yemeni Army.
FN FAL		7.62×51mm	Battle rifle	Belgium
Heckler & Koch G3		7.62×51mm	Battle rifle	West Germany		Used by Yemeni Republican Guard and Yemeni Special Guard. [10]
Lee-Enfield		.303 British	Bolt-action rifle	British Empire
Sniper and anti-materiel rifles
Dragunov SVU		7.62×54mmR	Sniper rifle	Russia
SVD Dragunov		7.62×54mmR	Sniper rifle	Soviet Union
Barrett M82		.50 BMG	Anti-materiel rifle	United States	SPC	[11]
Machine guns
FN Minimi		7.62×51mm	Squad automatic weapon	Belgium
RPK		7.62×39mm	Squad automatic weapon	Soviet Union		[12]
PK machine gun		7.62×54mmR	General-purpose machine gun	Soviet Union
Browning M2		.50 BMG	Heavy machine gun	United States
DShKM		12.7×108mm	Heavy machine gun	Soviet Union		[13]
Rocket propelled grenade launchers
RPG-7		40mm	Rocket-propelled grenade	Soviet Union		[14]
M72 LAW		94mm	Rocket-propelled grenade	United States		[15]
Grenade launchers
M203		40×46mm SR	Grenade launcher	United States
M79		40×46mm	Grenade launcher	United States
Portable anti-tank weapons
M40 recoilless rifle		105 mm	Recoilless rifle	United States		[16]
B-10 recoilless rifle		82 mm	Recoilless rifle	Soviet Union
SPG-9		73 mm	Recoilless rifle	Soviet Union
9M14 Malyutka		125 mm	Anti-tank missile	Soviet Union

Artillery

Model	Image	Origin	Type	Number	Notes
Towed Artillery
M-46 field gun		Soviet Union	Towed field gun	60 [17]
Self-Propelled Artillery
2S1 Gvozdika		Soviet Union	Self-propelled artillery		[18]
BM-21 Grad		Soviet Union	Multiple rocket launcher		[19]

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