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USSR Weapons and Military Equipment

Browse 3 weapon systems built or assembled in USSR, including infantry weapons and munitions, with images, specifications, source notes, and conflict records.

3 weapon systems

MON-100, Directional anti-personnel fragmentation mine, Infantry Weapons

Russia-Ukraine War, Libyan Civil War (2014-2020)MON-100Directional anti-personnel fragmentation mineBuilt by: Soviet and Russian state arsenalsThe MON-100 is a Soviet/Russian directional anti-personnel fragmentation mine and one of the larger MON-family models. GICHD describes it as a 100-meter class mine with roughly 2 kg of TNT, about 5 kg total weight, and command or tripwire initiation options. Mine-action reporting has documented the MON-100 in both the Russia-Ukraine War and the Libyan Civil War (2014-2020).

3UOF17 100 mm high-explosive round, 100 mm HE-Frag unitary round, Munitions

3UOF17 100 mm high-explosive round100 mm HE-Frag unitary roundBuilt by: Soviet / Russian ordnance industryThe 3UOF17 is a Soviet-era-developed, Russian Federation-developed 100 mm nose-fuzed, spin-stabilized high-explosive fragmentation unitary round for the BMP-3 family’s 2A70 gun-launcher. Reference tables place it in the BMP-3, BMD-4, and BTR-90M ammunition set, where it provides the main 100 mm high-explosive effect.

3OF50 High-Explosive Fragmentation rocket-assisted projectile, 120 mm rocket-assisted HE-fragmentation projectile, Munitions

3OF50 High-Explosive Fragmentation rocket-assisted projectile120 mm rocket-assisted HE-fragmentation projectileBuilt by: Soviet / Russian ammunition industryThe 3OF50 is a Soviet-era 120 mm rocket-assisted high-explosive fragmentation projectile used by Nona-family 120 mm gun-mortars, including the 2S23 Nona-SVK. It is described as a nose-fuzed, spin-stabilised RAP round with an A-IX-2 filled warhead, a rocket motor, and extended reach over standard 120 mm mortar ammunition.