FAB-250 vs FAB-500
| Introduced by the Soviet Union in 1946, the FAB-250 is a 250-kilogram general-purpose aerial bomb, distinguished by its thick-walled steel casing designed to produce fragmentation upon detonation. | |
| Origin | 🇷🇺 Russia |
| Category | Unguided Bomb |
| Type | General Purpose Air-dropped Bomb |
| Manufacturer | Russian State Industry |
| Service year | 1962 |
| Number produced | -- units |
| Estimated unit price | NA |
| The FAB-500 is a Soviet-designed, general-purpose high-explosive bomb introduced in 1954, primarily used for destroying industrial, infrastructure, and military targets, and characterized by its streamlined body. | |
| Origin | 🇷🇺 Russia |
| Category | Unguided Bomb |
| Type | General Purpose High-explosive Aerial Bomb |
| Manufacturer | Russian State Industry |
| Service year | 1962 |
| Number produced | -- units |
| Estimated unit price | NA |
| Range | NA |
| Maximum speed | NA |
| Weight | 250 kg ◉ |
| Warhead | 99.0 kg ◉ |
| Length | 1.20 m ◉ |
| Diameter | 285 mm ◉ |
| Guidance | Unguided |
| Warhead type | High-explosive |
| Range | 70.0 km |
| Maximum speed | Mach 1.6 |
| Weight | 500 kg ◉ |
| Warhead | 150.0 kg ◉ |
| Length | 2.47 m ◉ |
| Diameter | 452 mm ◉ |
| Guidance | Satellite guidance |
| Warhead type | High-explosive |