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TBBCh-50M thermobaric warhead

Also recorded as TBBCh-50M and ТББЧ-50М

A thermobaric warhead of about 50 kg made by the Scientific Research Institute of Applied Chemistry (NII Prikladnoi Khimii). HUR has found it in the Geran-2 and lists it for the Geran-4.

Maker
FNPC NII Prikladnoi Khimii JSC (Scientific Research Institute of Applied Chemistry)[1]
Country
Russia
Found in
2 weapons, 1 recovered unit on record
Photos
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Photo: HUR War & Sanctions

The TBBCh-50M is a thermobaric warhead of about 50 kg made by the Scientific Research Institute of Applied Chemistry (NII Prikladnoi Khimii). HUR War & Sanctions found one on a Geran-2 that also carried a Verba anti-aircraft missile, and lists it for the Geran-4.

The 2023 Alabuga slides analysed by the Institute for Science and International Security describe a thermobaric warhead from the same institute: about 30 kg of high explosive inside about 20 kg of thermobaric mixture, around 52 kg in all. That it is the TBBCh-50M is our reading of the two records, marked as such in the table.

Specifications

Each figure names its source. A maker's figure is the maker's claim; nothing here was measured by us.

TypeThermobaric Official claim[2]
Massabout 52 kg Inference[3]
Fillabout 30 kg high-explosive core, 20 kg thermobaric mixture, 3 kg further charge Inference[3]

How it is marked

Used in

Geran family

  • Geran-2 1 recovered unit

    Records: gur-part-5102 ↗

    Thermobaric warhead (TBBCh-50M) — Developed by the Scientific Research Institute of Applied Chemistry; 3,000 proposed for Alabuga. HUR found a TBBCh-50M on the Verba-armed series Э in January 2026[4]

  • Geran-4 reported

    TBBCh-50M — Made by FNPC NII Prikladnoi Khimii JSC; HUR module page added 12 Aug 2026[5]

Sources

  1. HUR War & Sanctions war-sanctions.gur.gov.ua/en/components/part/5102
  2. HUR War & Sanctions war-sanctions.gur.gov.ua/en/page-geran-4
  3. Institute for Science and International Security isis-online.org/isis-reports/detail/alabugas-shahed-136-geran-2-warheads-a-dange …
  4. ArmyInform armyinform.com.ua/en/2026/01/12/diu-new-geran-modification-carries-both-a-manpad …
  5. HUR War & Sanctions war-sanctions.gur.gov.ua/en/components/part/5445

Last checked 2026-10-19.

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