WEAPONS
The BDU-33  is used to simulate the Mk-82 low drag version.Its weight is about 12.5 kg.
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General Purpose bombs like the Mk-82 in slick and retarded version are only dropped  in the period from 15 sept. till 28 febr.
In the early days also 2000 pound
bombs were dropped at the range,
but nowadays there only will be practiced with 500 pound bombs.
Huge craters left by the live Mk-82`s
Dropping a Mk-82 live bomb in high drag mode.
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Laser guided bombs (LGB`s) are a hot item these days , but they
excist since the Vietnam war.
Since the early 70`s these bombs also were dropped on the Vliehors range.Laser guided bombs (also called `smart bombs`) are nothing more than a standard general purpose bomb body updated with a computer unit and guidance fins , to provide steering , attached to the front of the warhead and a wing assembly to the aft of the bomb body to provide lift.
GBU-12 steering fin.
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