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Many Russian Air Force munitions have thermobaric variants. 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.
Developed in the 1970s, the S-8 is an 80 mm (3.1 in) rocket used by fighter bombers and helicopters. The system entered service in 1984 and is produced in a variety of subtypes with different warheads , including HEAT anti-armor, high-explosive fragmentation , smoke, and incendiary, as well as the specialized S-8BM runway -destroying munition ...
The Mk 153 Mod 0 SMAW fires 83 mm (3.3-inch) rockets through an 83.5 mm (3.29-inch) diameter launch tube. The system can fire a variety of encased rockets, such as the Mk 3 Mod 0 High-Explosive Dual Mode (HEDM) Rocket, the Mk 6 Mod 0 High-Explosive Anti-Armor (HEAA) Rocket, the Mk 7 Mod 0 Common Practice Rocket, and the Mk 80 Mod 0 Novel ...
66 mm Many variants in continuous production [7] Yasin (RPG) Hamas — Palestine Reusable 2004 85 mm It is a variant of the RPG-2 [8] MRO: NPO Bazalt Russia Disposable 2003 72.5 mm Further evolution of the RPO-A Shmel. Variants: MRO-A (thermobaric) MRO-O (WP Smoke warhead), MRO-Z (Incendiary warhead) [9] RPG-28: NPO Bazalt Russia Disposable ...
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The VGM-93.100 thermobaric grenade contains around 160 grams of explosive filler. It can penetrate up to 8 mm of mild steel or interior wall with its blast, while producing minimal primary fragmentation. [4] In June 2005, GM-94 with thermobaric VGM-93.100 ammunition was adopted by the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs. [6]
Some defense analysts question both the yield of the bomb and whether it could be deployed by a Tupolev Tu-160 bomber. A report by Wired [7] says photos and the video of the event suggest that it is designed to be deployed from the rear of a slow moving cargo plane, and they note that the bomb-test video released by the Russians never shows both the bomb and the bomber in the same camera shot.
Variant with thermobaric fuel-air warhead. [54] Exported to PMU forces in Iraq [55] and used in the battle of Mosul. [56] Also exported to Houthis in Yemen. [38] First shown to the public in 2017 [57] but in use since at least 2015. [38] Like all Iranian thermobaric weapons, has a distinctive red band. [58] Toophan 5 3.5 km 900 mm 145 cm 19.1 kg