Handbook Of Pre-War Yemeni Fighting Vehicles

 

By Stijn Mitzer and Joost Oliemans

 

This list only includes vehicles and equipment in service with the Yemeni Army before the Houthi takeover of Yemen in 2014 and 2015. Vehicles and equipment acquired and produced during the ongoing conflict are not included in this list. The goal of this list is to comprehensively catalogue the pre-war inventory of the Yemeni Army, list the country's esoteric AFV designs as well as clarify what military equipment is currently available to Yemeni parties on the battlefield. Civilian trucks towing military trailers are not included in the list.

 

(Click on the vehicle or equipment type to get a picture of them)

Tanks

• T-34/85 Obr. 1945
• T-55
• T-55A
• T-55AM1
• T-55AM2
• T-62 Obr. 1967
• T-62 Obr. 1972
• T-72S
• T-72B
• T-80BV
• M60A1 Patton

 

Armoured Fighting Vehicles

• BRDM-2
• BRM-1K
• Alvis Saladin
• AML-90
• AML-90 With BPU-1 Turret
  
• BTR-60 With AML-90 Turret
• M113 With AML-90 Turret
  

 

Infantry Fighting Vehicles

• BMP-1
• BMP-2 Obr. 1984
• BTR-80A
• Ratel BAU-23x2 'KADDB'

 

Armoured Personnel Carriers

• BTR-40
• BTR-40M
• BTR-152
• BTR-152M Two configurations: (2)
• BTR-60PB
• BTR-80
• MGC-14.5
• M113
• M113M (At least one fitted with a BRDM-2 turret)
  
• Panhard M3 VTT

 

Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) Vehicles

• Cougar 4x4
• Badger ILAV
• Reva

Infantry Mobility Vehicles (IMVs)

• M998 (Can be armed with ZU-23s)
• M1097A2 (Can be armed with ZPU-2s)
• M1151A1
• M1025A1/A2 UAH
• M1152
• Al-Jawad
• Al-Shibl 2
• Jalal 3 Two configurations: (2)
• Qutaish-1
• Qutaish-2

Command Vehicles

• BTR-60PU
• R-145BM
• R-140M
• M577

Engineering Vehicles

• VT-55KS
• BREM-1
• BREM-K
• M88A1

 

Tank Destroyers

• SD-100
• 9P133 'Malyutka'

Artillery Support Vehicles

• ATS-59 Artillery Tractor
• SNAR-10 "Big Fred" Battlefield Surveillance Radar
  

Towed Artillery

• 57mm ZiS-2 Anti-Tank Gun
• 85mm D-44 Divisional Gun
• 100mm MT-12 Anti-Tank Gun
• 105mm M101 Howitzer
• 120mm M-1938 Heavy Mortar
• 122mm A-19 M-1931/37 Field Gun
  
• 122mm M-30 Howitzer M-1938 (Not yet seen)
• 122mm D-30 Howitzer
• 130mm (M-46) Field Gun
• 130mm SM-4-1 Coastal Defence Gun (Not yet seen) 
• 152mm D-20 Gun-Howitzer M-1955
• 155mm M114 Howitzer

 

Self-Propelled Artillery

• 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika
• 122mm ATS-59-122
  

Multiple Rocket Launchers (MRLs)

• 107mm Type 63 (Not yet seen in original configuration)
• 122mm BM-21 'Grad'
  
• 122mm Sakr 6
• 122mm Sakr 40
• 220mm BM-27 'Uragan'
  

 

Artillery Rockets

• 9K52 Luna-M

Ballistic Missiles

• R-17 Elbrus "Scud-B"
• Hwasŏng-5/6 "Scud-B/C'' 
• OTR-21 Tochka

 

Coastal Defence Missile Systems

• 4K51 Rubezh

Towed Anti-Aircraft Guns

• 12.7mm DShK
• 12.7mm Type 77
• 14.5mm ZPU-1
• 14.5mm ZPU-2
• 14.5mm ZPU-4
• 20mm M167 (Not yet seen in original configuration)
• 23mm ZU-23
• 35mm GDF-001/GDF-002
• 37mm M-1939 (61-K)
• 100mm KS-19

 

Self-Propelled Anti-Aircraft Guns (SPAAGs)

• 20mm M167 On Truck Two configurations: (2)
• 23mm ZSU-23-4 
  

Static Surface-To-Air Missile (SAM) Systems

• S-75 "SA-2 Guideline"
• S-125 "SA-3 Goa"

Self-Propelled Surface-To-Air Missile (SAM) Systems

• 9K12 Kub ''SA-6 Gainful''
  
• 9K31 Strela-1 ''SA-9 Gaskin''
  

 

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)

• RQ-11 Raven

 

Radars

• P-12/18 ''Spoon Rest A/D''
• P-15 ''Flat Face A''
• P-19 ''Flat Face B''
• P-35 ''Bar Lock''
• SNR-75 ''Fan Song'' (For S-75)
• SNR-125 ''Low Blow'' (For S-125)
• SURN 1S91 (For 2K12 Kub)
• Super Fledermaus (For GDF-001/GDF-002)
• PRV-13 ''Odd Pair''
• Mys-ME
• SNAR-10 "Big Fred"

 

Trucks

• GAZ-66 Two configurations: (2)
• GAZ-3308
• ZiL-130 Two configurations: (2)
• ZiL-131 Four configurations: (2) (3) (4)
• ZiL-135 Two configurations: (2) 
• ZiL-157 Three configurations: (2) (3)
• Ural-4320 Two configurations: (2)
• KrAZ 255B Two configurations: (2)
• KrAZ-6322 Two configurations: (2)
• KAMAZ-43114
• KAMAZ-43118
• KAMAZ-4326
• M35 Two configurations: (2)
• M39 (Can be armed with ZPU-4s and ZU-23s)
• Navistar International 7000 series
• MAN TGA 26 480
• Mercedes-Benz Actros
• Mercedes-Benz Tank Transporter
• Mercedes-Benz Actros Tank Transporter
• Mercedes-Benz Actros 6x4 Tank Transporter
• IFA W50
• STAR 266 (Can be armed with ZPU-4s and ZU-23s)
• STAR 1466
• Hyundai HD120
• Volvo FH-12 420 

 

Jeeps

• UAZ-469
• Toyota Land Cruiser FJ-40
• Toyota Land Cruiser Two configurations: (2) (Can be armed with RCLs) 
• Toyota Land Cruiser BJ45
• Toyota Land Cruiser HZJ 70 Series Nine configurations: (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (Can be armed with RCLs, ZPU-1s and ZU-23s)
• Modernised Toyota Land Cruiser HZJ 70 series Four configurations: (2) (3) (4) (Can be armed with RCLs) 
• Nissan Patrol
• Jalal 1 (Not yet seen)
• Jalal 2 (Not yet seen)
• Jalal 4 (Not yet seen)
• Jalal 5
• Jalal 6 (Documented by a few sources, not yet seen)  
• Jalal 7 (Not yet seen)   
• Dodge
• M-151
• Ford F-150 (Can be armed with ZPU-1s, ZPU-2s and RLCs)
• Ford F-250 (Can be armed with ZPU-4s and RLCs)
• Ford F-350 (Can be armed with ZPU-1s, ZPU-2s and ZU-23s)
• Land Rover
• ACMAT VLRA

Special thanks to Joshua Koontz and Buschlaid.

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