Unguided bomb
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An unguided bomb, also known as a free-fall bomb, gravity bomb, dumb bomb, or iron bomb, is an aircraft-dropped bomb that does not contain a guidance system and hence simply follows a ballistic trajec
An unguided 500 lb (230 kg) Mark 82 bomb with no retarder
An F-111 dropping Mark 82 bombs with ballute-type retardation systems (Mk82AIR / BSU49B)
Mk. 82 bomb with a Snake Eye tail retarding device – this photograph shows an unfuzed, museum display Mk 82 with its usual combat paint scheme. For display purposes, the optional high-drag Snake Eye tailfin set used for low-altitude release is shown.
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
Unguided bomb
…An unguided 500 lb (230 kg) Mark 82 bomb with no retarder An unguided bomb, also known as a free-fall bomb, gravity bomb, dumb bomb, or iron bomb, is an aircraft-dropped bomb (conventional or…
U.S. Navy McDonnell F-4B Phantom II of VF-111 Sundowners deploying Mark 82 bombs over Vietnam, 1971.
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.