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AN-M58A1
The AN-M58A1 was a US World War Two (WW2) era-developed, 500 lb (≈227 kg) class, semi-armour piercing (SAP) high explosive fragmentation (HE-frag) aerial bomb. In comparison to a general purpose (GP) bomb of similar weight, the steel body of the AN-M58A1 is smaller in diameter, and has a strengthened (thickened) nose and thickened sidewalls to better withstand the penetration of lightly armoured, or concrete structures. In its main penetrat...
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