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{{Infobox Ordnance
|name         =AN-M64
|image        =500lbbomb.jpg
|type         =500lb GP Bomb
|fuzetype     =Quick 
|country      =USA
|weight       =
|chargeweight =267lbs TNT or Amatol
|length       =57"
|diameter     =14"
|minsafealt   =2500 ft
|damagevalue  =586lbs
|target1      =Steel Railway bridges
|target2      =Subways
|target3      =Concrete docks
|target4      =Light cruisers
|target5      =
}}

The American version of the 500 lb general purpose bomb was the AN-M64.  It's explosive charge consisted of either 267 lbs of TNT, 262 lbs of Amatol, or 274 lbs of Composition B.  The AN-M64 was painted olive drab with a 1" yellow stripe marking the center of gravity, with a stripe around the nose and rear of the bomb.  It was 57" long and 14" in diameter with a 0.3" thick steel casing.

The British defined a general purpose bomb with a lower charge/weight ratio (roughly in the 27%-35% range).  The 500 lb GP MK-I through MK-VI had an explosive charge of either TNT or Amatol weighing in the neighborhood of 145 lbs.  Their total lengths ranged from 68-3/4" to 70-5/8" with a diameter of 13" and a casing thickness of 0.72"-0.875".  The British equivelent of the AN-M64 would be the 500 lb MC MK-III which had a charge to weight ratio of around 50%.  The British dropped 1,729,611 GP and MC bombs from 1940-1945. [http://www.wwiiequipment.com/gpseries.aspx]

True to its US designation of "general purpose", the 50% charge/weight ratio 500 lb bomb was employed against a wide range of targets, including railways, light naval vessels, and a plethora of types of "soft" structures.  It was deployed from both heavy bombing platforms, and from tactical aircraft.  The minium safe drop altitude listed for the AN-M64 was 2500 feet.  USAAF documentation listed target examples of:  "Steel railroad bridges, subways, concrete docks, light cruisers"


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