The Warrior family of tracked armoured vehicles, developed by Alvis Vickers Ltd (now BAE Systems Land Systems). A series of British armoured vehicles originally developed to replace the older FV430 series of armoured vehicles. The Warrior has the speed and performance to keep up with a Challenger 2 Main Battle Tank over the most difficult terrain, and the firepower and armour to support infantry in the assault.
Warrior delivers road speeds of 75km/h, and crosses rough terrain faster than most main battle tanksPassenger access is through a single electric ram powered door at the rear of the hull, rather than a drop-down ramp as in the American M113 and M2 Bradley APCs. There are no firing ports in the hull, in line with British thinking that the role of the APC/IFV is to carry troops under protection to the objective and then give firepower support when they have disembarked. Another reason is that it is not possible to fire accurately out of the ports of a moving IFV and access to firing ports would require internal stowage to be moved from behind the seated soldiers in the rear of the vehicle.
The British Army using Warrior in operations in the Middle EastWarrior Section Vehicles are able to carry and support 7 fully-equipped soldiers together with supplies and weapons including a number of anti-tank weapons for a 48-hour battlefield day in nuclear/biological/chemical conditions. The protection against small arms, missiles, RPGs and anti-tank mines was proven during the UN operations in Bosnia. Additional (applique) armour, such as "cage armour" can be fitted.
A British Army Warrior with 30mm RARDEN cannon and image intensification sights
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