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Open Source Munitions Portal @munitionsportal.bsky.social · 1d

20 munitions images were added to the OSMP, including:

- Gerbera series UAVs in Ukraine
- 9M33 series surface-to-air missiles from Osa series systems in Ukraine
- 9M330/9M331 series surface-to-air missiles from Tor series systems in Ukraine

View all: osmp.ngo?ids=1643,164...

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Open Source Munitions Portal @munitionsportal.bsky.social · 2d

Our visual guide to Shahed-131 & -136 'drones' is now available in Ukrainian!

As part of an effort to expand accessibility to our work,
Bomb Techs Without Borders has translated the page to Ukrainian, aiding native speakers in understanding how these munitions function.

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Open Source Munitions Portal @munitionsportal.bsky.social · 7d

7/ The OSMP is assessing additional debris which suggests the munition may also have seen use by Israel in Syria & Lebanon.

If you have additional information on the munition please comment below.

View all munitions in the OSMP used in Gaza since 2023 :

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Israel and Gaza 2023 – 2025

On 7 October 2023, Hamas militants breached the heavily-fortified border separating Israel and the Gaza Strip, attacking numerous towns and villages. More than 1,000 people in Israel were reported kil...

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Open Source Munitions Portal @munitionsportal.bsky.social · 7d

6/ The presence of a turbojet engine suggests the munition has a significantly higher cruising speed than other Israeli OWA UAVs recorded in Gaza, such as SkyStriker. It is therefore likely closer in function to a guided missile than many other OWA UAVs.

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OSMP: SkyStriker

A tool for researchers, journalists and practitioners trying to learn more about munitions and their use and impact in conflicts.

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Open Source Munitions Portal @munitionsportal.bsky.social · 7d

5/ While we have little information about this munition, it is likely a OWA UAV— flying towards a target and exploding on impact, acting essentially as a guided missile. It is believed to use a relatively small high explosive fragmentation (HE-FRAG) warhead.

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Open Source Munitions Portal @munitionsportal.bsky.social · 7d

4/ On 13 May, similar remnants were documented following a second strike on Nasser Hospital. A week later, on May 20, the same type of engine was observed at the scene of a strike on the Musa bin Nusayr School in Gaza City.

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Open Source Munitions Portal @munitionsportal.bsky.social · 7d

3/ Reporting talked of “suicide drones,” a term most often applied in Gaza to one-way attack (OWA) UAVs using piston engines. Turbojets are more typically found in cruise missiles, which Israeli forces have not publicly declared using in Gaza. This suggested a new munition type.

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Open Source Munitions Portal @munitionsportal.bsky.social · 7d

2/ We first documented the use of this munition after an Israeli strike on Nasser Hospital in March. Debris at the site included a turbojet engine—something we have not documented before in Gaza—alongside possible wing fragments.

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Open Source Munitions Portal @munitionsportal.bsky.social · 7d

1/ In recent months, we began documenting remnants of an unknown Israeli munition being used in Gaza. Its use has allegedly resulted in civilian casualties. To date, Israel has not publicly declared the munition’s existence.

Here’s what we know so far:🧵

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Open Source Munitions Portal @munitionsportal.bsky.social · 8d

15 new munition images were added to the OSMP, including:

- GMLRS missile debris in Russia
- Gerbera series UAVs, including one-way-attack (OWA) variants, in Ukraine and Russia
- 9M38 series surface-to-air missiles in Ukraine

View them all: osmp.ngo?ids=1655,166...

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Open Source Munitions Portal @munitionsportal.bsky.social · 15d

20 munition images were added to the OSMP, including:

-Spike Firefly loitering munitions in the Palestinian Territories
-Kh-101 air-launched cruise missiles in Ukraine
-GBU-24 Paveway III & GBU-12 Paveway II air-delivered bombs in Yemen

View them all: osmp.ngo?ids=1535,162...

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Open Source Munitions Portal @munitionsportal.bsky.social · 19d

4/ For more on tank gun projectiles, see our research page and explanatory video:

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Tank Gun Projectiles

Tank Gun Projectile

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Open Source Munitions Portal @munitionsportal.bsky.social · 19d

3/ The OSMP has multiple similar images of tank gun projectiles, including those linked to an attack that killed a Reuters journalist in Lebanon in October 2023.

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Tank Gun Projectile, Lebanon

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Open Source Munitions Portal @munitionsportal.bsky.social · 19d

2/ While it is not possible to definitively state the model type from the images of the remnants alone, contextual information suggests they are most likely to be from M339 high explosive ‘multi-purpose’ projectiles

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Open Source Munitions Portal @munitionsportal.bsky.social · 19d

1/ An image of remnants purportedly connected to the August 25 strike on the Nasser Hospital in Gaza has been added to the OSMP. It shows parts of at least three fin-stabilised tank gun projectiles, consistent with those used by Israel.

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Open Source Munitions Portal @munitionsportal.bsky.social · 22d

18 new munition images were added to the OSMP, including:

-Kh-22 series cruise missiles in Ukraine
-Spike series anti-tank missile in Israel
-Tank gun projectiles in Israel
-GBU-12 & GBU-24 Paveway series air-delivered bombs in Yemen

View them all:
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Open Source Munitions Portal @munitionsportal.bsky.social · Sep 1

21 new munition images were added to the OSMP, including:

-GBU-31 JDAM air-delivered bombs in Yemen
-Kh-59 series cruise missile carrying submunitions in Ukraine
-Israeli-made one-way-attack (OWA) UAV with unknown tentative model in Iran

View them all:
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Open Source Munitions Portal @munitionsportal.bsky.social · Sep 1

Twitter's AI system Grok incorrectly identified the munition twice - as a Spike-series missile and a Hellfire missile.

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Open Source Munitions Portal @munitionsportal.bsky.social · Sep 1

Despite the image showing a well-known type of guided air-delivered bomb, an Arabic-language tweet alleging it shows a new munition gained more than 10,000 likes.

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Open Source Munitions Portal @munitionsportal.bsky.social · Sep 1

Paveway-series guidance kits were introduced by the U.S. in the 1970s and have been frequently updated.
Israel makes the visually and functionally similar Lizard series of guidance kits, and the lesser-known but apparently closely related Chameleon kit.

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OSMP: Lizard kit, Chameleon 3, Paveway kit

A tool for researchers, journalists and practitioners trying to learn more about munitions and their use and impact in conflicts.

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Open Source Munitions Portal @munitionsportal.bsky.social · Sep 1

The United States developed the MK 80-series of air-delivered bombs after the Second World War.

These have since been standardised and widely copied by a number of countries, including Israel.

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Open Source Munitions Portal @munitionsportal.bsky.social · Sep 1

An unverified image purporting to show a new or unknown model of munition in Gaza has been widely shared recently.

However, the image depicts a MK 80-series air-delivered bomb fitted with a ‘bolt-on guidance’ kit of the Paveway II series or similar.

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Open Source Munitions Portal @munitionsportal.bsky.social · Aug 18

We have also begun adding munition images from documentation efforts by Mwatana for Human Rights in Yemen, including of munitions used by American and Saudi-led Coalition forces:

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Open Source Munitions Portal @munitionsportal.bsky.social · Aug 18

11 new munition images were added to the OSMP, including:

- Lizard- or Paveway-series bomb guidance kit in Gaza
- Mikholit air-delivered bomb in Gaza
- Blue Sparrow series air-launched ballistic missiles in Iraq

View them all:
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Open Source Munitions Portal @munitionsportal.bsky.social · Aug 14

UPDATED: Our page of munition images from the 12-day June 2025 conflict between Israel & Iran has been expanded. Examples of new munitions added include:

-Blue Sparrow air-launched ballistic missiles
-SPICE-1000 air-delivered bombs
-Shahed-101 OWA UAVs

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