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Mark 62 Quickstrike mine – A naval mine, which is a conversion of the Mark 82 bomb. [21] Mark 82 Mod 7 – Near-term solution for cluster bomb replacement that replaces the forged steel casing with a unitary "cast ductile iron" warhead and reconfigured burst height and fuze locations, dispersing iron fragmentation over a large area to fulfill ...
Mk. 82/Snakeye I 500-lb bomb with tail retarding device. At approximately 14:00 local time both RFA Sir Tristram and RFA Sir Galahad were badly damaged [17] by five A-4Bs of Grupo 5. Three A-4s targeted Sir Galahad, which was hit by three bombs released from the Skyhawk flown by First Lieutenant Carlos Cachón.
The GBU-12 Paveway II is an American aerial laser-guided bomb, based on the Mk 82 500 lb (230 kg) [3] general-purpose bomb, but with the addition of a nose-mounted laser seeker and fins for guidance. A member of the Paveway series of weapons, Paveway II entered into service c. 1976 .
Nicknamed "snake", as in the typical Vietnam support loadout of "snake and nape" (250 lb Mk 81 Snakeye bombs and 500 lb M-47 napalm canisters). GBU-29 Joint Direct Attack Munition , a precision guided version of the Mark 81 (cancelled).
Bomb disposal personnel from the Japanese Ground Self Defense Force determined that the explosion was caused by an American 500-pound bomb that was likely dropped during a World War II air raid.
“The Japanese dropped a bomb at the ship. It came right down the elevator and it landed right where we were stationed and exploded; a 500-pound bomb,” Cole said Wednesday in an interview with ...
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 nuclear) that does not contain a guidance system and hence simply follows a ballistic trajectory.