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AN-M59A1
The AN-M59A1 was a US World War Two (WW2) era-developed, 1,000 lb (≈454 kg) class, semi-armour piercing (SAP) high explosive fragmentation (HE-frag) aerial bomb. The steel body of the AN-M59A1 has a strengthened (thickened) nose and thicken sidewalls to withstand the penetration of lightly armoured, or concrete structures. In its main penetration role, the AN-M59A1 does not use a nose fuze, just a tail fuze such as the AN-M102 series. When...
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