List of Iranian Arms and Equipment Supplied to Houthi Militants in Yemen since 2015

This list only includes Iranian-supplied arms and equipment supplied to Houthi militants in Yemen or interdicted on the way to Yemen after the 2015 Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen. 

Notes:

- Iran has set up a network of smuggling routes through Oman and the Arabian Sea to transport arms and equipment to Houthi militants in Yemen.

- While some of the ships containing Iranian-supplied arms and equipment list Somalia as their ultimate destination, these ships actually position themselves in the Gulf of Aden where Yemeni ships take over the cargo for transportation to Houthi-controlled territory.

- This list only contains a small fraction of the true numbers of arms and equipment that reached Yemen, and Iranian efforts in arming the Houthis should not be underestimated.

- This list does not include items such as cables or specific components of missiles or equipment.

(Click on the equipment to get a picture of them in Houthi service or captured during their transit.)

Assault Rifles (7489 seized on the way to Yemen)

• Soviet AKM (Part of a batch of 1,989 rifles seized by Australia, February 2016 on the way to Yemen)
• Chinese Type-56 (Part of a batch of 1,989 rifles seized by Australia, February 2016 on the way to Yemen)
• Romanian AIM (Part of a batch of 1,989 rifles seized by Australia, February 2016 on the way to Yemen)
• Bulgarian SA93 (Part of a batch of 1,989 rifles seized by Australia, February 2016 on the way to Yemen)
• ''Iranian AKM'' (Part of a batch of 1,989 rifles seized by Australia, February 2016 on the way to Yemen)
• ''AK-47'' (Part of a batch of 1,500 rifles seized by the United States, April 2016 on the way to Yemen)
• ''Brand-new AK-47'' (At least 3000 seized by the United States, August 2018 on the way to Yemen)

Machine Guns (81 seized on the way to Yemen)

• Russian PKM (At least 49 [including 39 spare barrels] seized by Australia, February 2016 on the way to Yemen)
• North Korean Type-73 (At least 11 seized by Coalition forces, February and March 2016 on the way to Yemen)
• Soviet DShK (At least 21 seized by by the United States, April 2016 on the way to Yemen)

Sniper Rifles (64 seized on the way to Yemen)

• Iranian Hoshdar-M ''Nakhjir'' (At least 64 seized by France, March 2016 on the way to Yemen)
• Iranian AM.50 ''Sayyad''

RPGs (300 seized on the way to Yemen)

• Iranian Sageg (At least 281 seized by the United States, April 2016 on the way to Yemen)
• Chinese Type-69 (At least 19 seized by the United States, April 2016 on the way to Yemen)

Mortars (20 seized on the way to Yemen

• ''60mm mortar tubes'' (At least 20 seized by by Australia, February 2016 on the way to Yemen)

ATGMs (81 seized on the way to Yemen)

• Russian 9M133 Kornet (At least 9 seized by France, March 2016 on the way to Yemen)
• Iranian Towsan-1 (At least 18 seized by Saudi Arabia, September 2015 on the way to Yemen)
• Iranian Dehlavieh
• Iranian Saeghe
• Iranian Toophan ''TOW'' (At least 54 [including five launchers] seized by Coalition forces, September 2015 on the way to Yemen)

 

Man-Portable Air-Defence Systems

• ''Iranian modified Strela-2'' (Usage reported by USCENTCOM)

Surface-to-Air Missiles (1 seized on the way to Yemen)

• Iranian Sayyad-2C (At least one seized by Saudi Arabia, early 2018 on the way to Yemen)

 

Multiple Rocket Launchers

• Iranian Badr-1P (Fajr-5B)

  

Cruise Missiles

• Iranian Quds (Variant of the Soumar family of cruise missiles)

Ballistic Missiles

• Iranian Borkan-H2 (Variant of the Iranian Qiam ballistic missile)  
• Iranian Borkan-3 (Variant of the Iranian Qiam ballistic missile)   

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

• Iranian Samad-1 surveillance UAV (Previously sighted in Iran. Also supplied to Hizbullah in Lebanon)
• Iranian Samad-2 ''UAV-X'' loitering munition
• Iranian Samad-3 loitering munition
• Iranian Qasef-1 loitering munition (Based on the Ababil-2T UAV. Similar type was supplied to Hizbullah)
• Iranian Qasef-2K loitering munition (Based on the Ababil-2T UAV)

Ammunition

•  Iranian Nader RPG projectiles

 

Miscellaneous Items

• Iranian electronic tracking system
• Iranian omputerised ship guidance system (For Water-Born Improvised Explosive Devices)
• Iranian 20x120 binoculars
• Iranian RU60G thermal weapon sight
• 15 missile battery kits (For ATGM launchers) 
• 4 fire control systems (For ATGM launchers)
• 3 batteries (For ATGM launchers) 
• 5 binocular batteries

Iranian Involvement but not Delivery - Proven

• Conversion of fast boats to Water-Born Improvised Explosive Devices (WBIEDs)

Iranian Involvement but not Delivery - Likely but as of yet Unconfirmed

•  Production and or assembly of (Badr-1) Fajr-series unguided rockets inside Yemen
•  Conversion of C.801s ship-borne anti-ship missiles (AShMs) to ground-launched AShMs
•  Conversion of R-27T and R-73 air-to-air missiles (AAMs) to surface-to-air missiles (SAMs)
• Conversion of Scud and Hwasŏng-5/6 ballistic missiles to Borkan 1/2/2H series of ballistic missiles
• Conversion of S-75 SAMs to Qaher series of ballistic missiles
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