Also known as the Low Collateral Damage Bomb (LCDB), it is a BLU-111 with a smaller explosive charge.
Delivery of this type started in March 2007. Navy request to lower collateral damage in air strikes. Navy, this is the BLU-111/B with a thermal-protective coating added to reduce cook-off in (fuel-related) fires. The BLU-111/B also is the warhead of the A-1 version of the Joint Stand-Off Weapon. PBXN-109 is a less sensitive explosive filler when compared to H6. BLU-111/B – Mk82 casing filled with PBXN-109 (instead of Composition H6) item weighs 481 lb (218 kg).The fins increase the drag of the bomb, slowing its forward progress and allowing the delivery aircraft to safely pass over the target before the bomb explodes. The tail unit has four folded fins that spring open into a cruciform shape when the bomb is released. In this configuration, it is referred to as the Mk82 Snake Eye. To address this issue, the standard Mk82 General-Purpose bomb can be fitted with a special high-drag tail fin unit. In low-level bombing, it is possible for the delivering aircraft to sustain damage from the blast and fragmentation effects of its own munitions since the aircraft and ordnance arrive at the target almost simultaneously.
It killed at least 51 people, mostly children. Munitions experts confirmed that the numbers on it identified Lockheed Martin as its maker and that this particular Mk 82 was a Paveway, a laser-guided bomb. In August, 2018, a Mark 82 bomb was used for the Dahyan air strike. Saudi Arabia requested 8,000 Mk82s in 2015, along with guidance kits and other weapons. France requested 1,200 Mk82s in 2010 to Société des Ateliers Mécaniques de Pont-sur-Sambre (SAMP) which builds Mk82s under license. More than 4,500 GBU-12/Mk82 laser-guided bombs were dropped on Iraq during the Persian Gulf War. For display purposes, the optional high-drag Snake Eye tailfin set used for low-altitude release is shown.Īccording to a test report conducted by the United States Navy's Weapon System Explosives Safety Review Board established in the wake of the 1967 USS Forrestal fire, the cooking off time for a Mk82 is approximately 2 minutes 30 seconds. 82 bomb with a Snake Eye Tail Retarding Device – this photograph shows an unfuzed, museum display Mk82 with its usual combat paint scheme.
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