PBK-500U Drel

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PBK-500U Drel
PBK-500U
PBK-500U SPBE-K cluster bomb and ODAB-500PMV bomb
TypeGlide bomb
Place of originRussian Federation
Service history
In service2018-present
Used bySee Users
Production history
DesignerNPO Bazalt
ManufacturerNPO Bazalt
VariantsSee Variants
Specifications
Mass540 kg
Effective firing range30–50 km
Maximum firing rangeUp to 50 km
Flight altitude14 km
Guidance
system
Inertial guidance/GLONASS
Launch
platform
Aircraft

The PBK-500U Drel is an inertial and GLONASS-guided cluster glide bomb developed by the Russian Federation, designed to destroy enemy armored vehicles and buildings. Drel is equipped with friend or foe identification system and electronic countermeasures making it resistant to jamming and radar detection and is planned to be introduced to the Russian military in 2018.[1][2][3][4] Bazalt considers equipping Drel with a pulsejet engine to increase its range.

Parameters[]

  • Altitude: 14 km
  • Range: 30–50 km
  • Weight: 540 kg

Munitions[]

  • 15 self-targeting anti-tank SPBE-K submunitions with a twin-band (3–5 µm and 8–14 µm) infrared seeker and a millimetre-wavelength radar seeker with an identification of friend-or-foe (IFF) system
  • Other types of munitions are under development

Operators[]

 Russia

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Janes | Latest defence and security news". Janes.com.
  2. ^ "Ancile". www.deagel.com.
  3. ^ Kerr, Chloe (January 8, 2018). "Russia to unleash new UNDETECTABLE stealth bomb designed to GLIDE across enemy airspace". Express.co.uk.
  4. ^ Karnozov, Vladimir. "Russian bomb builder shows off its target smarts". Aviation International News.
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