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ZB-500RT

Bomb  
Russian Federation

The ZB-500RT (ЗБ-500РТ) is a Russian 500 kg class incendiary bomb, which divides, after a time period controlled by a time fuze, into three separately-fuzed parts after dropping. The 'ZB' (ЗБ) part of the designation is short for 'Zazhigatel'nyy Bak (Зажигательный Бак), which quite literally means 'incendiary tank'. The '500' part of the designation denotes it weight (size) class in kilograms. The meaning of the 'RT' (РТ) in the designat...

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