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“The aft manoeuvre system” whatever that entails
Yeah, they are being quite cagey. The spinning gyroscope in the animation isn't real.
“The aft manoeuvre system” whatever that entails
They look to be using the UMPK kit with increasingly larger/heavier bombs.Russia’s New Supersized Glide Bomb: Our Best Look Yet
FAB-1500 M54s with wing kits are three times larger and are far more destructive than the glide bombs Russia has been using in Ukraine.www.thedrive.com
You can describe UMPK as a "kamikaze glider" - a separate airframe with a suspended bomb. Currently it's ugly, but it seems to evolve into a scaled version of a civilian glider?I suppose thats about the only real advantage that the UMPK has over the JDAM type approach,it doesnt require the fitting of a new tail section with actuated controls,the UMPK simply straps on to the dumb bomb.
You can describe UMPK as a "kamikaze glider" - a separate airframe with a suspended bomb. Currently it's ugly, but it seems to evolve into a scaled version of a civilian glider?
Given how bulky&inconvenient Soviet bomb series are - I'd argue that's quite an interesting idea, especially since it allows easily attaching literally anything. And that's a major advantage.
Or they can be used to deliver things like normal naval mines, or even supply crates. It's an interesting multitool.Yes,I could imagine a smaller more compact version of this as an SDB equivalent carrying warheads like the tyulpan 240mm or pion 203mm artillery rounds.
Another possibility would be artillery rockets or RAP variants of large caliber artillery rounds to extend the range of the glide bomb.
So russian SPEAR?Russian TG channel Fighterbomber talks about it:
It's full name UMPB D-30SN
UMPB is an acronym "УМПБ" - "Универсальный Межвидовой Планирующий Боеприпас", which would translate as Joint(?) Universal Gliding Munition . D-30SN indicates diameter, 30cm. By his words can be used on plane or MLRS, hence 30cm diameter. Russian airforce currently uses variant w/o jet engine, but likely to install it later.
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Хохлы оценили нашу новинку на поле боя. В этот раз ей стала вундервафля под названием УМПБ Д-30СН что расшифровывается как Универсальный Межвидовой Планирующий Боеприпас (в некоторых источниках Бомба) диаметром 30 см. По сути это планирующая бомба, где вся хурма, а это блоки управления и...t.me
Essentially, it's a Russian SDB, albeit heavier and w/ jet engine.
Heavier and w/o seeker. But yes, close. I'd say it mix of both SDB/GLSDB/SPEAR.So russian SPEAR?
It's quite shorter than Grom:It seems to be full bay-sized, i.e. close to 4m long.
How these bombs are guided ?
Given how bulky&inconvenient Soviet bomb series are - I'd argue that's quite an interesting idea, especially since it allows easily attaching literally anything. And that's a major advantage.
Interesting just how simple they are from layout to materials used. One size fits all....They aren't bulky though, they're far more compact than the US MK8* series because they make no allowance for low drag during external carriage. Hence why the bomb in Sineva's post has actually been fitted with a sheet metal nose fairing as part of the kit.
Rather interesting to observe how quickly operational experience is compelling Russia to introduce such kits as a crash programme, after basically turning its nose up at the notion of Western-style gliding PGMs for ages.
It's not like the JDAM is particularly more complicated in assembly. Just that Ed Heineman's Mk80 series low drag bombs were rather brilliantly designed to be easily changed around in terms of fuzing and tail surfaces. Everyone else looked at that and made their guidance packs screw into the same fuze fittings as the nose and tail surfaces.Interesting just how simple they are from layout to materials used. One size fits all....
Enjoy the Day! Mark