Durandal

The Durandal is an anti-runway penetration bomb developed by the French company Matra, designed to destroy airport runways and exported to several countries. A simple crater in a runway could be filled in without issue, so the Durandal uses two explosions to displace the concrete slabs of a runway, thus making the damage to the runway far more difficult to repair. The bomb is named after a mythical medieval French sword.

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1977  Wikimedia, Wikidata
BLU-107; BLU107; Matra BLU-107; Matra Durandal
anti-runway penetration bomb, Matra, France, 

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Location: KML, Cluster Map, Maps,

1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

1977 Durandal

1990-08-02T00:00:00Z

1990-08-02T00:00:00Z

Gulf War

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Frameless

F-111 with Durandal

BLU-107 B Durandal display - National Museum of the U.S. Air Force

Matra Durandal - CAEA

Matra Durandal - CAEA

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		F-111 with Durandal		Commons
commons	image		BLU-107 B Durandal display - National Museum of the U.S. Air Force		Commons
commons	image		Matra Durandal - CAEA		Commons
commons	image		Matra Durandal - CAEA		Commons