Yemen's Military Industry Explained

Unit Name:	Yemen's Military Industry
Dates:	1990
Type:	Military industry

The Armed Forces Military Industrialization Authority is a body managed by the Ministry of Defense. It is responsible for the production of a wide range of defense equipment, such as light multi-purpose vehicles, medium trucks, ammunition and electronics.

History

The Military Industrialization Authority of the Armed Forces was established after the unification of Yemen on May 22, 1990, by a presidential decree to be under the Ministry of Defense and to strengthen the military institution.Combat vehicles

• Qutaish-1^[1]
• Qutaish-2
• Jalal 3^[2]
• Jalal 4
• Jalal 5
• Humaida

Logistics vehicles

• UAZ - 469
• GAZ - 2975

Small weapons

• Vickers machine gun (locally produced alternative)
• Dragunov sniper rifle (locally produced variant)
• Gewehr 43 (locally produced variant)
• Karabiner 98k (rifle) (locally produced variant)
• MP18 (locally produced variant)
• MP-40 (locally produced variant)

External links

• YEMEN MILITARY INDUSTRY NEWS
• NationMaster - Yemeni Military statistics

Notes and References

1. Web site: اليمن يعلن دخوله التصنيع الحربي وإنتاج300عربة مدرعة لحفظ الأمن ومكافحة الإرهاب والجريمة . https://web.archive.org/web/20170202054529/http://marebpress.net/news_details.php?lng=arabic&sid=25436 . 2017-02-02 . 2014-11-02.
2. Web site: المدرعه " جلال 3 " اليمنيه الصنع . 2024-01-28 . arabic-military-army.yoo7.com . ar.