Two new types of combined-type warheads are now being installed in Russian long-range Shahed-136 drones, Defense Express reports, citing its own sources and photos and descriptions of the new equipment.
One of the warheads is produced in Russia, the other in Iran. They have an increased weight - 90 kg instead of the standard 50 kg.
The Russian-made warhead is designated KOFZBCH, which stands for cumulative-fragmentation-high-explosive-incendiary. It uses the same explosive TGF-35P2 (TNT and phlegmatized hexogen) as the 50-kilogram OFZBCH-50, which did not have a cumulative effect. The incendiary effect is provided by a powder mixture of metal hydrides.
The Iranian-made warhead has a cumulative, fragmentation, and high-explosive effect, but without incendiary elements. Its explosive is of the OLA type (octagene and aluminum) with an intermediate detonator in the form of hexogen checkers.
New warhead for Shahed-136
Defense Express
Recall that Russia is systematically improving the combat equipment of long-range drones, using new warheads.
For example, in 2024, the enemy began using the 50-kilogram combined warhead TBBCh-50, which combines thermobaric and fragmentation principles of action. Its body is filled with 9-mm metal balls, which serve as ready-made striking elements.