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M43 General Purpose Bomb
The M43 was a World War Two (WW2)-era, United States Army (US Army) and US Navy (USN) used, 500 lb (227 kg) general purpose (GP) aerial bomb, though it was originally referred to as a demolition bomb. The M43 was commonly fitted with an M103 nose impact fuze and an M101 tail impact fuze, or their AN (Army-Navy) equivalents. Many other fuzes could also be used with the bomb. When the M43 used by the USN the M1 trunnion band, which allowed at...
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