Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Warrior tracked armoured vehicle" in English language version.
The headline budgeted WLC figure has reduced as a result of the decision to remove the Armoured Battlefield Support Vehicle (ABSV) project as a directed cost-saving in ABC16.
The MCV-80 program then evolved to become the "FV510" and the name of "Warrior" was assigned in 1985. Production soon ramped up at the GKN facility out of Telford in 1986. [...] The first production vehicle was delivered in December of 1986 [...]
There is a programme called the Armoured Support Vehicle that will replace Bulldog. That will come online at the back end of this decade
It would turn out to be a winning strategy, it exceeded reliability targets and GKN won the £1 billion contract in 1984 and MCV-80 became Warrior. Production started at a newly built GKN factory in Telford in 1986, [...]
A total of 789 FV510 and variants were manufactured for the British Army and 254 of a modified version (Desert Warrior) were produced for the Kuwaiti Army.
The headline budgeted WLC figure has reduced as a result of the decision to remove the Armoured Battlefield Support Vehicle (ABSV) project as a directed cost-saving in ABC16.
There is a programme called the Armoured Support Vehicle that will replace Bulldog. That will come online at the back end of this decade
