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GBU-16 Paveway IIlarger figure on 4 of 4
RGD-5larger figure on 0 of 4
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
Measured figures
Length
Single source3.7 metres (12 ft)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | GBU-16 Paveway II | RGD-5 |
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| Type | Unpowered laser-guided bomb[source] | Hand grenade[source] |
| Manufacturer | Lockheed Martin and Raytheon[source] | Vytis[source]Lithuanian licensed copy · production 1992–1996 |
| National origin | United States[source] | — |
| Place of origin | — | Soviet Union[source] |
| In service | — | 1954–present |
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.
| Wars | — | 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] |
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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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| Reported operators | — |
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