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ID

OSMP483

Date

28 June 2018

Source

Sharqiya Voice ↗

Reported Location

Year

2018

Munition Category

Air-Delivered Bomb

Functional use

Cluster Munition

Tentative Model

RBK-500 series › RBK-500 PTAB-1M

Research Organisation

Airwars

Base Colour

Grey / Silver

Marking Colour

Black White

Marking Script

Cyrillic Numerical

Condition

Delivered Munition Functioned Munition Part

Mechanical Feature

Suspension Lugs Welding Seams

Guidance

Unguided Munition

Domain

Air-to-Surface

Weight Class

500 kg

Analyst Note

30 May 2024

Russian air-delivered cluster bombs, such as this one, are often named using a designation that is a compound of the names of the cargo (carrier) bomb and the submunition it carries. For example, this RBK-500 unguided, air-delivered cluster bomb carries 268 PTAB-1M HEAT submunitions, and is thus designated the 'RBK-500 PTAB-1M'. (ARES)

External Research

Airwars

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