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MK 83 (GIDS)
It has a 498 mm tailspan with the standard conical fin unit. Its lug spacing can be 356 mm (NATO) or 250 mm (Russian). It is a 1,000 lb (500 kg)-class low drag general-purpose (LDGP) bomb that can be nose and/or tail fuzed. It is a version of the US MK 83 LDGP, for further details please refer to that entry
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