MAM-L Smart Micro Munition
Mini Akıllı Mühimmat (MAM), meaning "smart micro munition" is a family of laser-guided and/or GPS/INS guided bombs produced by Turkish defence industry manufacturer Roketsan. MAM has been developed for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), light attack aircraft, fighter aircraft and air–ground missions for low-payload-capacity air platforms. MAM can engage both stationary and moving targets with high precision.
MAM-L Smart Micro Munition

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- Mini Akıllı Mühimmat
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Mini Akıllı Mühimmat (MAM), meaning "smart micro munition" is a family of laser-guided and/or GPS/INS guided bombs produced by Turkish defence industry manufacturer Roketsan. MAM has been developed for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), light attack aircraft, fighter aircraft and air–ground missions for low-payload-capacity air platforms. MAM can engage both stationary and moving targets with high precision.
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Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Mini Akıllı Mühimmat • Type — Laser-guided bomb • Origin — Turkey • Is Ranged — Yes • Is Explosive — Yes • Is Artillery — Yes • Is Vehicle — Yes • Is Missile — Yes • Used By — See Users • Wars — PKK conflict Syrian civil war Libyan civil war (2014–2020) Second Nagorno-Karabakh War Russian invasion of Ukraine Tigray War Mali War • Designer — Roketsan • Manufacturer — Roketsan • Variants — See Variants • Vehicle Range — MAM-C: 8 km MAM-L: 15 km MAM-T: 30 km to 80 km • Launch Platform — Baykar Bayraktar TB2 Baykar Bayraktar TB3 Baykar Bayraktar Akıncı TAI Anka TAI Aksungur Vestel Karayel TAI Hürkuş
Combat use
Combat use
• Illustration — MAM-T Munition • Operation Euphrates Shield • Operation Olive Branch • Operation Spring Shield • Operation Claw • 2019 Turkish offensive into north-eastern Syria • Second Nagorno-Karabakh War • Central Libya offensive • Russian invasion of Ukraine • Tigray War • Mali War
Technical specifications
Technical specifications
• MAM-C — MAM-L — MAM-T • Diameter — 70 mm — 160 mm — 230 mm • Length — 970 mm — 1 m — 1.4 m • Weight — 6.5 kg — 22 kg — 94 kg • Range — 8 km — 15 km — 30+ km (UCAV) 60+ km (light attack aircraft) 80+ km (fighter aircraft) • Seeker — Semi-active laser — Semi-active laser — Semi-active laser GPS/INS • Warhead types — * Multi-purpose warhead (blast fragmentation, incendiary, & armor piercing) * High-explosive blast fragmentation — * Tandem – effective against reactive armor * High-explosive blast fragmentation * Thermobaric — * High-explosive blast fragmentation • Fuse — * Impact * Proximity • Platforms — Unmanned aerial vehicles and light attack aircraft — Unmanned aerial vehicles and light attack aircraft — Unmanned aerial vehicles, light attack aircraft and fighter aircraft • Based on — Roketsan Cirit — Roketsan L-UMTAS — Roketsan TRG-230 • Manufacturer — Roketsan — Roketsan — Roketsan • MAM-L IIR features an imaging infrared seeker instead of an SAL seeker, an RF datalink, extended operational range in excess of 25 km, and slightly increased weight of 23 kg while retaining the baseline model's external appearance and warheads. • MAM-T IIR features similar seeker changes with an improved mid-body wing kit, increased weight of 100 kg, a stated maximum range in excess of 50 km. • Illustration — Bayraktar TB2 loaded with MAM-L • Illustration — TAI Anka loaded with MAM-L • There is also a new variant of MAM-L developed by Roketsan. NEŞTER is a new variant of the MAM-L, designed for ultra precise, low collateral strikes. Key features: - Proximity sensor that activates just before impact - Unique warhead with deployable cutting blades - No explosive payload — minimizing collateral damage. Built for surgical, point target elimination instead of wide area destruction, ideal for sensitive, high value targets.
Users
Users
• Illustration — Users of Roketsan MAM (Mali is included) * * •: Bangladesh Army • Croatia: Croatian Air Force • Kuwait •: Government of National Accord * • Mali * * * * * * *
Mountable vehicles
Mountable vehicles
• Bayraktar Akıncı • Bayraktar TB2 • TAI Aksungur • TAI Anka • TAI Hürkuş (basic trainer and ground attack aircraft for the Turkish Armed Forces) • Vestel Karayel
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- 1.Roketsan's Smart Micro Guided Munitions Boost Effectiveness of UAVs. Asian Military Review. 2019-03-25.
- 2.MAM-L Boosts Effectiveness of UAVs. Defence Turkey Magazine.
- 3.Roketsan's Smart Micro Munition Product Family. Global Business Press.
- 4.OES operation diary.
- 5.Military scorecard of Operation Olive Branch. www.aa.com.tr.
- 6.Roblin, Sebastien. Turkish Drones and Artillery Are Devastating Assad's Forces In Idlib Province-Here's Why. Forbes. 2020-03-02.
- 7.Operation Claw 3 launched in northern Iraq: Turkey. www.aa.com.tr.
- 8.Snell, Lindsey. PKK Spokesman on Turkey's Operation "Peace Spring". The Investigative Journal. 2019-11-15.
- 9.How Ethiopia used a Turkish drone in a strike that killed nearly 60 civilians. The Washington Post. 7 February 2022.
- 10.AKINCI fired its first shot with the new ammunition MAM-T. 2021-04-22.
- 11.Roketsan. Göklerde özgürlüğün yeni üyesi: MAM-T! 🚀 🇹🇷 #MAMT #Roketsan @SavunmaSanayii @Baykar_Savunma. Twitter.
- 12.Roketsan Unveiled its new guided ammunition: MAM-T TurDef. www.turdef.com.
- 13.AKINCI ilk atışını yeni mühimmat MAM-T ile gerçekleştirdi. Savunmasanayist. 22 April 2021.
- 14.MAM-C Smart Micro Munition – Roketsan. www.roketsan.com.tr.
- 15.MAM-L Smart Micro Munition – Roketsan. www.roketsan.com.tr.
- 16.IDEF 2023: Roketsan grows smart micro munition family with new variants. Janes Information Services. 28 July 2023.
- 17.https://www.twz.com/air/turkey-developing-its-own-bladed-ginsu-precision-guided-munition
- 18.Pryhodko, Roman. Baykar Delivers First Batch of Bayraktar TB2 to Kuwait. Militarnyi. 2025-07-20.
- 19.Beyond Retort - From Operation Swift Retort to Marg Bar Sarmachar.
- 20.Saudi Arabia Produces Combat Drones after Turkey's Tech Transfer. defenseworld.net. 2021-01-18.
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