Soviet 9N123K shrapnel shell scatters 50 9h24 sub-munitions; often used with the OTR-21 Tochka launcher

The 9N24 (Russian: 9Н24) sub-munition is of Soviet-era design and is used most often with the OTR-21 Tochka, NATO reporting name SS-21 Scarab.[1][2] This type of cluster bomb munition would be prevented by the 2008 Convention on Cluster Munitions were Russia to be a signatory, which it is not.

Technology

The OTR-21 Tochka vehicle launches solid-fuelled rockets, at the tip of which is a 9N123K shell, inside of which are 50 9N24 sub-munitions

The body of 9N24 consists of 18 fragmentation rings with an explosive fill of А-IX-20 mixture, which is constituted by four parts phlegmatized RDX to one part aluminium powder.[2]

The 9N24 uses a ribbon stabilizer.[2]

Quantity 50 of the 9N24 sub-munitions are arrayed inside a 9N123K projectile.

References

  1. ↑ "Soviet 9N24 submunitions documented in Ukraine (2022)". Armament Research Services. 24 March 2022. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 "9n24 Submunition". Collective Awareness to Unexploded Ordnance (CAT-UXO). Retrieved 5 February 2023.
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