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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 ...
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 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 Directorate of Logistics of the Air Forces eventually requested to Gelperin the development of a five-ton bomb, capable of being dropped by the Pe-8, the heaviest Soviet bomber of the time. [2] The definitive version of the FAB-5000 was fitted with six contact lateral fuses, and the warhead was filled with 3200 kg (7055 lb) of an explosive ...
They include the FAB-250, FAB-500, and FAB-1500, which are named after their respective weights in kilograms. Oleh Synyehubov, governor of the Kharkiv region, ...
While they are more or less used to the FAB-500 by now, but the FAB-1500 is hell.” ... Final checks on bombs before flight of the crew of Su-34 Fighter Bomber on March 8. - Russian Defense ...
Crewmen had access to these positions through the wing or by a trapdoor in the upper wing surface. The large internal bomb bay racks held up to 4,000 kg (8,800 lb) of bombs; external racks held a single 500-kilogram (1,100 lb) FAB-500 (Fugasnaya AviaBomba - high explosive bomb) bomb under each wing. [3] [4] [5]
This photo made from video released by the Russian Defense Ministry on July 12, 2024, shows FAB-500 bombs being dropped by a Russian Su-34 bomber in an undisclosed location (AP)