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Home / Equipment / Bombs, grenades & mines / Mark 83 bomb

Bombs, grenades & minesSince 1950sProfile in progress

Mark 83 bomb

Low-drag general-purpose bomb

Mark 83 bomb is a low-drag general-purpose bomb originating in United States.

Origin: United States
Manufacturer: Not reported

Diameter: 350mm
Mass: 447kg
Length: 3moverall
Warhead: 202kg

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Technical data

Specifications

10 fields · 1 source · retrieved 1 Oct 2026

Dimensions & mass

Mass: 985 lb (447 kg)¹
Length: 9.8 ft (3 m) overall¹

True scale

Size in context

Length · overall: 3 m
Person: 1.75 m

Sourced dimensions beside a 1.75 m human reference.

Diameter

14 in (350 mm)¹

Warhead weight

445 lb (202 kg)¹

Systems & armament

Warhead: H6 or PBXN-109¹

Programme

Wars: Gulf War¹
Variants: GBU-16 Paveway II GBU-32 JDAM GBU-55 Laser JDAM¹
Tailspan: 19 in (480 mm)¹
Detonation mechanism: M904 nose fuze and M905 tail fuze¹
References: Janes¹

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Mark 83 bomb · Wikipedia revision 1344682460 ↗
Type
Infobox (Mark 83 general-purpose bomb) · Type
Low-drag general-purpose bomb
Place of origin
Infobox (Mark 83 general-purpose bomb) · Place of origin
United States
In service
Infobox (Mark 83 general-purpose bomb) · In service
Since 1950s
Wars
Infobox (Mark 83 general-purpose bomb) · Wars
Gulf War
Variants
Infobox (Mark 83 general-purpose bomb) · Variants
GBU-16 Paveway II GBU-32 JDAM GBU-55 Laser JDAM
Mass
Infobox (Mark 83 general-purpose bomb) · Mass
985 lb (447 kg)
Length
Infobox (Mark 83 general-purpose bomb) · Length
9.8 ft (3 m) overall
Diameter
Infobox (Mark 83 general-purpose bomb) · Diameter
14 in (350 mm)
Tailspan
Infobox (Mark 83 general-purpose bomb) · Tailspan
19 in (480 mm)
Warhead
Infobox (Mark 83 general-purpose bomb) · Warhead
H6 or PBXN-109
Warhead weight
Infobox (Mark 83 general-purpose bomb) · Warhead weight
445 lb (202 kg)
Detonation mechanism
Infobox (Mark 83 general-purpose bomb) · Detonation mechanism
M904 nose fuze and M905 tail fuze
References
Infobox (Mark 83 general-purpose bomb) · References
Janes

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Operator countries

5 countries documented

Mark 83 bomb equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.

Chile
Georgia
Germany
Taiwan
Türkiye

Additional operator references

Chile, Georgia, Germany, Taiwan, Türkiye

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