The Mark 82 is a 500-pound (230 kg) unguided, low-drag general-purpose bomb, part of the United States Mark 80 series. The explosive filling is usually tritonal, though other compositions have sometimes been used.

American AN-M64 500-lb general-purpose bomb in Boeing B-29 Superfortress weapons bay. General-purpose (GP) bombs use a thick-walled metal casing with explosive filler (typically TNT, Composition B, or Tritonal in NATO or United States service) comprising about 30% to 40% of the bomb's total weight. The British term for a bomb of this type is ...

Jul 11, 2024 · The United States has agreed to resume shipping 500-pound bombs to Israel while continuing to hold back supplies of powerful 2,000-pound bombs over concerns that Israeli forces will use the...

Jul 10, 2024 · The Biden administration will resume shipments of 500-pound bombs to Israel, which were initially part of a package of weapons held up over concerns about their use in Gaza, where Israeli...

Jul 10, 2024 · President Joe Biden's administration will resume shipping 500-pound bombs to Israel but will continue to hold back on supplying 2,000-pound bombs over concerns about their use in densely...

Jul 10, 2024 · The Biden administration is allowing a shipment of 500-pound bombs to be sent to Israel, after it was paused more than two months ago, a US official said.

The Mk 82 and its variants are 500-pound (227 kg) class, low-drag, general-purpose aircraft bombs containing 89 kg of high explosive. Originally dropped as an unguided bomb (sometimes referred to as an ‘iron’ or ‘dumb’ bomb), early versions of the Mk 82 were only able to hit their target 5.5% of the time, requiring large numbers of ...

Apr 4, 2024 · The Biden administration recently authorized the transfer of over 1,000 500-pound bombs and over 1,000 small-diameter bombs to Israel, according to three people familiar with the matter, adding...

The Mark-82 LDGP (Low-Drag General Purpose) is a 500 pound, unguided, free-fall bomb (dumb bomb), part of the U.S. Mark 80 series. The Mk-80 series was developed in the 1950s in response to the need for bombs producing less aerodynamic drag.

The idea of the General Purpose Bomb was that it should be easy to produce in large numbers and give a good percentage of efficiency against every type of target, obviously unlike a specialist bomb it would never give 100% effect against any target.