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, the Arabian and Red Sea and Somalia to transport arms and equipment to Houthi militants in Yemen.

- While some of the ships containing Iranian-supplied arms and equipment intended for Houthi militants list Somalia as their ultimate destination, most of the weaponry is delivered by ship-to-ship transfers in the Arabian and Red Sea. Deliveries to Somalia and then onward to Yemen make up the rest of the transfers.

- 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 after being captured during transport to Yemen.)

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 3,489 rifles seized by Coalition forces, February, April 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 AKK(Part of a batch of 1,989 rifles seized by Australia, February 2016 on the way to Yemen)
• ''Iranian KLS''(Part of a batch of 1,989 rifles seized by Australia, February 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 9seized 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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