Combat History
- Operation Granby (Gulf War)
- United Nations duties in Bosnia with the UNPROFOR
- Operation Telic (2003 invasion of Iraq)
- Operation Herrick (Afghanistan with ISAF)
The protection against small arms, missiles, rocket-propelled grenades and anti-tank mines was shown during the UN operations in Bosnia. Two Warriors were destroyed during the First Gulf War, with nine soldiers killed, in a friendly fire incident when hit by an AGM-65 Maverick launched in error by an American A-10 Thunderbolt II.
As of 17 November 2008, 22 soldiers had been killed while travelling in Warrior IFVs in Afghanistan or Iraq.
On 7 March 2012, six British soldiers were killed in an explosion that hit a Warrior IFV in Helmand.
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