for use by heavy bombers. In the Iran–Iraq War, FAB-5000 () and FAB-9000 () bombs were dropped by Iraqi Air Force Tupolev Tu-22 bombers, generally against large, fixed targets in Iran. In Afghanistan in the 1980s, Soviet Tupolev Tu-16 and Tupolev Tu-22M bombers used massive FAB-1500, FAB-3000, FAB-5000NG, and FAB-9000 bombs to devastating effect during the Panjshir offensives. FAB-100 FAB-250M-54 KhAB-250 , KhAB-500 IAB-500 inert nw tnw training ; other liquid fuel phosphorus incendiary FAB-500 F = HE ; FAB-500M-54 , FAB-500M-62 various nuclear ABs ZAB Z incendiary, P-50T wp smoke/incendiary ; ZB Bak FZAB ; OFZAB, OZAB ODAB OD = vacuum OFAB, OAB oskolochno fragmentation DAB fumogen, SAB flare or free fall HE BetAB concrete, BrAB armour ; PTAB AT RBK LAB laser, UAB & UPAB guided, IKAB TAB (thermal IR) TelAB (cam) KAB-250, KAB-250S-E, KAB-250LG-E KAB-500L (K correction trajectory) guided, KAB-500Kr KAB-1500Kr , KAB-1500L ODAB-500PM AVBPM French GP bombs France's GP bombs, marketed by Matra and built by the Société des Ateliers Mécanique de Port-sur-Sambre (SAMP) are made in a variety of types with nominal weights from to . The most common are the EU2 and T25, T200, and BL4. Société des Ateliers Mécaniques de Pont-sur-Sambre (SAMP) General-Purpose bomb; (analogue to Mk 81) SAMP BL EU2 ( Retarded General-Purpose bomb) SAMP EU2 ( General-Purpose bomb; analogue to Mk 82) SAMP 25FE ( General-Purpose bomb; analogue to Mk 82) SAMP T200 ( General-Purpose bomb; analogue to Mk 83) SAMP BL4 ( General-Purpose bomb; analogue to Mk 84) Other nations Other countries, including Australia, Azerbaijan, Brazil, Chile, Greece, India, Israel, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Romania, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, and Turkey, manufacture their own bombs, most of which are either licensed versions of the U.S. Mark 80 series or close copies but India's DRDO has developed its own variants of bombs in the name of High Speed Low Drag Bomb See also Unguided bomb Blockbuster bomb – chosen for blast effect References Citations Bibliography Aerial bombs