A discussion area for the FV510 Warrior research on armament, protection, mobility, and its lifetime upgrades and variants.
Formed from concepts dating back to the 1960s, Warrior has been the principal Infantry Fighting Vehicle of the British Army since its adoption in 1987.
Initially intended to be a successor to the venerable FV432, Warrior never lived up to its full potential due to MoD budgetary restrictions, the consolidation and reduction of UK Defence manufacturing, and the reduction of UK conventional forces since 1991.
Nevertheless, through deployments to Iraq, Bosnia, and Afghanistan, Warrior has proven both its initial design and upgradeability as a fighting vehicle, and remains in British Army service as of 2024.
General Staff Requirement (GSR) 3533 (1971)
General Staff Requirement (GSR) 3538: Mechanized Infantry Combat Vehicle (1977)
Warrior Capability Sustainment Programme (WCSP) (2009)
Warrior Modular Protection System (WMPS)
Warrior Enhanced Electronic Architecture (WEEA)
Warrior Fightability Lethality Improvement Programme (WFLIP)
Service Variants
FV510 Warrior (1986)
FV510 Warrior MILAN (1991)
Desert Warrior (Kuwait, 1995)
FV510 Warrior TES (2005-2010)
FV510 Warrior TES(H) (2011)
FV510 Warrior OES3 (2019)
Trialled Variants
Warrior CSP (Capability Sustainment Programme)
Warrior DRV (Defence Reconnaissance Variant)
Warrior VERDI-1
Warrior VERDI-2
Prototype & Concept Variants
Warrior 25
Warrior 30
Warrior 90
Warrior 105 LMT
Warrior 105 LRF
Warrior 2000
Warrior 2000 (Steyr SP 3E/300)
Warrior HOT
Warrior LP ADATS
Warrior Rapier
Warrior Thor
Warrior TRIGAT-LR
Warrior TRIGAT-MR
Armament
L21A1 RARDEN 30mm Autocannon
L94A1 7.62mm Chaingun
2x No.12 Smoke Grenade Dischargers
MILAN 2 ATGM (1991-2005)
Laser Range Finder (2001)
Protection
Welded aluminium hull (1986)
Vickers Defence Systems composite screens (1991) (Chobham? RO Defence? ROMOR-C?)
Enhanced Protection Bar Armour (2004)
Warrior Appliqué Armour Plate (WrAAP/WRAP1) (200?)
Warrior Reactive Armour Package 2 (WRAP2) (2007)
Mine Blast Protection (MBP) (2002)
Improved coverage nose armour, front (?)
ECM (?)
Mobility
ME: Perkins Engines Condor CV-8TCA (550hp @ 2,300rpm)
GB: Allison X-300-4B (4 FWD, 2 REV)
Night Sights & Thermal Imagers
Pilkington Optronics PE Raven (CMDR, GNR, x1/x8 Day, x2/x6 NV3) (1986)
Thales BGTI (CMDR, GNR, x8 TI2, 2001)
Thales Catherine MP (?) (TI3, 2009)?
Driver’s TI (TI3?, 2011)
Suggestions
Warrior DRV by nathanclawfish
Desert Warrior by OddPhenomena
MCV-80 IFV (C25) by nathanclawfish
MCV-80 (CM-90) by nathanclawfish
Outstanding Bug Reports
Warrior mud flaps not raised - Source needed
Warrior front Chobham armour incorrectly modelled (Accepted)
Warrior side armour backplate section missing (Accepted)
RARDEN SAP-I/APHE-I ammunition lacks tracer (Accepted)
Warrior IFV Missing Spall Liners (Accepted)
Warrior gears incorrect
Warrior upper radiator incorrect
Warrior main radiators incorrect
Warrior power pack model incorrect
Threads
Latest UK Ground Threads
Challenger 2 MBT - Technical Data and Discussion
Challenger 1 MBT - Technical Data and Discussion
Let’s talk about the Chieftain
British Weapon Systems - Technical Data and Discussion
Links
Think Defence - Warrior (2022)
Tank Chats #159 | Warrior | The Tank Museum (2022)
Keeping the Warrior on Track, Peter Antill (2020)
WCSP: Mid-Life Upgrade for Britain’s Warrior IFVs (2019)
Forecast International - FV510 Warrior and Warrior 2000 (2003)
History of War - Warrior Infantry Fighting Vehicle (UK)
Tank-AFV.com - FV510 Warrior
National Interest - “Britain’s Infantry Fighting Vehicle Packs Both Power and Armor”