Warrior (tank)
FV 510 Warrior | |
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Warrior MICV in the desert |
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General properties | |
crew | 3 (commander, gunner, driver) + 7 infantrymen |
length | 6.30 m |
width | 3.03 m |
height | 2.80 m |
Dimensions | 24.5 tons |
Armor and armament | |
Armor | Aluminum alloy and reactive armor |
Main armament | 1 × 30 mm RARDEN machine cannon |
Secondary armament | 1 × L94A1 7.62mm coaxial machine gun and 1 × 7.62mm machine gun |
agility | |
drive | Perkins V-8 Condor 410 kW (550 PS ) |
suspension | Full chain (torsion bar suspension) |
Top speed | 75 km / h on the road |
Power / weight | 16.9 kW / ton |
Range | 660 km |
The Warrior tracked vehicles are a series of British armored personnel carriers developed in the 1970s by Guest, Keen and Nettlefolds (later part of the armaments company Alvis Vickers Ltd. ) to replace the British Army's older FV 432 . Production began around 1980. The Warrior had its first combat missions in 1991 during Operation Granby in the Second Gulf War . He was later used in British UNPROFOR missions in Bosnia and during the Iraq war . The armor resists detonations from 155 mm shells at a distance of 10 meters and direct fire with up to 14.5 mm projectiles.
The vehicle has an on-board toilet.
Use in armies
See also
Web links
Commons : FV510 Warrior - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Robert Jackson: Tank models from around the world from 1915 to today . Ed .: Paragon Books Ltd. ISBN 978-1-4075-0670-8 .