Aircraft Bombs in Afghanistan

5. US Aircraft Bombs
1. US / Coalition
Guided Bombs
Guided Bomb Units (GBUs)
(Laser Guided Bombs)
British Paveway Guided Bomb Units
Laser Guided Bombs
 GBU 10 (Guided Bomb Unit)
Laser Guided Bomb with Mk 84 GPLD

GBU 10 Laser
Guided Bomb with
Mk 84 GPLD
 GBU 12 Laser
Guided Bomb
GBU 12 (Guided Bomb Unit)
Laser Guided Bomb with Mk 82 GPLD

with Mk 82 GPLD
 GBU 16 (Guided Bomb Unit)
GBU 16 Laser Guided
Laser Guided Bomb with Mk 83 GPLD
Bomb with Mk 83 GPLD
 GBU 24 (Guided Bomb Unit)
Laser Guided Bomb with Mk 84 GPLD

GBU 24 Laser
Guided Bomb with
Mk 84 GPLD
 GBU 24 (Guided Bomb Unit)
GBU 24 Laser
Laser Guided Bomb with BLU 109

Guided Bomb
with BLU 109
GBU 28 (Guided Bomb Unit) with BLU
113/B 2,002kg Penetration bomb
GBU 28 (Guided Bomb Unit)

GBU 28
(Guided Bomb
Unit)
 US JDAM
(Joint Direct Attack Munition)
GPS (Global Positioning System)
Guided Bomb Unit (GBU)
JDAM GBU 31 (with Mk 84 GPLD)
JDAM GBU 31 (with BLU 109)

JDAM GBU 31
(with BLU 109)
US Guided Bomb Unit (GBU) Walleye
(Television Guided Bomb)
 2. US / Coalition
General purpose and
Penetrator Bombs and
Warhead Sections for Guided
Bombs
 750 lb US GP HE bomb
(406mm wide x 1.2 metres long without
tail)
750 lb M117 GP Bomb (cutaway view)
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General Purpose
General bombbomb
Purpose
tail
Tail impact
Suspension lugs fuze
Base plate

Charging
well

Proximity sensing element

Tail fuze well

HE filling
body
 US Mk 84 2,000 Lb
General Purpose Low Drag Bomb
(457mm Wide X 2,47 metres Long
Without Tail)
 US Mk 83 1,000 lb
General Purpose Low Drag bomb
(356mm wide x 1,84 metres long
without tail)
 US Mk 82 500 lb
General Purpose Low Drag bomb
(274mm wide x 1,54 metres long without tail)
 GPLD unguided
GPLD unguided
bomb
bomb with Conical tailwith
unitconical
tail unit
 GPLD unguided bomb
with retarded tail unit

Mk 82 500lb GPLD
Unguided Bomb
with retarded tail
unit
 US Mk 81 250 lb
General Purpose Low Drag bomb
(229mm wide x 1,1 metres long without
tail)
From left to right,US Mk 84, Mk 83, Mk 82
and Mk 81 General Purpose Low Drag
Bombs
US BLU 109 Penetration HE bomb
(2 metres long 368mm wide)
BLU 109 Penetration
HE Bomb
BLU 109 Penetration HE
Bomb (cutaway view)
3. Miscellaneous
US / Coalition
Aircraft Bombs
 US 15,000 lb BLU 82/B
HE (High Explosive) Blast Bomb
(Diameter 1.37 metres x 3.5 metres long)
BLU 82/B
15,000lb
Bomb
BLU 82/B 15,000lb Blast Bomb
(cutaway view)