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This page is about the Japanese bomb Army Type 92 GPHE (500 kg). For other uses, see Type 92 (Disambiguation).

The Army Type 92 GPHE (500 kg) dropped from Ki-49-IIa.

Description

Army Type 92 GPHE (500 kg) was a bomb used by the aviation of the Imperial Japanese Army during the World War Two, primarily on its frontline bombers. It's a very competent explosive, able to deal with tanks and naval vessels alike.

Vehicles equipped with this weapon

General info

Bomb characteristics
Mass	500 kg
Explosive mass	223 kg
Explosive type	Shimose
TNT equivalent	245.3 kg
HE max penetration	92 mm
Armour destruction radius	10 m
Fragment dispersion radius	139 m

Effective damage

The bomb produces high explosive damage, able to overpressure soft-body vehicles from even a relatively distant explosion. Dealing with harder targets, such as tanks, or fully armoured tank destroyers, requires the bomb to land within less than 10 meters from the target. Against blue water naval vessels, either a direct hit is required, or dropping the bomb ahead of the vessel, so that it'd explode under the keel while sinking to maximise the damage output.

Comparison with analogues

Type 92 can be considered an iconic 500 kg bomb, featuring a spot-on 500 kg mass and average explosive filler. Compared to its naval equivalent, it boasts a slightly larger explosive filler, but the difference is unlikely to be palatable in a real combat.

	Mass (kg)	TNT equivalent (kg)
1,000 lb AN-M65A1	501	318.48
1,000 lb LDGP Mk 83	447	272.43
SC500K (500 kg)	500	260
FAB-500sv (500 kg)	508.3	325
FAB-500M-43 (500 kg)	468.57	243.71
FAB-500M-44 (500 kg)	477.1	222.15
M.C. 1,000 lb Mk.I	463	215.4
500 kg Type 92 GPHE	500	245.3
Navy Type Number 50 Model 2	500	227.5
GP 500 (500 kg)	508	216
500 kg No.2	520	255.68
400 kg Vliegtuigbom	400	167

Usage in battles

Size comparison of the Army Type 92 GPHE to a sailor

Typically, for a 500 kg bombs, it features a nice compromise between the mass of the bomb and its destructive capability. It's able to knock out tanks from near-misses and heavily cripple, if not outright destroy, frigates and destroyers.

Pros and cons

Pros:

Good TNT equivalent of the explosive filler

Cons:

Available only on bombers. No option to use it on strike craft or fighters.

History

Details of the Army Type 92 GPHE (500 kg)

Type 92 High-Explosive bomb was used by the Imperial Japanese Army during the World War Two. It had a black steel body with a cast red-tipped nose cone. The body had two bands: one yellow and one white, ahead of the suspension lug. Filling was made of pre-formed paper-wrapped Picric acid blocks, consisting a total of 46.4% of the body mass of the bomb. It used a nose-mounted fuse, either Type 92 Tail Fuze For Large Bombs B-4 (a), which fused instantly on impact or Type 92 Nose Fuze For Large Bombs A-4 (a), which used almost instantly as well, but had a more complex design.

These bombs were used primarily against ground targets - IJA used Type 4 bombs against naval surface vessels.

Media

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External links

High-explosive and general-purpose bombs
USA
100 lb	AN-M30A1
250 lb	AN-M57 · LDGP Mk 81
300 lb	H.E. M31
500 lb	AN-M64A1 · LDGP Mk 82
600 lb	H.E. M32
750 lb	M117 cone 45
1,000 lb	AN-M65A1 · AN-M65A1 Fin M129 · LDGP Mk 83
2,000 lb	AN-M66A2 · LDGP Mk 84
3,000 lb	M118
4,000 lb	AN-M56
Germany
50 kg	SC50JA
200 kg	Sprengbombe
250 kg	SC250JA
400 kg	Sprengbombe
450 kg	Sprengbombe 68/70
500 kg	SC500K
1,000 kg	SC1000L2
1,800 kg	SC1800B
2,500 kg	SC2500
USSR
25 kg	AO-25M-1
50 kg	FAB-50sv
100 kg	FAB-100sv · FAB-100M-43 · OFAB-100
250 kg	FAB-250sv · FAB-250M-43 · FAB-250M-44 · FAB-250M-46 · FAB-250M-54 · FAB-250M-62 · OFAB-250sv · OFAB-250-270
500 kg	FAB-500sv · FAB-500M-43 · FAB-500M-44 · FAB-500M-46 · FAB-500M-54 · FAB-500M-62
1,000 kg	FAB-1000 · FAB-1000M-43 · FAB-1000M-44
1,500 kg	FAB-1500M-46
3,000 kg	FAB-3000M-46
5,000 kg	FAB-5000
Britain
250 lb	G.P. Mk.IV · M.C. Mk.I
500 lb	G.P. Mk.IV · H.E. M.C. Mk.II · M.C. Mk.I
540 lb	Mk.M2
1,000 lb	G.P. Mk.I · M.C. Mk.I · L.D H.E. M.C. Mk.1 · H.E. M.C. Mk.13
4,000 lb	H.C. Mk.II · H.C. Mk.IV
8,000 lb	H.C. Mk.II
12,000 lb	H.C Mk.I
Japan
Army
50 kg	Type 94 GPHE
100 kg	Type 94 GPHE
250 kg	Type 92 GPHE
500 kg	Type 92 GPHE
Navy
60 kg	Type 97 Number 6
250 kg	Type 98 Number 25 · Type Number 25 Model 2
500 kg	Type Number 50 Model 2
800 kg	Number 80 Mod. 1
China
250 kg	Type 250-2 · 250-3
500 kg	500-3
Italy
50 kg	GP 50
100 kg	GP 100T · SAP 100M
250 kg	GP 250
500 kg	GP 500
800 kg	GP 800
France
50 kg	D.T. No.2 · G.A. MMN. 50 · Type 61C
75 kg	G2 Navale
100 kg	No.1
250 lb	SAMP Mk 81
150 kg	I2 Navale
200 kg	No.1
500 lb	SAMP Mk 82
250 kg	Matra 25E · SAMP Type 25
400 kg	SAMP Type 21
1,000 lb	SAMP Mk 83
500 kg	No.2
2,000 lb	SAMP Mk 84
Sweden
50 kg	mb m/37AT · sb m/42 · sb m/47 · Model 1938
100 kg	Model 1938
120 kg	sb m/61 · m/71
250 kg	mb m/40 · mb m/50
500 kg	mb m/41 · mb m/56
600 kg	mb m/50
Israel
100 kg	100/50 kg G.P.
250 kg	250/50 kg G.P.
360 kg	360/50 kg G.P.
500 kg	500/50 kg G.P.
See also	List of armour-piercing bombs · List of guided bombs · List of retarded bombs

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