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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). It is a streamlined steel casing containing 192 lb (87 kg) of Tritonal high explosive. The Mk82 is offered with a variety of fin kits, fuzes, and retarders for different purposes.
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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). [1]
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.
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.
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 ...
Ordinary Bomb: 500 kg (1,100 lb) 67 kg (148 lb) Cast blocks of Type 98 explosive: One piece of machine forged steel 25 to 191 mm (1 to 7.5 in) thick: 200 cm (78 in) Horizontal, two guide studs and suspension band-100 cm (39.5 in) long sheet steel: A-3 (f), B-2 (a) Teardrop shaped No.80 Model 1: Ordinary Bomb: 830 kg (1,820 lb) 350 kg (770 lb)
Between the war's start last October and recent days, the United States has transferred at least 14,000 of the MK-84 2,000-pound bombs, 6,500 500-pound bombs, 3,000 Hellfire precision-guided air ...