The PBK-500U Drel (Russian: Дрель, lit. "drill") 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 being introduced to the Russian military in 2024.[1][2][3][4][5] Bazalt considers equipping Drel with a pulsejet engine to increase its range.
| PBK-500U Drel | |
|---|---|
 PBK-500U SPBE-K cluster bomb and ODAB-500PMV bomb | |
| Type | Glide bomb |
| Place of origin | Russian Federation |
| Service history | |
| In service | 2024–present |
| Used by | See Users |
| Production history | |
| Designer | NPO Bazalt |
| Designed | 2016 |
| Manufacturer | NPO Bazalt |
| Produced | 2024 (planned) |
| Variants | See Variants |
| Specifications | |
| Mass | 540 kg |
| Effective firing range | 30–50 km |
| Maximum firing range | Up to 50 km |
| Flight altitude | 14 km |
Guidance system | Inertial guidance/GLONASS |
Launch platform | Aircraft |
Parameters
edit- Altitude: 14 km
- Range: 30–50 km
- Weight: 540 kg
Munitions
edit- 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
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See also
edit- AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon – (United States)
- Convention on Cluster Munitions
References
edit- ^ "Janes | Latest defence and security news". Janes.com.
- ^ "Ancile". www.deagel.com.
- ^ Kerr, Chloe (January 8, 2018). "Russia to unleash new UNDETECTABLE stealth bomb designed to GLIDE across enemy airspace". Express.co.uk.
- ^ Karnozov, Vladimir. "Russian bomb builder shows off its target smarts". Aviation International News.
- ^ Epstein, Jake (2024-01-10). "Russian glide bombs have been a huge headache for Ukraine, and Moscow says it's making new ones". Business Insider. Retrieved 2024-01-16.