Direct proof of use
The Sakr-40 appears in the 2014 Yemen Civil War record through Oryx's Houthi missile, rocket, and drone inventory. In its multiple-rocket-launcher section, Oryx lists the 122 mm Sakr-40 with Houthi-held systems and marks it as inherited from pre-war Yemeni Army stocks.
That evidence supports fielding by Houthi-aligned forces rather than a specific dated firing incident. The public record used here does not identify a named Sakr-40 strike, target, or battlefield location.
Sources: Houthi Drone And Missile Handbook
Timeline
Oryx's 2015 pre-war Yemeni fighting-vehicle inventory listed 122 mm Sakr-40 launchers among Yemeni Army multiple rocket launchers before and during the Houthi takeover period. Its 2022 Houthi inventory then listed the same launcher type among Houthi-held multiple rocket launchers in the continuing war.
The documented pathway is therefore an inherited-stock pathway: the launcher is not presented in the cited sources as a newly supplied or newly manufactured Yemen-war system.
Sources: Handbook Of Pre-War Yemeni Fighting Vehicles, Houthi Drone And Missile Handbook
Narrative
The Sakr-40 is the 40-tube member of Egypt's 122.4 mm Sakr launcher family. Forecast International describes the Sakr 21-, 30-, and 40-round mobile launchers as systems for Sakr 18 and Sakr 30 rockets, compatible with Russian-pattern Grad rockets used by the BM-21 system.
In Yemen, that made the Sakr-40 part of the broader unguided 122 mm rocket-artillery inventory available to Houthi-aligned forces. Its documented role is area rocket fire and fire support from inherited conventional stocks, with open-source evidence identifying the system and ownership context more clearly than individual engagements.
Sources: SAKR Series 122 and 325 mm Multiple Launch Rocket Systems, Sakr-36 / Sakr-40, Houthi Drone And Missile Handbook
