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air-dropped Weapon Systems

Weapon systems and military equipment tagged air-dropped.

6 weapon systems

220 lb bomb, 100 kg general-purpose bomb, Munitions

Munitions220 lb bomb100 kg general-purpose bombSide: UnknownBuilt: Soviet Union / Soviet UnionThe 220 lb bomb is a Soviet 100 kg-class freefall aviation bomb associated with the FAB-100 family. Deagel describes the modern FAB-100 as a low-drag, single-nose-fuze bomb introduced in 1962, and DCS L-39ZA reference material lists FAB-100 among the aircraft's carried bombs.

FAB-250 bomb, 250 kg general-purpose bomb, Munitions

MunitionsFAB-250 bomb250 kg general-purpose bombSide: UnknownBuilt: Soviet / Russian ordnance industry / Soviet Union / RussiaThe FAB-250 is a Soviet-designed 250 kg general-purpose bomb family used in M-46, M-54, and M-62 variants. Reference sources describe representative M62 examples as unguided high-explosive free-fall bombs with 250 mm lug spacing, and L-39ZA references place FAB-250-class bombs among the aircraft's carried ordnance.

FAB-250, 250 kg general-purpose free-fall aviation bomb, Munitions

MunitionsFAB-250250 kg general-purpose free-fall aviation bombSide: UnknownBuilt: Bazalt / Soviet Union / RussiaThe FAB-250 is a Soviet-origin 250 kg general-purpose free-fall aviation bomb family. WeaponsSystems.net describes the FAB M62 series as a Soviet free-fall bomb family with a common 250 kg version produced by Bazalt, while open reporting on the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war links converted An-2 aircraft to FAB 250 kg free-fall bombs.

Mk 82 500-pound unguided bomb, Air-delivered 500-pound low-drag general-purpose bomb, Munitions

MunitionsMk 82 500-pound unguided bombAir-delivered 500-pound low-drag general-purpose bombSide: Yemeni government and coalition forces / Israel / Philippine government forcesBuilt: General Dynamics / United StatesThe Mk 82 is the U.S. Mark 80-series 500-pound low-drag general-purpose bomb, documented in Philippine Air Force close-air-support strikes at Marawi, Saudi-led coalition operations in Yemen, and fragments from a July 2025 Gaza strike.

BL-755 cluster bomb, Air-dropped anti-armor cluster bomb, Munitions

MunitionsBL-755 cluster bombAir-dropped anti-armor cluster bombSide: Yemeni government and coalition forcesBuilt: Hunting Engineering Ltd / United KingdomThe BL-755 is a British air-dropped anti-armor cluster bomb built around a dispenser carrying 147 bomblets. In the Yemen Civil War, it is documented as a legacy UK-made munition used by Saudi-led coalition forces before Saudi Arabia said the coalition would cease using the type.

BLG 66 Belouga, Air-dropped cluster bomb and submunition dispenser, Munitions

MunitionsBLG 66 BelougaAir-dropped cluster bomb and submunition dispenserSide: Boko Haram and ISWAPBuilt: GIAT Industries / Thomson-DASA Armements / FranceThe BLG 66 Belouga is a French air-dropped cluster-bomb dispenser developed for low-level strike aircraft and loaded with 151 EG, IZ, or AC submunitions. In the Boko Haram Insurgency, sources reported Belouga-family submunitions recovered from Boko Haram-linked caches and suicide-bombing materials, making the relevant catalog context the repurposed submunitions rather than confirmed air delivery of the complete bomb.