The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation for the first time hit the three-ton bomb Fab-3000 in Kharkiv region (video)
About it reports former military pilot, captain of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation Ilya Tumanov in his Telegram-channel Figherbomber. According to him, the blow was made in the village of Lipka in the north of the Kharkiv region. As the purpose, the occupiers chose a three -storey building where Ukrainian troops were allegedly based. The target was deviated from the course.
"Directly hitting the house, as most inhabitants and infantry bosses would like, but it should be understood that, first, it is the first combat use in human history of such a bomb of such caliber with the UMPC (a universal module of planning and correction. -Note. Ed. ), The deviation of the bomb purely at the rate, ten meters, " - said Tumanov.
At the end of March 2024, when former Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoiga visited a defense and industrial complex in the Nizhny Novgorod region, he was reported that mass production of managed aviation missiles FAB-3000 began. According to open springs, FAB-3000 airbag weighing 3000 kilograms with a fugas warhead was created in the USSR. It is capable of punching concrete structures, shelters, fortifications, dams and industrial sites.
This is possible due to the cast housing weighing 1600 kilograms and an explosive charge weighing 1400 kilograms. The bomb's lesion radius is 46 meters, and the scattering radius of fragments is 260 meters. This bomb was designed for use by Tu-4, Tu-16 and TU-22 bombers. According to the Russian Telegram-channel FighterBomber, only TU-22M3 can be officially carried by this bomb, while the Su-34 is not intended for the use of FAB-3000.