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ID

OSMP456

Date

17 December 2016

Source

Al A'Amaq ↗

Reported Location

Year

2016

Munition Category

Air-Delivered Bomb

Functional use

Blast Munition

Tentative Model

GBU-12 Paveway II series

Research Organisation

Airwars

Base Colour

Grey / Silver

Marking Colour

Black Red

Marking Script

Latin Numerical

Condition

Delivered Munition Functioned Munition Part

Guidance

Guided Munition

Domain

Air-to-Surface

Weight Class

500 lbs

Analyst Note

30 May 2024

This component is one of four pneumatically controlled canards from the guidance section of a Paveway II precision guided munition (PGM) conversion kit. When a Paveway II conversion kit is fitted to a MK 82 series unguided air-delivered bomb (note markings), the munition receives a GBU-12 series designation. (ARES)

External Research

Airwars

“More than 40 civilians were reported killed or injured due to shelling inside Mosul.”