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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.
A S-8 KOM HEAT/FRAG rocket. 80mm Rocket Pods of a SLAF Mi-24. The S-8 is a rocket weapon developed by the Soviet Air Force for use by military aircraft. It remains in service with the Russian Aerospace Forces and various export customers. Developed in the 1970s, the S-8 is an 80 mm (3.1 in) rocket used by fighter bombers and helicopters.
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 ...
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Thermobaric weapons, fired using the multiple launch rocket systems, are considered to be one of the most brutal war weapons in existence. “The highly destructive TOS-1A, which Russia designates ...
Accusations that Russia may be using thermobaric weapons, also knows as vacuum bombs, in Ukraine have raised fears about the potential devastation. 'A horrible, devastating weapon': Concerns grow ...
Pages in category "Thermobaric weapons" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
80 mm SS AT China: 2008 B-10: KBM: 82 mm SS RCL Soviet Union: 1954 M59: Skoda: 82 mm Czechoslovakia: 1959 [1] ALAC: GESPI Aeronáutica 84 mm 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 ...