FAB-250

The FAB-250 is a Soviet designed, general purpose, air-dropped bomb with a total weight of 250 kilogram with a high-explosive warhead, primarily used by the Russian Air Force, former Soviet republics and customer Countries. The original M-46 model was rolled out in 1946, followed by the M-54 model 1954 with reinforced structure, both models shaped for internal carriage by heavy bombers, a low-drag M-62 version in 1962 was intended for fighter bomber external hardpoint carriage.[4][2] The bomb is unguided, features a single nose fuse, and is compatible with most models of Soviet aircraft.[5] The FAB-250 was largely employed over Afghanistan by Soviet and allied Afghan forces during the 1980s.[6] The FAB-250 has been used most recently over Syria by both Russian and Syrian warplanes.[7]

FAB-250 M-62 General Purpose (GP) Bomb[1][2][3]
FAB-250 M-62
TypeHigh-drag and Low-drag general-purpose bomb
Place of originSoviet Union
Production history
Produced1946-? (M-46) 1954-present; (M-54); 1962-present M-62
VariantsKAB-250
Specifications
Mass250 kilograms (551 lb)

Variants
  • FAB-250 M-46 - 1946 model, original high-drag model intended for internal carriage on heavy bombers, thin walls.
  • FAB-250 M-54 - 1954 model, improved high-drag model with reinforced structure.
  • FAB-250 M-62 - 1962 model, low-drag model designed for external carriage on hardpoints on fighter-bombers.[8]

See also

References
  1. "FAB-250 General purpose Bomb". www.globalsecurity.org.
  2. "Russian Aviation Bombs". www.globalsecurity.org.
  3. "Soviet Gravity Bombs". www.globalsecurity.org.
  4. https://www.jmu.edu/cisr/_pages/research/afghanistan-oig/01-bomb.pdf
  5. "Ancile".
  6. https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/153206738.pdf
  7. "The Su-22 Is Syria's War-Weary Warhorse". War Is Boring. 2017-02-15. Retrieved 2018-03-15.
  8. Gordon, Yefim (2004). Soviet / Russian aircraft weapons : since World War Two. Hinkley: Midland Publishing. p. 158. ISBN 1857801881. OCLC 56650196.
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