Severe threat: the Russian Federation first applied new bombs against Ukraine weighing 1,500 kg - media (photo)

The UPAB-1500V ammunition was presented in the Russian Federation in 2019, developed to defeat high-protected facilities within a radius of up to 40 km. It was recently found in the Chernihiv region. Russian troops were first applied against the Armed Forces of the UPAB-1500B (index K029B), weighing 1. 5 tons. About it reports Defense Express with reference to sources in the Armed Forces.

A few weeks ago, the use of such ammunition was noticed in the Chernihiv region, on the fragment of the projectile was noted the marking of the UPAB-1500V. For the first time, this barrow ammunition was demonstrated in the export version with the K029BE index in 2019. This is the development of the DNVP "Region" from the Corporation "Tactical Missile Weapons". In the same 2019 it became known that this bomb has already been tested and put into service with the PCS of the Russian Federation.

Satellite navigation system. The projectile is designed to defeat high -protected objects, its combat part weighs 1 010 kg, and the declared radius of action - 40 km, with the shell carrier should rise 14 km into the air. "DNVP" region "also developed a smaller variety Such a bomb is a UPAB-500V weighing 505 kg, with a combat part of 390 kg. Recall that on March 3, a video of the Su-34 fall in Yenakiyev got to the network.