Mark 82 bomb
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The Mark 82 is a 500-pound unguided, low-drag general-purpose bomb, part of the United States Mark 80 series. The explosive filling is usually tritonal, though other compositions have sometimes been u
U.S. Navy McDonnell F-4B Phantom II of VF-111 Sundowners deploying Mark 82 bombs over Vietnam, 1971.
Museum-based inert Mark 82 bomb with a Snake Eye Tail Retarding Device – displaying deployed high-drag tail-fin for low-altitude release.
A B-2 Spirit dropping Mk82 bombs into the Pacific Ocean in a 1994 training exercise off Point Mugu, California.
Naval aviation ordnanceman installing arming wire on the nose fuze of a Mark 82 500-pound bomb.
General-purpose bomb
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A general-purpose bomb is an air-dropped bomb intended as a compromise between blast damage, penetration, and fragmentation in explosive effect. They are designed to be effective against enemy troops,
Mark 82 bomb
…The Mark 82 is a 500-pound (230 kg) unguided, low-drag general-purpose bomb, part of the United States Mark 80 series. The explosive filling is usually tritonal, though other compositions have sometimes been used. It is…
American AN-M64 500-lb general-purpose bomb in Boeing B-29 Superfortress weapons bay
A 4000 lb GP bomb, 1943
A Mk 82 GP bomb loaded on an F/A-18 Hornet, showing nose fuze and textured thermal insulation
Guidance accessories for a 500 lb body and a Laser-Guided Training Round, bottom