| Mark 83 General Purpose (GP) Bomb | |
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 Mark 83 1,000-pound general purpose bombs |
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| Type | Low-drag general purpose bomb |
| Place of origin | United States |
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| Weight | 1014 lb (447 kg) |
| Length | 119. 49 inches (3000 mm) |
| Diameter | 14. 06 inches (357 mm) |
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| Filling | Tritonal, Minol or H6 |
| Filling weight | 385 lb (202 kg) |
The Mark 83 is part of the Mark 80 series of low-drag general-purpose bombs in United States service. A general-purpose bomb is an air-dropped Bomb intended as a compromise between blast damage penetration and fragmentation in explosive effect In Fluid dynamics, drag (sometimes called fluid resistance) is the force that resists the movement of a Solid object through a Fluid (a A general-purpose bomb is an air-dropped Bomb intended as a compromise between blast damage penetration and fragmentation in explosive effect The United States of America —commonly referred to as the
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Development & deployment
The nominal weight of the bomb is 1,000 lb (454 kg), although its actual weight varies between 985 lb (447 kg) and 1,030 lb (468 kg), depending on fuse options, parachute retardation, and fin configuration. [1] The Mk 83 is a streamlined steel casing containing 445 lb (202 kg) of Tritonal high explosive. Tritonal is a mixture of 80% TNT and 20% Aluminum powder, used in several types of ordnance such as air-dropped Bombs The aluminum improves the When filled with PBXN-109 thermally insensitive explosive, the bomb is designated BLU-110.
The Mk 83/BLU-110 is used as the warhead for a variety of precision-guided weapons, including the GBU-16 Paveway laser-guided bombs, the GBU-32 JDAM and Quickstrike sea mines. Paveway is a trademark of Raytheon Company which identifies its variants of Laser Guided Bombs (LGB A laser-guided bomb (LGB is a Precision-guided munition (PGM that uses semi-active Laser homing to strike a designated target with greater accuracy than a free-fall Overview The JDAM is not a weapon rather it is a "bolt-on" upgrade for unguided gravity bombs installed during build up of the munition by Naval Ordnancemen or Air Force Overview The JDAM is not a weapon rather it is a "bolt-on" upgrade for unguided gravity bombs installed during build up of the munition by Naval Ordnancemen or Air Force A naval mine is a self-contained Explosive device placed in water to destroy Ships or Submarines Unlike Depth charges mines are deposited
This bomb is most typically used by the United States Navy.
See also
References
- ^ Mk83 General Purpose Bomb. The Mark 81 (Mk 81 250 lb (113 kg general purpose bomb (nicknamed " Firecracker " was the smallest of the Mark 80 series of low- drag The Mark 82 (Mk 82 is an unguided low- drag General-purpose bomb ( Dumb bomb) part of the U The Mark 84 is an American General-purpose bomb, the largest of the Mark 80 series of weapons Federation of American Scientists.
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