New Chinese programmable airburst projectile

New Chinese programmable airburst projectile

Thursday 22 May 2025

Thursday 22 May 2025

Thursday 22 May 2025

A new Chinese 80 mm recoilless weapon has been displayed

A composite photo of the Chinese programmable airburst projectile
A composite photo of the Chinese programmable airburst projectile
  • A new Chinese 80 mm recoilless weapon has been displayed

  • The system is portable, disposable, shoulder-launched, and fires an unguided, programmable, airburst projectile.

  • Transit container markings suggest the following designations:

    • DNS181 – projectile

    • DRU181 – fuze

    • SB-18 – propulsion charge

  • Previous related 80 mm recoilless Chinese launchers have an overall weapon code of DZxyy (where 'x' is a nature/type, and 'yy' is a truncated date)

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