First use of OAB-2.5RT submunition in Ukraine

28 May 2025

Composite image showing a submunition on the ground

First sight of the OAB-2.5RT (Ru: ОАБ-2,5РТ) which has been deployed by Russian forces in Ukraine.

The OAB-2.5RT (Ru: ОАБ-2,5РТ) has been deployed by Russian forces in Ukraine
Several were found unexploded in the Donetsk region, along with the tail fin of an RBK-500 dispenser bomb
The OAB-2.5RT is a spin-armed, aerially-delivered high explosive fragmentation (HE-FRAG) anti-personnel/anti-matériel submunition
It is a further improvement of the earlier of AO-2.5RT/AO-2.5RTM (Ru: АО-2,5РТ/АО-2,5РТМ)
It is known to be deployed by the RBK-500U OAB-2.5RT (Ru: РБК-500У ОАБ-2,5РТ), however, the RBK-500 tail fin suggests that an RBK-500 OAB-2.5RT (Ru: РБК-500 ОАБ-2,5РТ) cluster bomb also exists

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