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Warrior tracked armoured vehicle
| FV510 Warrior | |
|---|---|
.jpg) FV510 Warrior Infantry Section Vehicle | |
| Type | Infantry fighting vehicle |
| Place of origin | United Kingdom |
| Service history | |
| In service | 1987–present |
| Production history | |
| Designer | GKN Sankey / GKN Defence |
| Designed | 1972–1980 |
| Manufacturer | GKN Sankey/BAE Systems |
| Produced | 1986-present[1][2] |
| No. built | 1,043 (total) (as of 1995)[3][4] |
| Specifications | |
| Mass | 25.4 tonnes (25.0 long tons; 28.0 short tons) |
| Length | 6.3 m (20 ft 8 in) |
| Width | 3.03 m (9 ft 11 in) |
| Height | 2.8 m (9 ft 2 in) |
| Crew | 3 (commander, gunner, driver) + 7 troops[5] or full section 10 troops |
| Armour | Aluminium and appliqué |
Main armament | 30 mm L21A1 RARDEN cannon |
Secondary armament | coaxial 7.62 mm L94A1 chain gun 2x4 66mm smoke grenades [6] |
| Engine | Perkins V-8 Condor Diesel 550 hp (410 kW) |
| Power/weight | 22 hp/t |
| Suspension | Torsion bar with hydraulic damper |
Operational range | 410 miles (660 km) |
| Maximum speed | 46 mph (75 km/h) on road, 31 mph (50 km/h) off road[7] |
The FV510 Warrior tracked vehicle family is a series of British armoured vehicles, originally developed to replace FV430 series armoured vehicles. The Warrior started life as the MCV-80, "Mechanised Combat Vehicle for the 1980s". One of the requirements of the new vehicle was a top speed able to keep up with the projected new MBT, the MBT-80 – later cancelled and replaced by what became the Challenger 1 – which the FV432 armoured personnel carrier could not. The project was begun in 1972; GKN Defence won the production contract in 1984 and the Warrior was accepted for service with the British Army in November 1984. Production commenced in January 1986 at Telford, with the first vehicles completed in December that year. GKN Defence was purchased by BAE Systems, via Alvis plc.
The first production vehicle was handed over to the Army in May 1987 to 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards, and from 1988 to 1990 four more armoured infantry battalions in the British Army of the Rhine were converted to the new vehicle.[8] A total of 789 FV510 and variants were manufactured for the British Army and 254 of a modified version (Desert Warrior) were produced for the Kuwaiti Army.
- ^ "Warrior Armoured Fighting Vehicle". thinkdefence.co.uk. 5 November 2022. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
It would turn out to be a winning strategy, it exceeded reliability targets and GKN won the £1 billion contract in 1984 and MCV-80 became Warrior. Production started at a newly built GKN factory in Telford in 1986, [...]
- ^ "FV510 Warrior". militaryfactory.com. 2 May 2019. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
The MCV-80 program then evolved to become the "FV510" and the name of "Warrior" was assigned in 1985. Production soon ramped up at the GKN facility out of Telford in 1986. [...] The first production vehicle was delivered in December of 1986 [...]
- ^ "Warrior tracked armoured vehicle".
- ^ Allison, George (20 December 2023). "How many Warrior armoured vehicles are in service". UK Defence Journal. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
A total of 789 FV510 and variants were manufactured for the British Army and 254 of a modified version (Desert Warrior) were produced for the Kuwaiti Army.
- ^ Comparing U.S. Army Systems with Foreign Counterparts: Identifying Possible Capability Gaps and Insights from Other Armies Enhanced Warrior survivability, Combat Vehicle Armament Systems - JTCG/AS Program Review, 2014 (Report). RAND Corporation. 2015. p. 84. ISBN 9780833087218. PUIC: RAN126499, ARK: ark:/13960/t2q59x21j.
- ^ "Warrior".
- ^ "British Army Vehicles and Equipment" (PDF). Defence Public Relations (Army). Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 November 2010. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
- ^ Foss, Christopher F. (1994). Warrior mechanised combat vehicle, 1987-1994. London: Osprey. p. 18. ISBN 1855323796.
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