Armoured Personnel Carriers

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Warrior MCV 80

GKN Warrior MCV 80 (with Gulf War Armour Package)  The Warrior MCV was introduced to British Army service in the early 1980s, partly to replace the ubiquitous FV430 Armoured Personnel Carrier, but also to support a new infantry concept, with fast highly mobile protected and armed vehicles transporting troops quickly around the battlefield, providing them with organic fire support from a 30mm Rarden Canon when dismounted.   Apart from a few incidents in Bosnia, where the Warrior's low ground weight made it susceptible to slipping on snowy slopes, the vehicle has been a great success, seeing combat in Afghanistan, both Gulf Wars and the Former Yugoslavia.   This is the Revell 1/72 kit, representing a Warrior of 3 Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, in Basrah during 2003.  It wears the distinctive add-on side and frontal armour applied for operations.

GKN MCV 80 Warrior

This is the same 1/72 Revell kit as above, but showing its unimproved state without the add-on armour.  This one represents a vehicle of 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards, BAOR, in Fallingbostel, West Germany during 1988. Return to Recce & Patrol page Return to British Cold War page Return to Dark Side AFVs index page Return to Gengriz Modelling Index Page