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🇷🇺 RUloitering-munitiondeployed
Lancet-3
Also known as: Изделие 51 · Ланцет-3
Manufacturer: ZALA Aero Group
Tactical loitering munition used heavily by Russian forces for strikes against Ukrainian artillery, radars and armored vehicles. Increasingly equipped with onboard target-recognition.
Specifications
Category
loitering-munition
In service since
2020
Weight
12 kg
Payload
3 kg
Range
40 km
Endurance
40 min
Speed
110 km/h
Control
RF
EW resistance
medium
Autonomy
operator-on-loop
Unit cost (USD)
$20,000 – $50,000
Known operators
Notable use cases
Widely used by Russian forces in the Russia–Ukraine war (from 2022) for precision strikes on artillery, air-defense radars/launchers, and armored vehicles, often cued by Orlan-10 or ZALA reconnaissance UAVs. Numerous documented attacks show employment against moving and stationary targets, including self-propelled guns and tanks, in frontline and near-rear areas.
Sources
Data confidence: 80 / 100. Catalog is in active development.