warrior tracked armoured vehicle

General Characteristics (Warrior)

Length:

6.3 m

Width:

3.03 m

Height:

2.8 m

Mass:

approximately 24 tonnes, loaded, with gun turret

Speed:

road: 75 km/h

Range:

over 600 km

Primary armament:

30 mm RARDEN cannon
Light Anti-armour Weapon (LAW) HEAT rockets

Secondary armament:

Co-axial 7.62 mm GPMG

Power plant:

550 hp (410 kW) Perkins Rolls-Royce V8 Condor engine

Crew:

3 + 7 troops

The FV 510 Warrior Tracked Armoured Vehicles are light armoured multi-purpose transports used by the British army. Warrior variants include artillery observation post vehicle (OPV) and command post vehicle (CPV), a Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME) recovery and repair vehicle, light tank fitted with a L7 105 mm gun turret, anti-aircraft vehicles, TOW or HOT missile tank hunter, reconnaissance vehicle with 76 mm or 90 mm main gun, transport, or missile lancher. Generally held to be more effective than the US M2 Bradley. They are not amphibious, but have NBC capabilities. The FV 510 has a wide array of night vision systems. A drawback is that they are too large to be carried by the RAF's C-130 Hercules transport aircraft. Their strong aluminium armour proved efficient against small arms fire and self-propelled grenades during the conflict in Bosnia.

History

The warrior started out as the Mechanized Combat vehicle 80 (MCV 80), a succesor to the FV 432 APV series. Initial design and planning took place between 1968 and 1976. Selection was made in 1980 but the first contract was placed in 1985.