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Aerial bombs and an aerodynamic guidance kit

Nine records cover stores released from an aircraft or an unmanned platform. The ballistic bombs are the FAB-100 M80 and FAB-250 M79, the fragmentation RAB-250 M91, the general purpose vFAB-250-2 and vFAB-1000-4, and the hardened penetration vPRAB-1000-9. Beside them sit the 128 mm PGB-128 gliding bomb, the 80 mm LAB-08 multipurpose bomb and the BNB-015IZ aerodynamic guidance kit, which the source describes as converting 200, 500 and 1000 lb bombs into corrected bombs. Masses and fuze or guidance details are given per record; suspension-lug spacing is published on the six ballistic bombs and on the PGB-128.

Line items
9
Calibres
2
Natures
1

By calibre

Models and specifications

128 mm precision gliding bomb PGB-128
PGB-128
128 mm

128 mm precision gliding bomb PGB-128

A precision-guided glide bomb of the small diameter bomb category weighing less than 50 kg, guided by GPS-aided inertial navigation against fixed targets and optionally by an added semi-active laser or imaging infrared seeker against moving targets, with a composite airframe, tail cone with all-moving control surfaces and Diamond Back type wings that deploy after release.

Caliber
128 mm (5 inch)
Weight class
less than 50 kg
Payload section
20 kg
80 mm light multipurpose aerial bomb LAB-08
LAB-08
80 mmHE

80 mm light multipurpose aerial bomb LAB-08

Light multipurpose 10.5 kg guided aerial bomb for launch from a UAV or other aircraft platform, with SAT/INS guidance, optional SAL/ORM terminal guidance, range up to 10 km and interchangeable fragmentation, penetration, shaped-charge/blast and incendiary warheads.

Mass
10.5 kg
Diameter / length
80 mm / 700 mm
Warhead mass
4.5 kg
100 kg HE aircraft bomb FAB-100 M80
FAB-100 M80
HE

100 kg HE aircraft bomb FAB-100 M80

A 117 kg high-explosive free-fall aircraft bomb with a 39 kg TNT main charge, intended for targets of medium fortification level and releasable safe or armed at speeds up to 1000 km/h.

Bomb type
FAB-100 M80
Diameter
230 mm
Length
1490 mm
1000 kg general purpose aerial bomb vFAB-1000-4
vFAB-1000-4
HE

1000 kg general purpose aerial bomb vFAB-1000-4

A 1000 kg demolition-fragmentation ballistic aerial bomb that defeats surface and buried objects by shock wave and steel-mantle fragments, supplied with stabiliser, two suspension lugs, protective transport plugs and transport packaging, and usable unguided or as a guided bomb warhead.

Fuze
One NATO-standard aft fuze
Body length without stabiliser
2484 mm without tip; 2551 mm with tip
Length with stabiliser
3695 mm without tip; 3761 mm with tip
1000 kg hardened penetration aerial bomb vPRAB-1000-9
vPRAB-1000-9
HE

1000 kg hardened penetration aerial bomb vPRAB-1000-9

A hardened penetration aerial bomb for reinforced targets on the surface, buried underground or sheltered behind rocky terrain, driving through protective walls on kinetic energy before a controlled detonation delivers a shock wave and body fragmentation.

Fuze
One NATO-standard aft fuze
Body length without stabiliser
2503 mm
Length with stabiliser
3727 mm
250 kg HE aircraft bomb FAB-250 M79
FAB-250 M79
HE

250 kg HE aircraft bomb FAB-250 M79

A 240 kg high-explosive free-fall aircraft bomb with a 105 kg TNT main charge, intended for targets of medium fortification level and releasable safe or armed at speeds up to 1000 km/h.

Bomb type
FAB-250 M79
Diameter
325 mm
Length
2015 mm
250 kg general purpose aerial bomb vFAB-250-2
vFAB-250-2
HE

250 kg general purpose aerial bomb vFAB-250-2

A 250 kg demolition-fragmentation ballistic aerial bomb that destroys or neutralises surface and buried targets by blast and by fragments from its bursting steel mantle, fin-stabilised in flight and usable either unguided or as the warhead of a guided aircraft bomb.

Fuze
One NATO-standard aft fuze
Body length without stabiliser
1530 mm
Length with stabiliser
2200 mm
250 kg high-explosive fragmentation air bomb RAB-250 M91
RAB-250 M91
HE

250 kg high-explosive fragmentation air bomb RAB-250 M91

A 252 kg air bomb with a 70 kg TNT charge and 15,000 steel balls, intended to annihilate and disable personnel and technical assets such as light armoured combat and non-combat vehicles, artillery, rocket and radar devices and installations and landed aircraft, released freely or by impulse from carriers with 250 mm or 355.6 mm bomb lock spacing.

Mass of Air Bomb
252 kg
Mass of bomb body
231 kg
Tail Unit mass
14.5 kg
Aerodynamic guidance kit for aircraft bombs BNB-015IZ
BNB-015IZ

Aerodynamic guidance kit for aircraft bombs BNB-015IZ

An aerodynamic guidance kit that converts conventional 200 lb (~100 kg), 500 lb (~250 kg) and 1000 lb (~500 kg) aviation bombs into corrected bombs against stationary and low-dimension targets, using a combined inertial and satellite navigation system with four canard control surfaces, and serving as a platform for other guidance systems such as TV (CCD), IIR or laser.

Weight
25-31 kg (depends on design solution)
Designation
BNB-015IZ
Applicable bombs
200, 500 and 1000 lb; M54, M62, M79, Mk8x bomb models

How aerial bombs are specified in tender documents

The six ballistic bombs give body diameter and length, the mass and type of the explosive charge, and the spacing between suspension lugs — 250 mm and 355.6 mm on the FAB and RAB entries, 355.6 mm (14 in) on the vFAB-250-2 and 762 mm (30 in) on the two 1000 kg bombs. Mass with and without the stabiliser is quoted on the vFAB and vPRAB records, while the FAB-100 M80 and FAB-250 M79 give weight without fuzes. Fuze designations are named on the FAB and RAB entries and a single NATO-standard aft fuze on the vFAB and vPRAB records, and release or bombing speed appears on five of the six. Crate dimensions and gross weight are published on the two FAB records. The guided entries are specified differently: PGB-128 by weight class, payload section and release altitude, LAB-08 by diameter, length, mass, warhead mass and circular error, and BNB-015IZ by weight, applicable bomb classes and release envelope.

What separates the FAB, vFAB and guided entries

FAB and RAB mark the older free-fall bombs, filled with TNT and completed with AVU-ET, AUFK or UPB M91 fuzes. The vFAB and vPRAB records list TNT, Composition B or Tritonal as explosive options with one aft fuze to NATO standard, a twenty-year minimum storage life and a five-year inspection interval. PGB-128, LAB-08 and BNB-015IZ are the guided entries, each with its own navigation description.

Questions about this equipment

What weight classes are represented?

Quoted masses run from the 10.5 kg LAB-08 and the under-50 kg PGB-128 through the 117 kg FAB-100 M80 and the 227 to 273 kg quarter-tonne records to the 1000 kg class, where the bodies are 861 kg on the vPRAB-1000-9 and 869 or 872 kg on the vFAB-1000-4, or 897 and 908 kg gross with the stabiliser. The BNB-015IZ kit is itself quoted at 25 to 31 kg depending on the design solution.

Is packaging data published for these bombs?

For some of them. The FAB-100 M80 record lists twelve bodies in one crate at 1450 kg gross, with fins crated separately, and the FAB-250 M79 lists three bodies per crate. The vFAB and vPRAB entries instead quote storage life, inspection interval and operating temperature range.