GBU-10 Paveway II (957 kg)

Description

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Vehicles equipped with this weapon

Vehicles equipped with this weapon
Jet fighters
F-4	Kurnass 2000
F-14	F-14B
F-16	F-16C Barak II · F-16D Barak II
JF-17	JF-17
JAS39	JAS39A · JAS39C · ▄JAS39C · ◔JAS39EBS HU C
Strike aircraft
A-6	A-6E TRAM
A-10	A-10C
F-111	F-111C · F-111F

General info

Bomb characteristics
Mass	957 kg (2109.8 lbs)
Guidance	Laser
Guidance time	60 s
Explosive mass	428.7 kg
Explosive type	Comp. H6
TNT equivalent	578.75 kg

Effective damage

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Comparison with analogues

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Usage in battles

The GBU-10 Paveway II is highly effective when used in ground battles almost guaranteeing a ground kill during optimal conditions. It‘s important to use the GBU-10 only when you are constantly able to maintain laser lock meaning that cloudy weather or enemy air superiority will significantly lower the probability of a hit. Aircraft equipped with this weapon should always gain height before starting bombing to ensure safety while laser guiding the GBU-10 Paveway II.

If the aircraft carrying the GBU-10 has stabilized thermal vision you should prefer using it at night as it‘s difficult for SPAA to detect the enemy aircraft bombing them as a bomb doesn’t have a smoke trail and is almost invisible to everyone.

It‘s important to note that the higher the bomb gets dropped the more is it able to guide itself making it more precise.

Pros and cons

Pros:

+ high splash damage

+ almost always a guaranteed hit when dropped correctly

+ can change the target during fall

+ can also be used as a normal non guided bomb

Cons:

– hard to maintain lock during bad weather

– smoke of ground vehicles disturb the guidance

– guiding aircraft can‘t turn the laser away until the bomb hit

History

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See also

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Guided bombs
USA
500 lb	GBU-38(V)2/B JDAM (500 lb)
1,092 lb	GBU-16 Paveway II
505 kg	AGM-62A Walleye I
510 kg	AGM-62A Walleye I ER
1,970 lb	GBU-31 JDAM
2,000 lb	GBU-8 · GBU-15(V)1/B · GBU-15(V)2/B
957 kg	GBU-10 Paveway II
Germany
1,400 kg	PC 1400 X (Fritz X)*
USSR
50 kg	KAB-50L · KAB-50TV
500 kg	KAB-500Kr · KAB-500Kr-E · KAB-500L · KAB-500S
1,500 kg	KAB-1500Kr · KAB-1500L
Britain
277 kg	GBU-12 Paveway II
546 kg	Mk.13
2,000 lb	GBU-24 Paveway III
China
250 kg	GB250 · LS-6 250
500 kg	GB500 · LS-6 500
1,000 kg	GB1000
Italy
277 kg	BA-FG-230-Lizard-2
France
400 kg	BGL-400
970 kg	BGL-1000
	* Armour-piercing bomb
See also	List of unguided bombs · List of armour-piercing bombs · List of retarded bombs