At IDEF 2021, Tübitak Sage showcased SARB-83, a 415 kg penetrator bomb.
SARB-83 has a penetration performance of 1.8m (35 MPa reinforced concrete) (Picture source: Army Recognition)
SARB-83 is a penetrator bomb, which is designed to be used against surface and underground targets. SARB-83 contains Multiple Warhead System (MWS) technology. It has siilar external geometry, guidance unit interfaces, mass, center of mass, and inertia properties with Mk-83 General Purpose Bombs (GPB)
- High peneration performance at oblique impact angles and/or low impact velocities
- High fragmentation effect against secondary targets with pre-formed fragments utilized in Augmenting Charge design
- Usablity against various target types
- Potential to be used with all guidance kits which are compatible with Lk-83 GBP; and potential to be dropped from all aircraft for which Mk-83 GPB is certified.
SARB-83 weights 415 kg for a length of 1860mm. It includes two types of explosives:
- Augmenting charge: plastic bonded explosive
- Follow trough bomb: aluminized plastic bonded explosive
Typical hard targets includes:
- Buried hard targets: Munition depots, underground petrochemical depots, bunkers, aircraft shelters, command and control centers
- Surface targets: Aircraft runways, dams ,bridges, critical buildings, radar antennas, stationary air defesne missile sites, industrial facilities, parked aircraft
(Picture source Army Recognition)
