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What about military vehicles, did they smash them with sledge hammers as well?The reasoning behind this is a sensationalistic news story. Nothing more. The state dept spokeman said he thought they surrendered their weapons.
The US Marine Corp says different.
from: U.S. Marines say they destroyed weapons before leaving Yemen Reuters
"The Marines Corps statement said on arrival at the airfield, the Marines rendered their weapons inoperable.
"Specifically, each bolt was removed from its weapons body and rendered inoperable by smashing with sledgehammers. The weapons bodies, minus the bolts, were then separately smashed with sledgehammers," the Marines said. All of these destroyed components were left at the airport - and components were scattered; no usable weapon was taken from any Marine" at the airport.
"To be clear: No Marine handed a weapon to a Houthi, or had one taken from him," the statement said."