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Military Equipment of Yemen
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This is an inventory of military equipment of the Yemeni Army. The army is organized into eight armored brigades, 16 infantry brigades, six mechanized brigades, 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.

Equipment

Small arms

Name Image Caliber Type Origin 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
AK-47 7.62×39mm Assault rifle  Soviet Union
AKM 7.62×39mm Assault rifle  Soviet Union
Type 56 assault rifle 7.62×39mm Assault rifle  China
AKS-74U 5.45x39mm Carbine
Assault rifle 		 Soviet Union
AR-M9 5.56x45mm Assault rifle  People's Republic of Bulgaria
 Bulgaria
Colt CK901 5.56×45mm Assault rifle  United States
M16A2 5.56×45mm Assault rifle  United States
M4 5.56×45mm Carbine
Assault rifle 		 United States
Steyr AUG 5.56×45mm Bullpup
Assault rifle 		 Austria 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.
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
Machine guns
FN Minimi 7.62×51mm Squad automatic weapon  Belgium
RPK 7.62×39mm Squad automatic weapon  Soviet Union
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
Rocket propelled grenade launchers
RPG-7 40mm Rocket-propelled grenade  Soviet Union
M72 LAW 94mm Rocket-propelled grenade  United States
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
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

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