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FZ275 LGR
FZ275 Laser Guided Rocket
A 70 mm semi-active laser-guided rocket fired from standard rocket pods, now pushed as a cheap counter-drone round with an airburst warhead.
No public price No confirmed price. UAS Vision (from Business Insider) states 'under $10,000 per unit' for the counter-drone rocket, but the same article says Thales Belgium declined to give a cost estimate, so the figure is unattributed.
| Maker | Thales Belgium (formerly Forges de Zeebrugge) |
|---|---|
| Origin | Belgium |
| Built | Herstal, Belgium |
| Length | 1.8 m |
| Diameter | 0.07 m |
| Weight | 12.7 kg |
| Warhead | 4.1 kg |
| Calibre | 70 mm |
| Max range | 7 km |
| Propulsion | FZ276 MOD.1 solid rocket motor |
| Guidance | Semi-active laser homing on a spot held on the target (STANAG 3733 codes); 1 m CEP at 6 km per maker |
| Launcher | Standard 2.75 in (70 mm) rocket pods on helicopters and aircraft; also ground vehicles, the L3Harris VAMPIRE kit, and Belgian F-16 trials |
Thales lists range as 1.5 to 7 km and mass as 12.7 kg including a 4.1 kg warhead assembly that holds about 1 kg of high explosive. For drones Thales added the FZ123 airburst warhead (unveiled 2024) that throws fragments in a cloud. A Thales Belgium manager said the rocket is deployed in Ukraine and demand exceeds output, but no specific combat engagement has been independently documented. Belgium's F-16 counter-drone shots in 2026 used inert rockets.
Sources (16)
- Thales Belgium: FZ275 LGR brochure (02-2021) (length_m)
- Thales Belgium: FZ275 LGR brochure (02-2021) (weight_kg)
- Thales Belgium: FZ275 LGR brochure (02-2021) (warhead_kg)
- Thales Belgium: FZ275 LGR brochure (02-2021) (calibre_mm)
- Thales Belgium: FZ275 LGR brochure (02-2021) (range_km)
- Thales Belgium: FZ275 LGR brochure (02-2021) (guidance_or_cueing)
- Thales Belgium: FZ275 LGR brochure (02-2021) (built_where)
- Wikipedia: FZ275 LGR (propulsion)
- Thales Belgium: FZ275 LGR brochure (02-2021) (diameter_m)
- Army Recognition: L3Harris fires FZ275 from VAMPIRE in Poland (14 Feb 2026) (launcher)
- The Aviationist: Belgium tests F-16 with FZ275 in C-UAS trial (3 May 2026) (launcher)
- UAS Vision: Thales develops $10K laser-guided C-UAS rocket for Ukraine (9 Oct 2025, from Business Insider) (unit_cost_note)
- UAS Vision: Thales develops $10K laser-guided C-UAS rocket for Ukraine (9 Oct 2025, from Business Insider) (status)
- Defense Express: Ukraine and Thales team up on anti-drone missile production (3 Nov 2024) (status)
- UAS Vision: Thales develops $10K laser-guided C-UAS rocket for Ukraine (9 Oct 2025, from Business Insider) (notes)
- The Aviationist: Belgium tests F-16 with FZ275 in C-UAS trial (3 May 2026) (notes)
No freely licensed photograph found. The drawing above is the reference.
