Direct proof of use
The Qutaish-2 is documented in the 2014 Yemen Civil War through pre-war Yemeni Army inventory evidence. Oryx listed Qutaish-2 under infantry mobility vehicles in its September 2015 handbook of pre-war Yemeni fighting vehicles, a catalog it described as covering vehicles in Yemeni Army service before the 2014-2015 Houthi takeover and clarifying what equipment was available to Yemeni battlefield parties.
That evidence supports Qutaish-2 fielding as inherited protected-mobility materiel in the conflict environment. It does not identify a dated Qutaish-2 movement, a named front, a confirmed loss, or a specific faction controlling individual vehicles after Yemeni state stocks fragmented.
Sources: Oryx Pre-War Yemeni Fighting Vehicles
Timeline
DefenceWeb reported that a 250-vehicle Qutaish-2 (Leopard) armor-protected-vehicle contract involved production of components and assembly in Yemen, with deliveries taking place from 2009 to 2014. A separate DefenceWeb transfer-table snapshot listed Yemen's Qutaish-2 APV order against a 2008 order year and 2009-2011 delivery or license period, with 60 produced or delivered by that snapshot.
Al Bayan reported in June 2010 that Yemen had moved from Qutaish-1 production into Qutaish-2 production. The war context begins with the 2014 Houthi takeover of Sanaa and the 2015 Saudi-led intervention; Oryx's September 2015 inventory then placed Qutaish-2 in the pre-war Yemeni Army vehicle set available to battlefield parties.
Sources: DefenceWeb 2014 Export Details, DefenceWeb South African Arms Exports, Al Bayan Yemen Military Industries, CFR Yemen and Red Sea Tracker, Oryx Pre-War Yemeni Fighting Vehicles
Battlefield role
The Qutaish-2's documented Yemen role is protected personnel mobility from legacy Yemeni Army stocks. Production and transfer reporting places the vehicle in Yemen before the civil war widened, while Oryx's conflict-period inventory connects the type to the equipment available on the battlefield after Yemeni state stocks split among rival parties.
In catalog terms, the vehicle belongs with mobility and force-protection equipment rather than with a well-documented direct-fire armored fighting vehicle record. The public record supports presence and availability in the conflict, but it does not support stronger claims about combat employment, armament in a specific incident, vehicle-by-vehicle custody, or exclusive use by one post-2014 party.
Sources: Oryx Pre-War Yemeni Fighting Vehicles, DefenceWeb 2014 Export Details, DefenceWeb South African Arms Exports, Al Bayan Yemen Military Industries
