GBU-24 Paveway III vs Scalable Offensive Hand Grenade

ABombs, grenades & mines

GBU-24 Paveway III

Laser-guided bomb

AI-generated illustration · Not a photograph — Representative exterior of Scalable Offensive Hand Grenade

BBombs, grenades & mines

Scalable Offensive Hand Grenade

Hand grenade

AI-generated illustration · Not a photograph

Credit

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First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

GBU-24 Paveway IIILength

4.39 m

Length source ↗

Scalable Offensive Hand GrenadeLength

0.053 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

GBU-24 Paveway IIIlarger figure on 1 of 1

Length+8183%

Scalable Offensive Hand Grenadelarger figure on 0 of 1

None

Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.

Measured figures

Head to head

8 of 17 rows sourced on both sides

4.39m

53mm

Length+8183%

All recorded figures & sources

4.39 m

Length

Single source

4.39 m (14 ft 5 in)^[source]

0.053 m

Length

Single source

0.085 m

Height with fuze Module body diameter

Single source

Height with fuze 85 mm Module body diameter 53 mm^[source]

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85mmHeight · Height with fuze

Height

All recorded figures & sources

0.085 m

Height · Height with fuze

Single source

85 mm^[source]

460mm

53mmDiameter · Module body diameter

Diameter

All recorded figures & sources

0.46 m

Diameter

Single source

460 millimetres (18 in)^[source]

0.053 m

Diameter · Module body diameter

Single source

53 mm^[source]

1.1t

0.23kgper module with fuze

Mass

All recorded figures & sources

1,050 kg

Mass

Single source

1,050 kg (2,315 lb)^[source]

0.23 kg

per module with fuze

Single source

0.19 kg

per module without fuze

Single source

230 g per module with fuze 190 g per module without fuze^[source]

230 g/module with fuze and 190 g/module without fuze^[source]

910kgFilling weight

0.13kgper module (PBXN-110)

Warhead massScopes differ

All recorded figures & sources

910 kg

Filling weight

Single source

910 kilograms (2,000 lb)^[source]

0.115 kg

per module (Comp B)

Single source

0.13 kg

per module (PBXN-110)

Single source

115 g per module (Comp B) 130 g per module (PBXN-110)^[source]

Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.

Configuration

Details

GBU-24 Paveway III and Scalable Offensive Hand Grenade configuration
Specification	GBU-24 Paveway III	Scalable Offensive Hand Grenade
Type	Laser-guided bomb^[source]	Hand grenade^[source]
Place of origin	United States of America^[source]	Norway Finland^[source]
In service	1983^[source]	—
Designer	Texas Instruments^[source]	—
Designed	1980^[source]	—
Manufacturer	Raytheon^[source]	Nammo^[source]
Filling	Mark 84 bomb as warhead^[source]	Composition B (hexotol 60/40) PBXN-110^[source] Comp B (hexotol 60/40), 115 g/module or PBXN-110, 130 g/module^[source]
Wars	—	Russo-Ukrainian War^[source]
Reported operators	—	Reported operator · Russia Reported operator · Ukraine Reported operator · United States

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GBU-24 Paveway III

Scalable Offensive Hand Grenade

Type

Laser-guided bomb^[source]

Hand grenade^[source]

Place of origin

United States of America^[source]

Norway Finland^[source]

In service

1983^[source]

—

Designer

Texas Instruments^[source]

—

Designed

1980^[source]

—

Manufacturer

Raytheon^[source]

Nammo^[source]

Filling

Mark 84 bomb as warhead^[source]

Composition B (hexotol 60/40) PBXN-110^[source]

Comp B (hexotol 60/40), 115 g/module or PBXN-110, 130 g/module^[source]

Wars

—

Russo-Ukrainian War^[source]

Reported operators

—

Reported operator · Russia
Reported operator · Ukraine
Reported operator · United States