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The M117 is an air-dropped demolition bomb [1] used by United States military forces. The weapon dates back to the Korean War of the early 1950s. Although it has a nominal weight of 750 pounds (340 kg) its actual weight, depending on fuze and retardation options, can be around 820 pounds (372 kg).
Hardened Penetration Bomb 550lbs free-fall bomb MPR-500: Israel 500lbs precision guided bomb MLGB: Israel 250lbs laser guided bomb MSOV: Israel Stand off capabilities 1,500lbs glide bomb FASTLIGHT: Israel 110lbs precision guided bomb M117: United States 387lbs free-fall bomb Spice 250: Israel Developed from the AGM-142: 250lbs precision guided bomb
A feature of the 1954 series of bombs is the ballistic ring on the nose of the bomb which acts as a vortex generator to aid the bomb's stabilizers. [10] The smaller (less than 6,600 lb or 3,000 kg) bombs had a single nose and a single tail fuze, while the larger weapons shared a single nose fuze and two base fuzes.
The Texas Instruments BOLT-117 (BOmb, Laser Terminal-117), retrospectively redesignated as the GBU-1/B (Guided Bomb Unit) [1] [3] was the world's first laser-guided bomb (LGB). It consisted of a standard M117 750-pound (340 kg) bomb case with a KMU-342 laser guidance and control kit. This consisted of a gimballed laser seeker on the front of ...
M117 bomb; Mark 77 bomb; Mark 82 bomb; Mark 83 bomb; Mark 84 bomb; P. PDU-5B dispenser unit; Perseus (munition) This page was last edited on 1 April 2018, at 15:34 ...
The bomb was released from its clamps and fell on the bomb bay doors, which held for a “second or two,” before breaking open and dropping a military-grade warhead on the Gregg home just east ...
A new experimental US Air Force bomb can sink warships, but the question is if it's the right weapon for a war with China. Jake Epstein. August 10, 2024 at 7:47 AM.
A 4,000 lb (1.8 t) blockbuster bomb being loaded onto a De Havilland Mosquito of the RAF, circa 1944. The explosive filling of tritonal 80/20 is stencilled on the side, inside the chalked "O" of "Adolf" A 750 lb (340 kg) M117 bomb. The explosive filling of tritonal is stencilled on the nose