This is an unidentified munition currently being found in Ukraine. At the moment an official identification has not been made. Any additional images, technical information or identification is very much appreciated: cat-uxo.com/explosive-haza…
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Collective Awareness to Unexploded Ordnance: We aim to bring together the EOD community in order to collate information and awareness on explosive hazards.
- Insurgent and terrorist groups often use homemade, or Improvised-Mortar-Systems to attack fortified military, security or political installations. More recently Improvised-Mortar-Systems used in the Syrian-Civil-War are often known as Hell-Cannons: cat-uxo.com/explosive-haza…
- At CAT-UXO we are continually asked to produce hard-copy handout data for munitions in Ukraine. We are initially hesitant to do this because we consider that as soon as a munitions recognition handbook is published, it quickly becomes outdated. Especially in Ukraine where the
- This is a new improvised Russian Anti-disturbance (AD) Switch recently observed in Ukraine, used to boobytrap landmines. Yesterday, 01 Dec 2022, a Ukrainian sapper was killed by this anti-disturbance switch fitted to a TM-62 AV landmine: cat-uxo.com/explosive-haza…
- Replying to @johnismay and @ArmsControlWonkThis is the latest image added to the CAT-UXO website 9B899 technical page: cat-uxo.com/explosive-haza…
- So we have gone for this for now: CAT-UXO adds the Russian 9B899 (9Б899), a new submunition believed to be delivered by the short-range ballistic SS-26 Iskander missile possibly the 9M723 submunition carrier version:cat-uxo.com/explosive-haza…
- Today we present to you the CAT-UXO Ukraine Aircraft Bomb Recognition Handbook for your download. Please drop us a line if you observe any typos, incorrect technical data or additions you think should be added. Together our knowledge saves lives. Follow this link to download the
- Not sure if this helps anyone with a quick reference to Russian MANPADS. The best ID reference point is the front endcap area: cat-uxo.com
- Today we provide our first CAT-UXO Ukraine Munitions Recognition Handout for Submunitions for your download. Please drop us a line if you observe any typos, incorrect technical data or additions you believe should be added. Together our knowledge saves lives. Follow this link to
- It amazes me how many experts pop up who have never even been on a bombs course and without a single day's training have an opinion on these things. My full respect to these individuals, stay safe gents:
00:00 - These are the Russian OFSP (OФCП), a series of high-explosive (HE), fragmentation, free-fall, fin-stabilised aircraft bomblets initially designed to be dispensed from UAVs. The series of fragmentation bomblets includes the OFSP-2.5, the OFSP-1.7, the OFSP-1.7 variant, the OFSP-08
