FV510 Warrior

The FV510 Warrior is a family of British tracked armoured vehicles, developed from 1972 under the name MCV-80, Mechanised Combat Vehicle for the 1980s, to replace the FV430 series and to keep pace with a new main battle tank. GKN Defence won the production contract in 1984, the British Army accepted the vehicle that November, and production began at Telford in January 1986; GKN Defence later passed to BAE Systems through Alvis plc. The infantry section vehicle has a driver, a two-man turret crew armed with a 30 mm RARDEN cannon, and room for up to seven infantry, and it is driven by a Perkins-Rolls-Royce V8 Condor engine at a road speed of about 74 kilometres per hour. A total of 789 vehicles were built for the British Army and 254 Desert Warriors for Kuwait. Variants include command, repair, recovery and artillery observation vehicles. A major upgrade programme was cancelled in 2021, with Boxer vehicles planned to replace the fleet.