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With a nominal weight of 500 lb (230 kg), it is one of the smallest bombs in current service, and one of the most common air-dropped weapons in the world. Although the Mk82's nominal weight is 500 lb (230 kg), its actual weight varies depending on its configuration, from 510 to 570 lb (230 to 260 kg).
The 1954 series of high-drag bombs was built in six sizes: 550 lb (250 kg), 1,100 lb (500 kg), 3,300 lb (1,500 kg), 6,600 lb (3,000 kg), 11,000 lb (5,000 kg), and 20,000 lb (9,000 kg). 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 SC 500 was a Sprengbombe Cylindrisch ("cylindrical explosive bomb") family of 500 kg weight general-purpose bombs used by the Luftwaffe of Nazi Germany during World War II. Design [ edit ]
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.
An explosion occurred after a U.S. bomb from World War II detonated at an airport in Japan on Wednesday, Oct. 2. The incident happened at Miyazaki Airport, a former Imperial Japanese Navy base ...
The bomb was used by Japanese forces at the Battle of Midway. [3] The bomb was designed in 1937 and adopted in 1938, and will penetrate 400 mm of reinforced concrete. [2] Type 99 No.25: Ordinary Bomb: 250 kg (550 lb) 60 kg (132 lb) Type 91 explosive (Trinitroanisol) One piece of machine forged 19 mm (3 ⁄ 4 in) steel: 170 cm (68 in) Horizontal ...
Greek army specialists Thursday destroyed an unexploded World War II bomb discovered during work on a massive urban development project at a coastal area south of Athens. Authorities said the 500 ...
The M29 cluster bomb was a 500-pound (230 kg) cluster bomb used by the United States Air Force during World War II against troops, unarmoured vehicles and artillery. [1] The weapon contained ninety 4-pound (1.8 kg) M83 fragmentation submunitions - a direct copy of the earlier German Butterfly Bomb - in 9 ten-bomb "wafers". [ 2 ]