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01 / Overview
Arash
💰 PERFORMANCE / PRICE ASSESSMENT Methodology ↗
LOITERING MUNITIONS · MODERN ERA
5
PERFORMANCE/PRICE
55
UNIT COST (2025 USD)
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ⓘ Performance/Price and MASS score are computed across all units in the loitering munitions category, regardless of era.
02 / Specs & Design
03 / History
SERVICE LIFESPANStill in Service
- 2013Production started
13
years in service
1,200
units produced
4
countries operating
ⓘ The producing country still actively operates it.
05 / MASS Score
LOITERING MUNITIONS RANKING Loitering Munitions · Modern Era
MASS RANKINGSMASS ↗
59LOITERING MUNITIONS5MODERN ERA · LOITERING MUNITIONS56IRAN · ALL WEAPONS112PERFORMANCE/PRICE · LOITERING MUNITIONS
ⓘ Rankings are within theLoitering Munitionscategory.
📖 TERMS ON THIS PAGE8terms
Firearm configuration where the action and magazine are located behind the trigger, reducing overall length while maintaining barrel length.
Cluster/DPICM refers to artillery ammunition that disperses submunitions for anti-personnel and anti-vehicle effects.
A firearm feed system where ammunition is stored in a separate container (magazine) that can be removed and replaced, enabling rapid reloading.
High Explosive (HE) round: an artillery or mortar projectile containing explosive filler designed to inflict damage through blast and fragmentation effects.
Integral bipod: a permanently attached, built‑in bipod that provides a two‑point support for a firearm, allowing it to be rested on a surface without separate accessories.
Artillery system with integrated propulsion, enabling movement under its own power rather than being towed.
Short recoil is a firearm operating mechanism where the barrel and slide move together for a short distance after firing, then separate to complete extraction, ejection, and chambering.
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