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M57 General Purpose Bomb
The M57 was a World War Two (WW2)-era, United States Army (US Army) and US Navy (USN) used, 250 lb (≈113 kg) general purpose (GP) aerial bomb, though it was originally referred to as a demolition bomb. The M57 is thought to have been fitted with an M103 series nose impact fuze and an M106 tail impact fuze, or their AN (Army-Navy) equivalents. Many other fuzes could potentially be used with the bomb. The M57, along with the 500 lb (227 kg)-c...
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