Fixed-Wing Aviation Ordnance Flashcards
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5 General Categories of Aviation Ordnance:
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- Bombs
- Missiles
- Rockets
- Guns
- Flares
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General Purpose Bombs
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- “GP” or “Dumb” bombs
- Cheap & Abundant
- 45-50% of weight is explosive
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MK-80 series are what kind of bombs?
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GP Bombs
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MK-82
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500 lbs GPB
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MK-83
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1000 lb GPB
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MK-84
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2000 lb GPB
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M-117
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750 lb GPB
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The M-117 is carried exclusively by the USAF ________?
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B-52H
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Conical Fin
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- Provide stability
- Make bomb ballistically true
- Commonly referred to as “low drag” or “slick”
- Normally delivered using dive or level profiles
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MK-82 HDGP “Snake Eye” Fins
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- Normally used for low-altitude level deliveries
- Cockpit selectable
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MK-82 HDGP “AIR”
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- “AIR” = Air Inflatable Retarder
- Cockpit selectable
- Sometimes referred to as a “Ballute”
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BLU-109
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- Hardened 2000 lb bomb
- Hard Target Penetrator used for bunkers, AC shelters, and reinforced concrete structures.
- No forward fuze well (Tail fuze only)
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BLU-126
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- Low Collateral Damage Bomb (LCDB)
- 500 lb bomb (externally identical to MK-82)
- 27 lbs of explosive (rest is replaced by ballast)
- Reduced fragmentation and blast radius
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BLU-129
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- Very Low Collateral Damage Bomb (VLCDB)
- 500 lb bomb body
- Fiber composite body instead of traditional steel
- Focused Blast
- No Fragmentation
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The BLU-109 is primarily used with:
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- GBU-24 (LLLGB)
- GBU-31v3 (JDAM)
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The BLU-126 is primarily used with:
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- GBU-51 (LGB)
- GBU-52 (DMLGB)
- GBU-38v4
- GBU-54v4
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The BLU-129 is primarily used with:
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- GBU-38v5
- GBU-54v5
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2 Purposes of a Fuze:
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- Provides an Arming Delay
2. Provides a Functioning Delay
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2 Classes of Fuzes:
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- Mechanical Fuzes
2. Electrical Fuzes
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3 Fuze Functioning Modes:
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- Instantaneous/Contact: detonates upon impact
- Proximity/Airburst: detonates at a pre-determined height above the ground.
- Delay: detonates at some finite amount of time after impact. (Usually used for penetration and measured in milliseconds)
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DSU-33 Proximity Sensor
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- Radar Proximity Sensor
- Provides a Height of Burst (HOB) fire pulse signal to the fuze for JDAM and GP bombs.
- HOB is 5-35 ft.
- Nominal is 20 ft.
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FMU-152A/B JPF
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- JPF: Joint Programmable Fuze
- Cockpit selectable fuze settings: impact, airburst, delay
- Utilized w/ GP bombs and JDAM variants
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MK-77
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- Incendiary Bomb
- Thin skinned container
- No stabilizing fins
- Contains oxidizing agents
- Used against dug-in troops, supply points, convoys
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White Phosphorous
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- Considered an Incendiary Weapon
- Commonly used for Marking or Screening
- Spontaneously flammable
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Thermobaric Weapons
- Disperses a fine particle cloud of solid fuel, or an explosive liquid, and then detonates the cloud with a charge.
- High temperature, high pressure explosives for use in confined locations such as caves and tunnels.
- BLU-118/B
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Cluster Bomb Unit (CBU)
- Canister (SUU) + submunition (BLU) = CBU
- Submunition determines weapon effects
- Anti-personnel, Anti-material, Anti-tank
- Area, moving, and point targets
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CBU-87 (CEM)
- CEM: Combined Effects Munition
- All-purpose
- 202 BLU-97/B Submunitions
- Area weapon
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2 Types of Rockets:
1. 2.75-inch
| 2. 5.0-inch Zuni
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APKWS (AGR-20)
- APKWS: Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System
| - Laser guided 2.75" HE rocket
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6 Practice/Inert Bombs:
1. BDU-33 (25 lbs)
2. MK-76 (25 lbs)
3. LGTR (89 lbs)
4. BDU-45 (500 lbs)
5. BDU-50 (500 lbs)
6. BDU-56 (2000 lbs)
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PGMs
Precision Guided Munitions
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5 PGM Classifications:
1. Laser-guided bomb (LGB)
2. Electro-Optical (EO)
3. Infrared (IR)
4. Imaging Infrared (IIR)
5. Inertially Aided Munition (IAM)
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Laser-Guided Bombs
- Terminally guided ballistic weapon
- Weapon is released w/in ballistic parameters
- Target is designated w/ a laser energy (PRF Code)
- Seeker detects the laser energy
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3 Paveway II LGB Types
1. GBU-12
2. GBU-16
3. GBU-10
- Expect high altitude, level delivery profiles
- May be employed using a dive/loft delivery
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GBU-12 =
MK-82 (500 lb) + Guidance Kit
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GBU-16 =
MK-83 (1000 lb) + Guidance Kit
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GBU-10 =
MK-84 (2000 lb) + Guidance Kit
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Paveway III Improvements:
- Improved guidance computer
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GBU-24 (LLLGB)
- MK-84 body (GBU-24) or BLU-109 (GBU-24A)
| - Paveway III low-level LGB kit added
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JDAM
- Joint Direct Attack Munition
- Intertially-Aided Munition
- Guided by an integrated inertial navigation system (INS) coupled w/ a GPS receiver. (INS/GPS)
- Autonomously guided to the target
- All-weather strike capability
- Highly accurate
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4 Types of JDAMS:
1. GBU-38 (MK-82 w/ JDAM Kit)
2. GBU-32 (MK-83 w/ JDAM Kit)
3. GBU-31v1 (MK-84 w/ JDAM Kit)
4. GBU-31v3 (BLU-109 w/ JDAM Kit)
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GBU-54 Laser JDAM
- Dual-mode guided weapon.
- Consists of a GBU-38 body fitted w/ a DSU-38/B seeker (Precision Laser Guidance Set / PLGS)
- Uses a combination of INS/GPS & Laser guidance to accurately engage moving targets
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GBU-54 Variants:
GBU-54v4 (BLU-126 Body)
| GBU-54v5 (BLU-129 Body)
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WCMD
- Wind Corrected Munitions Dispenser
- Replaces standard CBU tail w/ guidance system
- Incorporates INS that is GPS updated before release
- Corrects for launch errors and wind
- Computes optimum flight path (CEP: 26m)
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4 Types of WCMD:
1. CBU-103 (CBU-87 + WCMD)
2. CBU-104 (CBU-89 +WCMD)
3. CBU-105 (CBU-97 +WCMD)
4. CBU-107 (PAW)
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AGM-65 Maverick
- Air-to-Ground Missile
- Range: 5-12 NM
- Used against armor & HVTs
- Variants: EO, IR, IIR, LASER
- Highly accurate
- Low Collateral Damage
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AGM-65E
- Electro-optical charged-couple device
- Seeker: Laser
- Warhead: 300lb penetrator / blast-frag
- Used by: USMC & USN
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AGM-176 Griffin
- Stand-Off Precision Guided Munition (SOPGM)
- GPS/INS w/ semi-active laser
- 45 lbs (13lb warhead)
- Moving target capability
- Low-collateral damage weapon
- Danger Close: 170m
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GBU-39/B
- 250 lbs (50 lb warhead)
- INS/GPS guidance
- Cockpit selectable (Impact, HOB (7-14ft), Delay (60ms))
- CEP: 5-8m
- Range: Up to 40+ NM
- Fixed or stationary targets
