Modern Warrior: Upgrading the British Army's infantry fighting vehicle

摘要

The Warrior Capability Sustainment Programme (WCSP) is the UK's effort to upgrade and modernise the only infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) it has in service. Warrior, or FV510 as the IFV variant is known within the British Army, entered service in 1988. The Warrior family was designed to provide the UK's heavy armoured forces, primarily equipped with Challenger 1 main battle tanks (MBTs), with an IFV that could counter similar vehicles in use with Soviet forces. For this, it was armed with a 30 mm RARDEN cannon, an unstabilised weapon designed to be accurate when the vehicle was stationary.