Profile
- Type
- Light 122 mm multiple rocket launcher
- Conflict side
- Houthi-aligned forces
- Origin
- Egypt
- Service note
- Cold War-derived Sakr 122 mm family; documented in Yemen Civil War inventories
Artillery
Sakr-6 multiple rocket launcher
The Sakr-6 is a light six-tube member of the Egyptian Sakr/Grad-family 122 mm multiple rocket launcher lineage. In the Yemen Civil War, open-source vehicle lists identify it with Houthi-aligned forces as equipment inherited from pre-war Yemeni Army stocks, making it a compact unguided rocket-artillery system rather than a precision missile platform.
- Conflict side
- Houthi-aligned forces
- Built in
- Egypt
Service History
- In service
- Documented in Yemeni inventories during the Yemen Civil War
- Used by
- Houthi-aligned forces, Pre-war Yemeni Army
- Wars
- Yemen Civil War
Production History
- Designer
- Sakr Factory for Developed Industries
- Designed
- Sakr 122 mm family developed after Egyptian BM-21 Grad production began in the late 1970s
- Built in
- Egypt
- Unit cost
- Not publicly reported for Sakr-6
- Produced
- Sakr 122 mm family production reported from the 1980s into at least the early 2000s
- Number built
- Sakr-6 total not publicly reported
- Variants
- Sakr-6 six-tube 122 mm launcher, Sakr 21-, 30-, and 40-round 122 mm launchers
Specifications
- Caliber
- 122 mm class
- Launcher tubes
- Six tubes in the Yemen-identified Sakr-6 configuration
- Munition family
- Sakr/Grad-pattern unguided 122 mm rockets
- Maximum range
- Family-level data list up to 20 km with Sakr 18 rockets and up to 36 km with Sakr 30 rockets; Sakr-6-specific range is not separately published
- Platform
- Light truck-mounted launcher in Yemen imagery
- Guidance
- Unguided, spin- and fin-stabilized rocket artillery
Conflict Usage
- Yemen Civil War
- Side: Houthi-aligned forcesRole: Light unguided rocket artillery
Oryx identifies the 122 mm Sakr-6 among Houthi multiple rocket launchers inherited from pre-war Yemeni Army stocks; available open sources support fielding by Houthi-aligned forces but do not provide a detailed firing record for this exact six-tube variant.
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Houthi Drone And Missile HandbookPublisher: Oryx | Note: Supports Yemen Civil War fielded by Houthi-aligned forces context by listing the 122 mm Sakr-6 as inherited from pre-war Yemeni Army stocks; also supports the selected image provenance, though reuse rights are not clearly stated. | Accessed: 2026-06-20SAKR Series 122 and 325 mm Multiple Launch Rocket SystemsPublisher: Forecast International | Note: Supports Sakr-family manufacturer background, 122 mm rocket compatibility, production context, and family-level specifications for Sakr 18 and Sakr 30 rockets. | Accessed: 2026-06-20Sakr Factory for Development IndustriesPublisher: Federation of American Scientists | Note: Supports background on the Sakr Factory, its affiliation with the Arab Organization for Industrialization, and its production of 122 mm multiple rocket launcher families. | Accessed: 2026-06-20122 mm Sakr RocketPublisher: CAT-UXO | Note: Supports general 122 mm Sakr rocket background and compatibility with BM-21 Grad-series launchers and locally produced launch systems. | Accessed: 2026-06-20