BLU-107 Durandal vs BLU-82 Daisy Cutter
| Introduced by France in 1977, the BLU-107 Durandal is an anti-runway weapon that utilizes a rocket-boosted penetrator to breach concrete surfaces before detonation. | |
| Origin | 🇫🇷 France |
| Category | Penetration Bomb |
| Type | Anti-runway penetration bomb |
| Manufacturer | Matra |
| Service year | 1977 |
| Number produced | -- units |
| Estimated unit price | NA |
| American 6,800 kg blast bomb used from 1970 to 2008, originally designed for helicopter landing zones in Vietnam and later deployed in Afghanistan. | |
| Origin | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Category | Penetration Bomb |
| Type | Conventional Bomb |
| Manufacturer | -- |
| Service year | 1970 |
| Number produced | 225 units |
| Estimated unit price | NA |
| Weight | 195 kg ◉ |
| Warhead | 115.0 kg ◉ |
| Length | 2.70 m ◉ |
| Diameter | 223 mm ◉ |
| Guidance | -- |
| Warhead type | Primary and secondary charge |
| Weight | 6,800 kg ◉ |
| Warhead | 5700.0 kg ◉ |
| Length | 3.60 m ◉ |
| Diameter | 1422 mm ◉ |
| Guidance | Ground radar or on-board navigation |
| Warhead type | GSX slurry |