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The 80 mm (3.1 in) S-8 rocket has the S-8DM and S-8DF thermobaric variants. The S-8's 122 mm (4.8 in) brother, the S-13, has the S-13D and S-13DF thermobaric variants. The S-13DF's warhead weighs only 32 kg (71 lb), but its power is equivalent to 40 kg (88 lb) of TNT.
The S-13 rocket was developed in the 1970s to meet requirements for a penetrating weapon capable of cratering runways and penetrating hardened aircraft shelters, bunkers and pillboxes, to fill a gap between 80 mm and 240 mm rockets and fulfill a role similar to the 127 mm Zuni rocket. The S-13 is conventional in layout, with a solid rocket ...
John Pike, an analyst at the think tank GlobalSecurity, says he believes the weapon is roughly as powerful as the Russians claim. What he does not necessarily believe is that the weapon is new. He says the Russians have possessed a range of thermobaric weapons for at least four decades. [7] Robert Hewson, an editor for Jane's Information Group ...
Loaded tubes weigh 3.5 kg (7.7 lb) and can fire thermobaric (blast yield similar to 6 kg (13 lb) of TNT, or a 122 mm artillery rocket) or fragmentation warheads. The fire control unit is the same one used on the RPO-M, weighing 1.5 kg (3.3 lb) and enabling ranges of 25–650 m with the baseline day sight; night and thermal systems are also ...
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The first signs of the deadly weapon being used in the war-hit nation emerged near Ukraine’s Black Sea city Mykolaiv oblast in early April this year, the Institute for the Study of War said on ...
Thermobaric: SS AT Brazil: 2014 AT4: Saab Bofors Dynamics: 84 mm SS AT Sweden: 1987 Carl Gustav recoilless rifle: Saab Bofors Dynamics: 84 mm SS AT Sweden: 1946 55 S 55: FDF Vammaskoski factory 89 mm SS AT Finland: 1955 RCL 3.45 inch Gun: Broadway Trust Company 3.45 in (88 mm) SS RCL United Kingdom: M67: 3.54 in (90 mm) SS RCL United States ...