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BBombs, grenades & mines
At a glance
GBU-24 Paveway IIIlarger figure on 1 of 1
MON-90larger figure on 0 of 1
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
Measured figures
Length
Single source4.39 m (14 ft 5 in)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | GBU-24 Paveway III | MON-90 |
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| Type | Laser-guided bomb[source] | — |
| Place of origin | United States of America[source] | — |
| In service | 1983[source] | — |
| Designer | Texas Instruments[source] | — |
| Designed | 1980[source] | — |
| Manufacturer | Raytheon[source] |
345 mm[source]
Diameter
Single source460 millimetres (18 in)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
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| Filling | Mark 84 bomb as warhead[source] | — |
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| Country of origin | — | Soviet Union[source] |
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| Material | — | Plastic casing[source] |
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| Shape | — | Claymore[source] |
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| Colour | — | Green, olive[source] |
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| Total weight | — | 12.1 kg[source] |
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| Preformed fragments | — | 2000 balls or rollers, 7 mm each[source] |
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| Radius of the continuous-effect area | — | 90 m (balls) / 99 m (rollers)[source] |
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| Horizontal fragment spread | — | 54°[source] |
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| Width of the continuous-effect area at 90 m | — | 60 m[source] |
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| Operating temperature | — | −50 to +50 °C[source] |
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| Fuze #1 | — | Command detonated using PN manual inductor attached by demolition cable to an EDP-R electric detonator[source] |
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| Fuze #2 | — | MUV Series Mechanical Pull MVE-72 Electric Breakwire (battery powered) VP13 Seismic Controller (battery powered)[source] |
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