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SSgt. Lee Schading, USAF · Public domain · Resized · Public domain · Source ↗ · Modified
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GBU-15larger figure on 3 of 3
RGD-5larger figure on 0 of 3
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
Measured figures
Length
Single source154 in (3.90 m)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | GBU-15 | RGD-5 |
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| Type | Precision guided munition (PGM)[source] | Hand grenade[source] |
| Place of origin | United States[source] | Soviet Union[source] |
| In service | 1975–present[source] | 1954–present[source] |
| Used by | USAF[source] | — |
| Wars | Operation Wooden Leg Persian Gulf War |
116.8 mm (4.60 in)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
Vietnam War Six-Day War The Troubles Yom Kippur War Soviet–Afghan War Iran–Iraq War Invasion of Kuwait Gulf War First Chechen War Kosovo War Second Chechen War Iraq War Russo-Georgian War First Libyan Civil War Syrian Civil War Russo-Ukrainian War[source] |
| Designer | Rockwell International[source] | — |
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| Designed | 1970s[source] | — |
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| Variants | GBU-15(V)1/B GBU-15(V)21/B GBU-15(V)22/B[source] | — |
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| Guidance system | Manual guidance by radio datalink with TV guidance or Infrared homing with Imaging Infra-red[source] | — |
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| Steering system | Aerodynamic[source] | — |
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| Launch platform | F-4 Phantom II B-52 Stratofortress F-111 Aardvark F-15E Strike Eagle F-16 Fighting Falcon[source] | — |
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| Filling | — | Trinitrotoluene[source] |
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| Detonation mechanism | — | 3.2 to 4.2 seconds. pyrotechnic delay fuse[source] |
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| Blast yield | — | ~350 fragments[source] |
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| Manufacturer | — | Vytis[source]Lithuanian licensed copy · production 1992–1996 |
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| Reported operators | — |
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