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GBU-24 Paveway IIIlarger figure on 3 of 3
TM-72 minelarger figure on 0 of 3
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Measured figures
Configuration
| Specification | GBU-24 Paveway III | TM-72 mine |
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| Type | Laser-guided bomb[source] | Shaped charge anti-tank mine[source] |
| Place of origin | United States of America[source] | Soviet Union[source] |
| In service | 1983[source] | — |
| Designer | Texas Instruments[source] | — |
| Designed | 1980[source] |
Height
Single source80 mm[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
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| Manufacturer | Raytheon[source] | — |
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| Filling | Mark 84 bomb as warhead[source] | TNT / RDX mix[source] |
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| Used by | — | Russia Syria[source] |
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| Wars | — | Soviet–Afghan War Syrian civil war[source] |
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| Detonation mechanism | — | various typically MVN-72, MVN-80 magnetic influence fuzes[source] |
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