Dropped Bombs Flashcards
What is the fall back for dropped bombs is it can’t be identified?
General purpose (GP)
What are the different types of dropped bombs?
general purpose (GP) general purpose old series (GPOS) general purpose new series (GPNS) general purpose low drag (GPLD) penetrator guided bomb destructor (air laid mine) incendiary chemical
How can you ID general purpose old series (GPOS) bombs?
- body is one piece steel construction
- welded on lifting lugs: two on one side, one on the opposite side
- fixed stabilizers, usually welded
- 2” fuse well, nose and tail
- GP bombs 50% of bombs weight is explosive material
What are the general purpose old series (GPOS) bomb fuses?
- VT
- impact
- impact inertia
- ET
- CW
- MT
What are the general purpose old series (GPOS) bomb fuse safeties?
HE, frag, move, + fuse safeties
How can you ID general purpose new series (GPNS) bombs?
- ogive starts about halfway between first suspension lug and the nose
- body is one piece steel construction, large diameter with tapered nose
- screwed on suspension lugs, with a charging well between the suspension lugs
- 3” fuse well nose and tail
What are the general purpose new series (GPNS) bomb fuses?
- VT
- impact
- impact inertia
- ET
- CW
- MT
What are the general purpose new series (GPNS) bomb safeties?
HE, frag, move, + fuse safeties
How can you ID general purpose low drag (GPLD) bombs?
- tapering starts right in front of first suspension lug
- body is one piece steel construction
- screwed on suspension lugs, with charging well between the two
- bolted on stabilizers
- 3” fuse well nose and tail
- cigar shape designed to produce less drag
What are the general purpose low drag (GPLD) bomb fuses?
- VT
- impact
- impact inertia
- ET
- CW
- MT
What are the general purpose low drag (GPLD) bomb safeties?
HE, frag, move, + fuse safeties
How can you ID general purpose (GP) bombs?
any bomb that does not follow the ID features of GPOS, GPNS, GPLD are considered general purpose (GP) bombs
What are general purpose (GP) bomb fuses?
-VT
-impact
-impact inertia
-ET
-CW
MT
What are general purpose (GP) bomb safeties?
HE, frag, move, + fuse safeties
How can you ID penetration bombs?
- have between 25-30% explosive filler
- casings are designed to penetrate through hardened bunkers and buildings
- one piece steel construction body. 2/3 to 3/4 weight of bomb is the casing
- will have tail fuse only
- US penetrator bombs normally flair out in the rear
What are penetrator bomb fuses?
impact inertia
what are penetrator bomb safeties?
HE, frag, move
How can you ID guided bombs?
- are maneuverable, free-fall weapons requiring no electronic interconnect to aircraft
- internal semi-active guidance system that detects laser energy and guides the weapon to a target illuminated by an external laser source
- designator can be located in the delivery aircraft, another aircraft, or a ground source
- body is standard GP bomb (GPLD or GPNS)
- will consist of a computer-control group (CCG), guidance canards (control surfaces) and fins attached to the front of the warhead to provide steering commands
- wing assembly attached to the aft end to provide lift
What are guided bomb fuses?
impact (electrically armed)
What are guided bomb safeties?
HE, frag, move, EMR, static, ejection, 24hr WT
How can you ID destructor bombs?
- the aircraft laid mine is a GP bomb, which incorporates a fuzing system that turns it into a mine
- can be used on land or in the sea. All mines have the capability of making arming-delay, sterilization, self-destruct, and other operational settings
- uses a GPLD bomb body
- must have some kind of retardation, parachute, or snake eye fins
- key ID features are a golden plate in the rear charging well and sometimes a white band around the body
What are destructor bomb fuses?
electronic (not ET)
What are destructor bomb safeties?
He, frag, move, magnetic, EMR, static, WT, seismic
How can you ID incendiary bombs?
- thin metal construction
- bomb will not be aerodynamic
- no fin assemblies/stabilizers
- filler plug by ogive
