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Mark 83 bomblarger figure on 2 of 2
Measured figures
overall
Single source9.8 ft (3 m) overall[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Mark 83 bomb | RGD-5 |
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| Type | Low-drag general-purpose bomb[source] | Hand grenade[source] |
| Place of origin | United States[source] | Soviet Union[source] |
| In service | Since 1950s[source] | 1954–present[source] |
| Wars | Gulf War[source] | Vietnam War Six-Day War The Troubles Yom Kippur War Soviet–Afghan War Iran–Iraq War Invasion of Kuwait Gulf War First Chechen War Kosovo War Second Chechen War Iraq War Russo-Georgian War First Libyan Civil War Syrian Civil War Russo-Ukrainian War |
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
116.8 mm (4.60 in)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Variants | GBU-16 Paveway II GBU-32 JDAM GBU-55 Laser JDAM[source] | — |
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| Tailspan | 19 in (480 mm)[source] | — |
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| Warhead | H6 or PBXN-109[source] | — |
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| Detonation mechanism | M904 nose fuze and M905 tail fuze[source] | 3.2 to 4.2 seconds. pyrotechnic delay fuse[source] |
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| References | Janes[source] | — |
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| Filling | — | Trinitrotoluene[source] |
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| Blast yield | — | ~350 fragments[source] |
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| Manufacturer | — | Vytis[source]Lithuanian licensed copy · production 1992–1996 |
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| Reported operators | — |
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