PD Combat Munitions
M141 Bunker Defeat Munition (BDM)
The M141 BDM meets the requirement to fill the lightweight “Bunker Buster” void in the Army inventory. The man-portable system is highly effective against targets including fortified positions, such as earth and timber bunkers, and is capable of breaching masonry walls and neutralizing light armored vehicles at ranges of 15-250 meters. The disposable weapon shares its warhead with the USMC shoulder-launched multipurpose assault weapon (SMAW) and is also known as the SMAW-D.
In a U.S. News and World Report article, American Soldiers said, “After a brief rest, the team set off to pursue the Ansar fighters fleeing toward the border. Insurgents were rumored to stay in these caves. A hail of gunfire erupted from the caves as the targets approached. [Grit] pulled out a new cave-busting antitank missile called a ‘SMAW-D.’ The sound of the explosion was deafening. The SMAW-D demolished the cave. The firing from inside ceased.”
