Profimodeller 32042P KAB-500R detail set. As used on MiG-21F-13 MiG-21MF Fishbed MiG-21UM Mongol MiG-23MF Flogger B MiG-23ML Flogger G MiG-23MLD Flo

The KAB-500L is a modern, Russian (originally Soviet) general-purpose air bomb, free-falling - laser guided. The length of the bomb is 305 cm with a diameter of 400 millimeters. The curb weight is 525 kilograms, and the range of the weapon is 9 kilometers. The KAB-500L was developed from the KAB-500 general-purpose aerial bomb and first entered the airline in 1975. It is designed to precisely destroy enemy artillery positions, their command points or all kinds of fortified enemy resistance points. The principle of operation is similar to the American guided bombs from the Paveway family. The KAB-500L has a 27N homing head and CIS sensors. It also has a semi-active, guiding laser head that requires the target to be highlighted with a laser marker. The bomb can only be dropped at subsonic speeds from 500 to 5,000 meters. This type of weapon was widely used during both wars in Chechnya (1994-1996 and since 1999). Its carriers were especially MiG-27 and Su-24 planes.