March 2025: Current, Emerging and Prolific Munitions added to METIS

SPBE

CURRENT

The SPBE is a Russian Federation, top-attack, anti-armour submunition, which is more commonly referred to in the West as sensor-fuzed munition (SFM). The SPBE is dispensed over the target area by the RBK-500 SPBE (РБК-500 СПБЭ) dispenser (carrier, cargo, cluster, etc.) aerial bomb.

OSINT recorded by Fenix Insight on  10 Feb 2025:

"In the Kyiv region, a warhead of an RBK-500 cluster bomb was discovered in a forest belt."

MANTA

CURRENT, PROLIFIC

The Manta is an Italian-developed, dual-influence, electronically-fuzed, blast- and bubble-effect, shallow-water, sea and river bottom mine, which is designed to be effective against landing craft, small submersibles and small vessels.

OSINT recorded by Fenix Insight on 13 Oct 2023:

"On 13 October, as Pavel Derzhavin was redirected to another port for repairs, it struck another mine while leaving Sevastopol Bay. A large tugboat sent to rescue it also hit a mine and had to be towed back."

BGJ2

CURRENT

The BGJ2 is a Chinese-developed 40 mm (40×46SR) low-velocity (LV), spin-stabilised, nose-fuzed, high-explosive dual purpose (HEDP) projected grenade round. The BGJ2 HEDP round is closely related to the BGL2 high-explosive (HE) projected 40×46SR LV grenade round.

OSINT recorded by Fenix Insight on 12 Mar 2025:

"#Somalia 🇸🇴: "Al-Shabaab" (part of #AlQaeda) raided Somali Forces (#XDS)'s base and killed numerous officers in Bursha Sheikh, Middle Shabelle."

M 61 HE

CURRENT

The M 61 HE is a French 60 mm high explosive mortar bomb round, which was developed for use with smoothbore mortars, and the 60 mm MC A1 gun mortar.

OSINT recorded by Fenix Insight on 9 Mar 2025:

"#Nigeria: #ISWAP (#ISIS - West Africa Province) militants raided Nigerian Army camp in #Wajiroko, #Borno State."

MAMAI

CURRENT, EMERGING

The Mamai is a Ukrainian uncrewed surface vessel (USV) capable of conducting one-way attack (OWA) missions, as well as surveillance, reconnaissance, patrolling and minelaying. It is similar in design to the MAGURA V5, however is larger and faster.

OSINT recorded by Fenix Insight on 6 Oct 2023:

"6th October, installation of four Manta (MN10) mines by Mamai USV"

POMINS II

CURRENT

The POMINS II, which is short for Portable Mine Neutralisation System II, is an Israeli portable linear demolition charge (LDC)-based clearing system. The POMINS II can be used to clear anti-personnel (AP) mines, barbed wire obstacles, and improvised explosive devices (IEDs).

OSINT recorded by Fenix Insight on 29 Dec 2023:

"Geolocation| Israeli forces, reportedly from the 749th Reserve Combat Engineering Battalion, detonate a MICLIC (note: estimated to be POMINS II) on the outskirts of the Bureij RC, Central #Gaza"