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United States Army · Public domain · Resized · Public domain · Source ↗ · Modified
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M982 Excaliburlarger 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
Maximum; Ia-2/Ib 39 cal
Single sourceMaximum; Ia-2/Ib 52 cal
Single sourceMaximum; Ia-2/Ib 58 cal
Single sourceMaximum; Increment Ia-1 Increment
Single sourceIncrement Ia-1: 23 km (14 mi) Increment Ia-2/Ib: 40 km (25 mi) (39 cal) 50 km (31 mi) (52 cal) 70 km (43 mi) ( 58 cal )[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
Configuration
| Specification | M982 Excalibur | RGD-5 |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Guided artillery shell[source] | Hand grenade[source] |
| Place of origin | Sweden, United States[source] | Soviet Union[source] |
| Used by | See operators[source] | — |
| Manufacturer | BAE Systems AB : Bofors Raytheon Missiles & Defense[source] | Vytis[source]Lithuanian licensed copy · production 1992–1996 |
| Unit cost | US$ 112.8k (FY2021 President's Budget Request)[source] | — |
| Warhead | PBXN-9[source] | — |
| Guidance system | GPS , inertial navigation[source] | — |
| Accuracy | M892: < 20 m (66 ft) CEP M892A1: 4 m (13 ft) CEP, or < 1 m (3 ft) CEP (K9 at 50 km (31 mi) range)[source] | — |
| In service | — | 1954–present[source] |
| 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] |
| Filling | — | Trinitrotoluene[source] |
| Detonation mechanism | — | 3.2 to 4.2 seconds. pyrotechnic delay fuse[source] |
| Blast yield | — | ~350 fragments[source] |
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