Direct proof of use
The M2 Bradley is documented in the 2014 Yemen Civil War through Saudi employment on the Saudi-Yemeni border. Washington Institute analysis published on 24 September 2015 described Houthi units and former Yemeni Army forces loyal to Ali Abdullah Saleh scaling up cross-border raids into Saudi Arabia's Asir, Jizan, and Najran provinces, and listed one M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle among heavy Saudi losses.
A later Defence Blog report said Houthi media released footage in September 2018 claiming an attack on a Saudi M2 Bradley in Najran province. That report supports continued border-war exposure of Saudi Bradleys, but the damage assessment is more limited than the 2015 Washington Institute loss summary.
Sources: The Escalating Northern Front in Yemen, Defence Blog Najran Bradley Report
Timeline
The current Yemen war began after the Houthi takeover of Sanaa in 2014 and expanded when a Saudi-led coalition intervened in March 2015. By August and September 2015, coalition ground operations and Houthi/Saleh border raids had made Saudi armored vehicles part of the land-war record.
The strongest dated Bradley datapoint is the Washington Institute's September 2015 account of Saudi losses during raids from Yemen into Saudi border provinces. The 2018 Najran report adds a later claimed attack on a Saudi M2 Bradley along the same border theater.
Sources: CFR Yemen and Red Sea Tracker, The Escalating Northern Front in Yemen, Defence Blog Najran Bradley Report
Narrative
In Yemen-war coverage, the Bradley appears as a Saudi ground-force infantry fighting vehicle rather than a Yemeni Army legacy system. The U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency confirmed in 2018 that Saudi Arabia maintained a fleet that included M2 Bradley Fighting Vehicles, and Defence Blog described the Royal Saudi Armed Forces as operating around 400 M2A2 Bradleys.
The documented role was armored border and coalition ground-force use against Houthi/Saleh forces. Washington Institute reporting placed the Bradley loss in the same border-raiding pattern that included attacks on Saudi forts, ambushes, missile and rocket fire, and other Saudi armored losses. The public sources do not establish a full incident-by-incident service history for Saudi Bradleys in Yemen, but they directly support fielding and combat exposure in the Yemen conflict's Saudi border front.
Sources: DSCA Saudi Arabia Ordnance Corps FMSO II Case, Defence Blog Najran Bradley Report, The Escalating Northern Front in Yemen
