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Russia is intensifying glide bomb attacks on Ukrainian defenses. ... They include the FAB-250, FAB-500, and FAB-1500, which are named after their respective weights in kilograms.
Video reportedly of Russian UMPK glide bomb/s dropped on Vuhledar. ... This weapon appears to be an attachment to the standard 1,100 pound FAB-500 M62 low-drag bomb, widely used by Russian fighter ...
In March 2024, photos of the wreckage of a previosly unseen Russian ordnance with the "UMPB" marking surfaced in Ukraine. Preliminary analysis of the wreckage told that UMPB is a type of air-launched weapon that has a FAB-250 bomb integrated into the guidance-and-glide kit, with inertial and satellite navigation systems, ailerons, and actuators at its aft end, with a jet engine and fuel tank ...
A Russian Su-34 bomber with a FAB-500 bomb. Russian Defense Ministry/Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images Russia has been reluctant to use its glide bombs in Kursk, experts say.
The FAB-500 is a Soviet-designed 500-kilogram (1,100 lb) general purpose air-dropped bomb with a high-explosive warhead, primarily used by the Russian Aerospace Forces, former Soviet republics and customer countries. The original M-54 model was rolled out in 1954, shaped for internal carriage by heavy bombers, a low-drag M-62 version in 1962 ...
The name of the bomb consists of the type of bomb (FAB-250M-46), its caliber in kilograms (FAB-250M-46), model by year of adoption (FAB-250M-46 - model 1946) and additionally (not always) an indication of its mass - if it differs significantly from the caliber (OFAB-250-270, FAB-1500-2600TS) and/or the design feature of the bomb or its production technology (FAB-500T - heat-resistant ...
The bomb is the FAB-1500, essentially a 1.5-tonne weapon of which nearly half comprises high explosives. It is delivered from above by fighter jets from a distance of some 60-70 kilometers, out of ...
A 1946 FAB-250 bomb A 1954 FAB-500 bomb. The Russian term for general-purpose bomb is fugasnaya aviatsionnaya bomba (FAB) and followed by the bomb's nominal weight in kilograms. Most Russian iron bombs have circular ring airfoils rather than the fins used by Western types.