According to figures circulating in pro-Ansar Allah sources, forces commanded by Brig. Gen. Tariq Saleh, aligned with the Saudi-led coalition, have reportedly sustained substantial equipment losses on Yemen’s western coast.
🔷 Vehicles & Armored Systems
▪️ 1,100 military vehicles of various types, including Hilux and Shas pickups
▪️ Around 600 equipped with 12.7mm and 14.5mm heavy machine guns
▪️ 120 Emirati Nimr armored vehicles
▪️ 90 U.S.-made Oshkosh armored vehicles
▪️ 60 Caiman armored personnel carriers
▪️ 40 RG-31 armored vehicles
🔷 TANKS
▪️ 18 T-55 tanks
▪️ 10 T-62 tanks
▪️ 5 T-72 tanks
🔷 Artillery & Rocket Systems
▪️ 20 BM-21 Grad multiple rocket launchers, 122mm, 40 tubes each
▪️ 25 light/modified multiple rocket launchers, carrying 12–24 tubes
▪️ 20 D-30 howitzers, 122mm
▪️ 15 M198/M114 artillery pieces, 155mm
▪️ 60 120mm mortar systems, including M120/2S12
🔷 Coastal Defense Weapons
▪️ 25 D-30 guns, 122mm
▪️ 15 M-46 guns, 130mm
▪️ 10 M198/M114 artillery pieces, 155mm
▪️ 80 twin-barrel 23mm ZU-23-2 anti-aircraft guns
▪️ 50 Kornet-E anti-tank guided missile systems
▪️ 30 BGM-71 TOW anti-tank missile systems
▪️ 35 Konkurs and Fagot anti-tank missile systems
Assessment
The reported inventory represents a significant loss of armored mobility, artillery, rocket-launch capability, and anti-armor capacity for Tariq Saleh’s forces on the western coast.