The United States conducted a test of adjustable bombs

In Arizona, the Textron Systems company conducted a demonstration test of the prospective corrected planning bomb G-CLAW at the US military range, reports Lenta.ru report with reference to the press service of the company.

The report states that "the ammunition landed four meters from a given point and successfully hit the target."

According to the press service, this "test was the final in a series of five tests planned for 2014 year." The bomb was fixed on the Cessna Caravan turboprop aircraft, which was converted to the needs of the US Special Operations Command, and dropped from a height of 3048 m. As noted in a press release, "ammunition proved its effectiveness in defeating equipment and manpower."

It is reported that "G-CLAW is equipped with a fuse with a set height of explosion, and due to its modular design it can be equipped with various guidance and correction systems."

According to the company, the bomb can arm several types of aircraft, "including drones, light attack aircraft" Beechcraft T-6 Texan II "and" Textron AirLand Scorpion ", as well as converted commercial aircraft like" Cessna Caravan "".

Comments

[supertiger21]

Bad news... I hope that ours are not behind in the production of similar weapons!

[Canep]

Quote: supertiger21

Bad news!

How to say, only today on "24 Techno" I watched a program about guided weapons, the Germans back in 43 were armed with a radio-controlled bomb that an experienced operator could lay in 5 meters from the target.

FX-1400 (Fritz-X)

The question is backfill: where is the progress? over 70 years, accuracy has increased by a meter! Good result.

PS. Such a bomb should fall into the open hatch.

[supertiger21]

Yes, that’s not the point! The bad thing is that the Yankees, as they always did actively, continue to design and produce weapons of all kinds. I’m upset about that. Gorbachev and Yeltsin are not there)))

[enot73]

Quote: Canep

How to say, only today on "24 Techno" I watched a program about guided weapons, the Germans back in 43 were armed with a radio-controlled bomb that an experienced operator could lay in 5 meters from the target.

Some more details. The design of the "Fritz-x" gliding bomb was begun in 1938 at the German Aviation Experimental Institute under the leadership of Dr. M. Kramer.
Due to the fact that on the bombs of the Kramer system, the wings were installed not crosswise, but in an X-shape, they were called X-1, X-2, etc. These developments led to the creation of the SD-1400X remote-controlled gliding bomb (<Fritz-x> ), which from 1941 began to be produced by the Rheinmetall-Borzig company. The tail of the light metal bomb with the radio receiving part of the control system mounted in it was manufactured by the Society for Electrical Installations (GEA).
The serial bomb SD-1400X had a length of 3,2 m, a maximum body diameter of 700 mm, a wingspan of about 1,6 m. The weight of the bomb was 1400 kg, of which 270 kg of explosive. The bomb was dropped from a carrier aircraft at an altitude of 4 to 7 km. The maximum bomb fall speed is about 280 m / s.
The hitting accuracy according to German data is 50% of bombs in a 5 by 5 m square. Most likely, this value is greatly overestimated. The main purpose of the Fritz-x bomb was to destroy large ships, including battleships and cruisers.

[code54]

FX had such a shortcoming maaalenky)))) they often pierced the ship through and the fuse worked already under the ship, which led to less damage. )))
But this infa from the BBC video, and sometimes amazing stories are invented there. )))))))

[clidon]

So the accuracy of small arms has not increased. Compare the power of the three-line cartridge and Kalashnikov. Definitely a degradation? And this is the 19th century ...

[Homo]

Quote: Canep

How to say, only today on "24 Techno" I watched a program about guided weapons, the Germans back in 43 were armed with a radio-controlled bomb that an experienced operator could lay in 5 meters from the target.

One question! And where was the operator?

[code54]

In a bomber .... or was it a joke the question was !? )))

[Vitaly Anisimov]

As if dill were not slipped to the test in real hostilities ... (recently they threatened something about the supply of precision weapons) ..

[Alexander Romanov]

Quote: MIKHAN

As if dill on a test in real hostilities did not slip ...

Why do they need haemorrhoids with Ukraine, now in Iraq and Syria, experience as much as you want.

[RUSS]

Quote: Alexander Romanov

Why do they need haemorrhoids with Ukraine, now in Iraq and Syria, experience as much as you want.

Moreover, you can fill a bomb with an experimental poisonous filling and test new lethal means on the militants, anyway, no one will know, but they will find out, well, they will not say anything scary - "we hunted terrorists" or, as usual with the Amers, they will say that - "terrorists something cooked and blew themselves up on unknown chemistry. "

[GRAY]

Quote: MIKHAN

As if dill were not slipped to the test in real hostilities ... (recently they threatened something about the supply of precision weapons) ..

Where will they hang it? On the suspension x / that does not hang.

[nikrandel]

We also have something:

Russian precision weapons - KAB-250


Not so long ago, Russia presented the most compact in its class KAB-250 aerial bomb, produced by State Scientific Production Enterprise “Region”. This adjustable bomb has all the characteristic features of traditional unguided bombs and, most likely, has a TV guidance system. The diameter of the bomb is 225 mm., Length 3,2 m., Weight 250 kg. Of these, 127 kg. accounted for by the weight of the explosive. This adjustable aerial bomb can be placed both on the external sling and in the internal compartments of fighter-bombers.


This bomb was presented at the MAKS-2011 air show in August. It is worth noting that its developer GNPP Region did not provide any detailed information about this sample, so that a simple man in the street can only guess about the effectiveness of this device. Despite this, it can be assumed that the KAB-250 has a combined satellite and laser semi-active guidance system. Also noteworthy is the characteristic elongated shape of the body of the new bomb, which is most likely optimized for the internal compartments of the 5-generation aircraft PAK FA.


The previously adjusted air bombs in Russia also strike surface and submarine targets. For example, the Kaban Zagon-1 is able to hit enemy submarines at depths of up to 150 meters and waves in the sea with 6 points. This bomb is used primarily in bays, fjords, other areas in which the use of other guided weapons is difficult. When used against underwater targets, a bomb is dropped on a parachute. At that moment, when the bomb touches the surface, it is separated from it, plunges and moves to the target due to gravity, the presence of a motion control system and an active hydroacoustic direction finding of underwater targets. According to the SNNP "Region", the Kab "Zagon-1" is unified for use on anti-submarine aircraft Il-38 and Tu-142МЕ, as well as for Ka-28 helicopters.


It is worth noting that domestic aerial bombs are very attractive by the criterion of "cost-effectiveness", easy to manufacture and unpretentious in operation. The CABs manufactured today in Russia do not require any special maintenance and control.

[Sergei1982]

To be honest on the KAB, we are lagging behind, progress has been outlined only with the creation of the KAB-250, and if we honestly are behind, we have to catch up with them, the planned bombs fly from 28-110 km, and 10-12 km.

[Kasym]

In terms of adjustable ammunition, the Americans recognized the leadership of Russia. Find and read about the designer Vishnevsky and his ammunition "Brave", "Centimeter". It is good that the government of the Russian Federation did not give the go-ahead for the sale of this technology - pulse-corrected, based on 4 powder engines, located approximately in the middle of the power supply unit around the circumference. Such power supplies eliminate a miss up to 200m per second.
And the AB range is increased due to the glider and speed, ammunition dumped.

[APASUS]

Quote: Kasym

In terms of adjustable ammunition, the Americans recognized the leadership of Russia. Find and read about the designer Vishnevsky and his ammunition "Brave", "Centimeter"

Yes, and this ammunition in the article is described strange, where is the performance characteristics ??? Yes, and how many such bombs can this vessel carry (indicated in the article)

[ramzes1776]

Do not compare heaven and earth. "Centimeter" and "Daredevil" are adjustable mines. There is also 152mm adjustable Krasnopol projectile. Air bombs have a different targeting principle.

[clidon]

Can you read where the Americans recognized this leadership?

[Kasym]

An interview with Vladimir Vishnevsky, where he talks about how he traveled to the United States and proved it. They asked them to develop a 155mm projectile and gave them in 1994. $ 200 mil .. Series "Smart Projectiles" of the series "Impact Force" (I understand that there is a lot of crap, but not interviews with such people).
So it’s more difficult to correct the mine (it has much greater congestion on the GOS when firing). KAB is essentially a bomb with GOS, paired with rudders. For greater range, you need to give the bomb a glider shape and accelerate to the maximum. And if you were back in WWII.

[Kasym]

And with these KAB with a laser seeker is not so simple. Remember, when the United States entered Afghanistan, the Taliban were imprisoned at Dostum, who rioted a riot. In the end they were driven into a basement of a building. The United States sent there a flying fortress and aircraft controllers. They bombed with CABs of high power and ... no result. There are 5 meters and did not smell. At the end of the rebels, cold water was poured. There, even among the Taliban, the American ended up. There is this video on the Internet (did not search).
No one has yet developed the technology to correct the projectile with the help of mini-engines, and this is obviously more difficult (but with a higher probability of hitting the target, this was proved during practical firing).
Yes, these are expensive ammunition, which is probably why they are not in the army.

[typhoon7]

We have more developed production of air-to-surface missiles, anti-radiation and so on. This is of course more expensive, you need to work on KABs.

[Finches]

With the US military budget, you can get out of your head as you like, but we need to think about maximum efficiency and most importantly the economics of weapons! I’ll say a bit of exaggeration that weapons, even high-tech ones, should be based on the AK principle: simple, reliable, efficient and nothing more!
Having chased after the Americans once undermined the economy, now we need to act differently, but of course, not to the detriment of the country's defense capability!

[asar]

Bravo, Eugene!

[Finches]

Thank you, Rustem!

[clidon]

It was cheap and cheerful in Iraq. And then it turned out that the soldiers are also people and are being surrendered in batches when they are bombed for too long.

[mark2]

KAB-1500Kr production of Russia.
The KAB-1500Kr corrected aerial bomb is designed to destroy ground / surface targets such as military-industrial facilities, reinforced concrete shelters, fuel and lubricant depots and port shelters. It has a television correlation homing system, which provides a probable circular deviation of up to 4 m when bombing.

The bomb is used as part of the weapon systems of front-line aircraft Su-24M and Su-27 from altitudes of 1 - 8 km at a speed of 550 - 1100 km / h. The bomb is simple and reliable. It is an effective means of defeating a wide range of targets, significantly increasing the combat power of bomber aircraft.

Caliber, kg ---- 1500
Warhead mass, kg ---- 1180
Guidance System ---- TV Correlation
Warhead ---- High explosive
KVO, m 4 (deviation from the target)

[Giant thought]

Well, what are we going to catch up with America in this component, we will catch up and overtake if necessary.

[Meckajiuhe]

a piece of g.on some sort.

[Bowless]

Our mother Kuzkina for them a fuck.

[Ironax]

A good unit, who are interested, about similar small caliber.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DanO0wSoaiU&list=UUimvSMHmGAnnZa7o1DYu2Kw

[Ober.K]

In my opinion, this is an incentive for our designers to move and work better! American ambassadors could never fight, only at a distance ... that would be so "eye to eye" ... the intestine is thin !!! Liquid stool does not give ... a stench all over the world !!!

[Same lech]

also converted commercial aircraft like the Cessna Caravan. "

I remember the flight of MATIASTA RUSTA on CESSNA American-made .... now I look at this bomb and think

how easy it was to arrange a terrorist attack on this plane, and the USSR Air Force, despite all its might, could not bring down it because of the stupidity of the high command.

[Alexey1]

Do you think he wasn’t noticed by chance? Rather, they pretended not to notice.

[Patriot.ru.]

It wouldn’t be with the hunchback, a protege of the West, but a little earlier. From this rust, scum would fly. Like from a Korean Boeing over Sakhalin.

[ISKANDER25]

Quote: Canep

Quote: supertiger21

Bad news!

How to say, only today on "24 Techno" I watched a program about guided weapons, the Germans back in 43 were armed with a radio-controlled bomb that an experienced operator could lay in 5 meters from the target.

(Dornier Do217)

The question is backfill: where is the progress? over 70 years, accuracy has increased by a meter! Good result.

PS. Such a bomb should fall into the open hatch.

Still, there were cool specialists in Nazi Germany, it was not for nothing that the Americans were hunting them, but our fellows did not stand still!

[Shpagolom]

Quote: supertiger21

Bad news... I hope that ours are not behind in the production of similar weapons!

... there is nothing bad, but there is food for thought ...... whether we need such or not ............. or maybe just air defense systems will not allow everyone to fly over our homeland and?!

[dchegrinec]

It’s not clear what’s unusual here. In general, such bombs have existed for a very long time ..

[Privat]

Once again, you can see which of these Americans are mercantile and unromantic.
What is the name so colorless - G-CLAW?
"Claw" of some kind, and even, sorry, g ...
Whether business with us. Back in the 50s, the UB-2000F and UB-5000F guided bombs were developed, weighing 2 and 5 tons, respectively.



But the most important thing is that they were called very poetically - "Seagull" and "Condor".
But as you call it, it will fly.

[Iline]

What is unusual here is that these bombs can be used with any flying crap. Carefully read the end of the article. Previously, they were used far from any aircraft, for this it was necessary to install the appropriate equipment for adjustment. By force of will, KABs are not adjusted.
And if the text of the article is true, then this is a very big problem for air defense of any country.

[Thunderbolt]

Exactly. These bombs will move the launch lines away from the fire of the military air defense. If Ukrainian pilots had such weapons, the sky would remain behind them (or the Russian Federation would have to strengthen the air defense grouping and air patrolling, up to the establishment of no-fly zones over Novorossia (moreover, taking into account the range of use of such ammunition --- the zone would be required much further from the borders of Novorossiya. And this is already a significant escalation of the conflict and direct entry of Russia into the war. After all, such measures cannot be hidden. But the militias were lucky in the sense that the Ukrainian. The armed forces were armed on a lower technological level. I draw your attention to the versatility of the carrier and the configuration of the bomb. However, it is a dangerous "animal".

[Orc-xnumx]

So what? ! ......!

[airborne forces]

All the same, Hitler and Stalin had to make friends and pile on everyone, and then they would agree ...

[zart_arn]

If this is not a joke, then for such komenty a life ban should be imposed.

[supertiger21]

To "make friends" is certainly too much, but it was quite possible to live in peace. Still, the main fan of the clash between Hitler and Stalin was the Anglo-Saxons.

[And Us Rat]

Quote: supertiger21

To "make friends" is certainly too much, but it was quite possible to live in peace ...

I have no doubt, this is probably the main thing the Islamic world regrets ...


The missed opportunities to sleep at night for the "faithful" hinder ... the lack of a "final decision" ...

[navara399]

Bullshit war! The bomb is good, but only with delivery to the place of dumping, problems can be drawn. It's a sin to complain about our air defense, there is something to meet "dear guests".

[postoronim V]

And what are you minus to you about military equipment you wrote the fact of the tests you brought, but they are not in the subject of pees ..., bring down the forums and rub languages ​​on the fence with nails there

[3vs]

The G-CLAW Adjustable Planning Bomb has C300 / 400/500,
at the same time and to the source of delivery of this rubbish.

[Alexey1]

A little expensive for us, they are not intended for this, but the source of delivery of this rubbish, yeah.

[Iskander 090]

our poplar will also fall and then they won’t even be able to find a place - where.

[Gomunkul]

Textron Defense Systems is completing certification of a new type of cluster munition.

The new CLAW ammunition is a high-tech alternative to traditional cluster munitions, which pose a huge danger to civilians.

The new cluster munition has a low weight, a large area of ​​destruction and almost zero percentage of unexploded ordnance

The new G-CLAW guided cluster bomb is equipped with a range of electronic systems that reduce the risk of collateral damage. First of all, the ammunition is equipped with a high-precision GPS guidance system, which reduces the risk of submunitions falling on residential areas and allows the use of G-CLAW in irregular conflicts. Each submunition is also equipped with several safety mechanisms, including self-destruction and self-neutralization (fuse shutdown). This eliminates the possibility of undermining at the end of hostilities: they either explode forcibly a few seconds after the fall, or the fuses are turned off, and the submunition no longer explodes from the slightest push or blow. Reliability of security systems is more than 99%.

The new weapons will be used not only from combat aircraft, but also from converted MC-130W transport aircraft, as well as from helicopters and unmanned platforms.

According to the calculations of Textron Defense Systems specialists, the 30-kg CLAW provides for the defeat of manpower and lightly armored vehicles, surpasses the 450-kg high-explosive fragmentation bomb in this indicator.

link: http: //www.i-mash.ru/news/zarub_sobytiya/25730-zavershaetsja-sertifikacij
a-cassettenogo-boepripasahtml

[Bronik]

Sport aircraft are quite suitable for delivery. This is alarming. For terrorists, this is a huge plus.

[clidon]

This is primarily a huge plus for UAVs.

[Thunderbolt]

Quote: bronik

For terrorists this is a huge plus

For a terrorist, this is a minus. In a sense, minus a terrorist. And his carriage is also a minus))) In general, the Balts can "ask" for these bombs. But, of course, the first will start to equip the American development-strike. drones.

[fridge]

In Debaltseve "Svidomo's pot" is not big, you can experience it!

[quote]

According to the press service, this "test was the final in a series of five tests planned for 2014." The bomb was mounted on a Cessna Caravan turboprop aircraft, which was converted for the needs of the US Special Operations Command, and dropped from a height of 3048 m. As noted in a press release, “the ammunition proved to be effective in defeating equipment and manpower”


The Zulus (tribe in Africa) were shocked. Their spear defense was not combat-ready. At 3048, no one from the tribe could throw a spear.

[Thunderbolt]

In vain they offended the Zulus ! These are good guys, they love their land and do not climb anywhere. But, in a mortal fight they fight like lions. The MAIN thing is not to touch their cows and everything will be "tip-top"

[shelva]

Nothing fundamentally new, the situation is bad for the Americans, if, apart from this, there is nothing to boast about.

[Mol]

I read the article and thought about something ...
How much effort and money a person spends on the creation and improvement of the instruments of death, to destroy another person ... Titanic efforts, Astronomical amounts!
In recent days, the media has again trumpeted that Ebola is approaching, the number of victims is growing by leaps and bounds, experimental vaccines are sorely lacking, it takes at least six months to produce the required amount of vaccine! A virus will break out from the Black Continent, no weapon will save humanity. Heh, for decades people have been afraid of World War III, Nuclear Armageddon, but they can row to the fullest without a single shot! Even it will be somehow offensive - why so many weapons were made ?!

[Mcarrow]

The ammunition is anti-Parizan and in the mountains it will not fall badly, especially since the delivery is almost on
the bike.

[special]

Well, her on them .... What, couch generals are already discussing the arrival of the harsh polar fox?

[Signaller]

Exactly ISKANDER 25 indicates. The Germans in '43 already had such and were called "Fritz-x" SD-1400X "with the help of it they sank the battleship" Roma "on September 9, 1943. Then there were all sorts of Hs-293" "Hs-294" A lot of this good from the Germans got the USSR. So everything that is new is badly forgotten old.

[Achtaba1970]

In Arizona, at the US Armed Forces training ground, Textron Systems conducted a demonstration test of the prospective G-CLAW Adjustable Planning Bomb, reports Lenta.ru with reference to the press service of the company.

How can she plan? Well, another question: control by signals from the ZhPS, then what kind of armored vehicles can be destroyed, the one that stands at the roadblocks?

[special]

Well, what about minus? Justify, warriors sofa!

[lilian]

TTX of this bomb is not, it is not clear what is special about it. People have already learned how to correct shell artillery shells, and here is a bandura, in which there is a lot of space for electronics and the absence of overloads.
If only Russia did not get involved in the race.
But I read it on Wiki: KAB-500S (GLONASS guidance). The Russian Air Force abandoned the KAB-500S bombs, because in the presence of new sighting systems on the Su-24 and Tu-22, a high-precision hit by conventional high-explosive bombs is provided. The price of KAB-500S is 3 million rubles., The flight range is 6-8 km.

[Wolka]

hmm, they were surprised, and the plane that will drop this "miracle" of hostile technology, who will protect it, will be thrown at the air defense approach, and in general there are guided air-to-surface missiles, is it worth building a garden ...

[clidon]

You should not be surprised, but still free-falling bombs have not been removed from service.

[Dinko]

On a tricky one ... there is always x ... with a screw! Nothing is said about the guidance methods, but modern means of jamming I think will help a lot against this thing! Let me remind you of the recent incident with the American ship in the Black Sea and our old SU-24. When our old drying jammed their sophisticated missile defense Aegis.

[clidon]

Well then, you need to withdraw radio communications from the troops in principle. It can also be drowned out by electronic warfare. And really, and not like in that bike about the Su-24 and "Khibiny".