ASELSAN’s TOLUN IIR small-diameter bomb, using an IIR seeker with a fragmentation warhead, proved its capability to hit moving targets in the latest test.
While TOLUN IIR was used against a static target, an armoured vehicle, in its first test, this test involved a moving target towed by a remotely driven vehicle. Observations on the video indicate that the target speed was well above 30 km/h.
After the EO/IR system acquired the target, the TOLUN was launched with the datalink, keeping the course in the right direction. At the terminal approach, it can be seen that TOLUN IIR’s MITL capability was used to select the target. Despite the movement, the IIR guided variant of TOLUN hit the towed target in the middle.
TOLUN IIR, with a range going up to 80 km when launched from fighter jets, is the second variant to be developed in the TOLUN family of SDBs. Aside from the demonstrated features provided by its IIR seeker and a 70 kg fragmentation warhead, different from TOLUN’s penetration warhead, TOLUN IIR can be launched using SADAK-4T (Quad) and SADAK-2T (Double) smart racks.
Another development related to TOLUN IIR is the TOLUN F, which uses the same GNSS/INS guidance package as the baseline TOLUN, but also common geometry and warhead with TOLUN IIR. TOLUN F, as a cheaper option for fixed soft targets, has a proximity fuse for optimised fragmentation effect.
Author: Kaan Azman
Editor:Özgür Ekşi
