The FV510 Warrior is a tracked Infantry Fighting Vehicle used exclusively by the British Army in ArmA 2. It was added with the release of the British Armed Forces DLC.
Overview[]
- Roles:
- Troop transport
- Fire support
« | The FV510 Warrior is an armoured tracked vehicle used by the British army. It's role is to carry troops under protection to the objective and give firepower support once they have disembarked. The Warrior is armed with a 40mm CTWS cannon and the L94A1 7.62mm chain gun. Armoury Description
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Design[]
Originally known as the MCV-80, the Warrior IFV was designed to replace the older FV432 Armoured Personnel Carrier in British service.
It is capable of destroying enemy ground vehicles at ranges of up to 1,500 metres, and can also engage low-flying helicopters.
Armament
Its standard armament consists of a stabilised 40 mm autocannon fitted to a two-man turret and also has a coaxial 7.62 mm chain gun.
The CTWS autocannon can fire either armour-piercing discarding sabot (APDS) or high-explosive anti-tank (HEAT) 40 mm shells and has a total capacity of 400 rounds (with 200 rounds of each type). Meanwhile, the coaxial L94A1 chain gun feeds from a single 2,000-round belt and has no spare reloads.

Warrior IFVs in combat.
Features
The Warrior serves as the primary armoured transport of the British Army.
As an IFV, its primary duty is to transport and provide fire support for its dismounts, though it also does well against enemy forces on its own and can bring down helicopters with decent accuracy at short ranges. Its autocannon can decimate infantry squads and tear through light- and medium-armour vehicles.
Mobility
The Warrior is faster than the U.S. military's M2 Bradley IFV and the Russian-made BMP-2. It has a decent acceleration rate and transitions to high speeds well even on rough terrain, though it lacks amphibious capabilities and is matched in speed by the older BVP-1.
Notable Traits
Though it lacks the ability to launch anti-tank missiles like the American Bradley or Russian BMP-3, the Warrior's autocannon is chambered in 40 mm instead of 25 mm/30 mm, which is the largest out of all the tracked and wheeled autocannon-armed IFVs in ArmA 2.
The main gun packs far more of a punch regardless of the type of round being used. Its AP shells in particular, are perfectly capable of cutting through the frontal armour of every medium armoured vehicle, and after a short barrage of rounds, can outright destroy most vehicles (aside from Main Battle Tanks).
Crew Capacity
It has a maximum transportation capacity of seven passengers who sit in the rear compartment. The crew consists of the driver, a gunner, and a commander.
Camouflage[]
- Desert: Standard desert tan paint scheme.
- Woodland: Flat dark green paint scheme with woodland camouflage blobs.
Protection[]
The Warrior has a base armour value of 850.
Successful strikes to any of the following highlighted sections will inflict full damage to the component:
Body[]
The hull can resist up to 722.5 points of damage.
Engine[]
The engine can survive 680 points of damage before failure. A damaged engine will prevent the Warrior from being able to attain its top speed.
Fuel tank[]
The fuel tank can incur up to 680 points of damage before rupturing. A damaged fuel tank will gradually leak fuel over time.
Treads[]
Both treads can withstand 127.5 points of damage before breaking. Disabling either track will make manoeuvring on any surface incredibly difficult. Destroying both will result in the Warrior becoming effectively immobilised (the engine is not affected).
At least 30% of damage onto the treads will always be transferred onto the Warrior's main "health" pool.
Turret[]
The turret can withstand 680 points of damage before failure. Disabling the turret will prevent it from being rotatable by the gunner but will not stop its weapons systems from being usable.
Armament[]
NOTE: For specifics on the CTWS cannon's munitions, see its related section listed here.
The gunner position controls both weapon systems on the Warrior. For optics, they have access to normal day, night and green-/black-hot thermal vision modes, as well as two fields of view (with fixed magnification):
CTWS[]

General-purpose 40 mm autocannon. Can load and fire either AP or HEAT-type shells.
It can attain a fire rate of up to 200 rounds per minute. Swapping between HEAT or AP-type munitions isn't instantaneous, but it only needs 2 seconds to finish the swapping process. Fully rearming the CTWS from a supply truck will take at least 2 seconds to complete.
Both automatic and manual zeroing are possible, starting at a minimum of 100 m up to a maximum of 2400 m. Adjustments are made with increments/decrements of 100 m.
L94A1[]

Base damage value | Aerodynamic friction | Initial velocity (m/s) |
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25 | -0.0009324 | 862 |
Coaxial 7.62 mm chain gun.
It can attain a fire rate of only 500 RPM, has a muzzle velocity of 862 m/s, and requires up to 6 seconds to reload a fresh belt. Accuracy-wise, it has a fixed dispersion of 0.002 rad.
Manual zeroing limits for the L94A1 remain the same as the main CTWS autocannon. However, unlike the CTWS it does not support automatic zeroing.
Trivia[]
- At the time of Operation Arrowhead's release, the real-life British Army's Warrior fleet had not yet been approved to use the (then-prototype) "CT40" autocannon as part of the "Warrior Fightability Lethality Improvement Program" (WFLIP) upgrade.[1]
- Prior to the latest Steam version patches (as part of the CorePatch updates), the Warrior's L94A1 coaxial chain gun was incorrectly configured and caused AI gunners to attempt to shoot down low-flying enemy aircraft with it rather than the CTWS autocannon.[2]
- The CTWS autocannon's HEAT shells also had exaggerated explosion particle effects that were not scaled correctly to match the actual blast radius of the shells.[2]
- The Warrior IFV was one of the few vehicles from ArmA 2 that was deemed to be of sufficient model quality to be reused in ArmA 3. As part of Game Update 1.08[3], the Warrior's (upgraded) model was ported over to ArmA 3 and added to the AAF faction's roster of assets.[4]
Gallery[]
References[]
- ↑ Defense Industry Daily staff 2019, WCSP: Mid-Life Upgrade for Britain’s Warrior IFVs, Defense Industry Daily, viewed 10 April 2023, <https://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/wcsp-mid-life-upgrade-for-britains-warrior-ifvs-05967/>.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Mazzon, M et al. 2015, CorePatch, GitHub, viewed 10 April 2023, <https://github.com/Goliath86/CorePatch>.
- ↑ van 't Land, J.J. 2013, SPOTREP #00016, Arma 3, viewed 10 April 2023, <https://dev.arma3.com/post/spotrep-00016>.
- ↑ van 't Land, J.J. 2013, SITREP #00036, Arma 3, viewed 10 April 2023, <https://dev.arma3.com/post/sitrep-00036>.
External links[]
See also[]
Vehicles of comparable role and configuration[]
- M2A3 Bradley (U.S. Army counterpart, ArmA 2: OA only)
- BMP-3 (Russian Armed Forces counterpart, ArmA 2 only)
- BMP-2 (Soviet/CDF/ChDKZ/Takistani Army counterpart, ArmA: CWA/ArmA 2 only)
- FV-720 Mora (AAF successor, ArmA 3 only)
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Wheeled | ATV • Jackal 2 MWMIK • Military Offroad • MTVR |
Tracked | FV510 Warrior |
Rotor-wing | Apache AH-1 • AH-11 Wildcat • Chinook HC4 • Merlin HC3 |
(Parenthesis) denote variants. Operation Arrowhead | British Armed Forces |