Ground-launched guided munition

The U.S. is considering supplying Ukraine with cheap, small, precision rocket munitions. Boeing and Saab’s GBU-39 bomb, mated to an M26 rocket, can be launched from various systems


M270 MLRS
(Multiple Launch Rocket System)

Length 6.85m 
Width 2.97m 
Height 2.59m 
Range 640km 
Speed 65kph

Three crew 
Driver, gunner and section chief can fire rockets without leaving cab

Turret assembly

Launch pod container
Twin pods carry six rockets each

Loading boom


Ground-Launched Small Diameter Bomb (GLSDB)

Guidance: GPS/INS.
GPS satellite signals to inertial navigation system

Length 1.79m 
Weight 129kg

Warhead: Steel penetration casing with 22.7kg of explosive

M-26 rocket: motor: Propels GLSDB around 32km

Pop-out wings: Deploy for final unpowered run-in to target

Range: 150km – greater than 227mm artillery rockets available for M270 and M142 HIMARS

Penetration: ~1.8m of reinforced concrete
 

Sources: Global Security, Reuters, Saab
Pictures: Engineering Channel
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