Roketsan MAM-L
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TurkeyManufacturer: Roketsan
Smart laser-guided micro-munition that became the signature weapon of the Bayraktar TB2 and Akıncı drones, defining the 'Bayraktar effect' in conflicts across the Caucasus, Libya, Syria and Ukraine.
Smart laser-guided micro-munition that became the signature weapon of the Bayraktar TB2 and Akıncı drones, defining the 'Bayraktar effect' in conflicts across the Caucasus, Libya, Syria and Ukraine.
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Identity
- Designation
- Roketsan MAM-L
- Alias
- Smart Micro Munition (Light)
- Manufacturer
- Roketsan
- Country
- Turkey
- Year
- 2016
- Category
- Loitering munition
- Class
- Micro (< 250 g)
- Status
- In service
Performance
- Range
- 14 km
- Endurance
- n/d (munizione planante)
- Top speed
- subsonica (planata)
- Propulsion
- Nessuna (munizione planante con superfici di controllo)
Physical characteristics
- MTOW
- 22 kg
- Payload
- 10 kg
- Weapons
- Testata HEAT-frag tandem, thermobaric o anti-armor (10 kg)
Onboard systems
- Sensors
- Cercatore laser semi-attivo o IIR (variante MAM-L IIR)
- Datalink / control
- Designazione laser dal drone vettore (TB2, Akıncı, ANKA)
- Launch
- Sganciata da pilone drone
- Recovery
- Impatto
Combat use
- ▸Nagorno-Karabakh war (2020) — destruction of hundreds of Armenian vehicles
- ▸Ukraine war (2022-) — strikes on Russian armoured columns and Pantsir systems
- ▸Operations in Syria and Libya with TB2 and Akıncı drones
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History
Developed by Roketsan and operational from 2016, MAM-L is derived from the UMTAS anti-tank missile warhead, miniaturised for light drones.
In the Nagorno-Karabakh war (2020) and Ukraine war (2022-), MAM-L launched from TB2s destroyed hundreds of armoured vehicles, SAM systems and artillery pieces at a unit cost below US$100,000.
Roketsan's MAM-L is the weapon that cemented the international success of the Bayraktar TB2: only 22 kg but able to destroy T-72/T-90 MBTs, Pantsir SAM systems and artillery batteries in a single shot thanks to its tandem HEAT-frag warhead.
EO/IR feed images of MAM-L releases from TB2s over Nagorno-Karabakh, Syria, Libya and Ukraine have defined the visual language of modern asymmetric warfare, showing for the first time in high resolution the effectiveness of drone-launched precision munitions.