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Measured figures
Configuration
| Specification | DM51 hand grenade | GBU-53/B StormBreaker |
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| Type | Hand grenade[source] | Glide bomb[source] |
| Place of origin | West Germany[source] | United States[source] |
| In service | 1978–…[source] | September 2020 ( 2020-09 ) – present[source] |
| Used by | See Users[source] | United States Air Force United States Navy |
with fuse
Single source107 mm (4.2 in) (with fuse)[source]
Operational; against moving targets
Single sourceOperational; Operational range
Single source60 nmi (69 mi; 111 km), 40 nmi (46 mi; 74 km) against moving targets[source]
Filling weight
Single source60 g (2.1 oz)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Wars | Russo-Ukrainian War[source] | — |
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| Designer | Diehl Defence[source] | Raytheon Company[source] |
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| Designed | 1970s[source] | — |
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| Manufacturer | Diehl Defence[source] | Raytheon Technologies[source] |
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| Unit cost | €33.60 (1996)[source] | US$195,000 (2021 Air Force) US$220,916 (2021 Navy) US$128,771 (FY15) US$227,146 inc R&D (FY15)[source] |
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| Produced | 1970s–…[source] | January 2014–present[source] |
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| Variants | See Variants[source] | — |
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| Filling | PETN[source] | — |
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| Detonation mechanism | DM82 delay fuse[source] | — |
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| Warhead | — | 105 lb (48 kg)[source] |
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| Guidance system | — | Millimeter wave Active radar homing / Semi-active laser guidance / Infrared homing (using an uncooled imaging infrared camera ) / GPS coupled Inertial guidance / Data-link[source] |
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| Reported operators |
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