MPR500

{{Short description|Israeli aerial bomb}} {{Infobox weapon | name = MPR500 | image = MPR500.jpg | image_size = 250 | alt = | caption = | type = General-purpose bomb | origin = Israel  | is_explosive = y | is_missile = y  | service = Since 2007 | used_by = Israeli Air Force | wars =  | designer = | design_date = | manufacturer = Elbit Systems (previously IMI Systems) | unit_cost = | production_date = | number = | variants = {{ubl|GBU-12 Paveway II|GBU‐38 JDAM}}  | spec_label = | mass = {{cvt|230|kg|lb}} | length = {{cvt|1.7|m|ftin}} | width = | height = | diameter = {{cvt|273|mm|in}}  | filling = HE | filling_weight = {{cvt|89|kg|lb}} | detonation = | yield = | tailspan = {{cvt|390|mm|in}} | guidance = GBU-12 Paveway II or GBU‐38 JDAM guidance kits  | ref = Janes<ref>{{Citation |author=Janes |url=https://customer.janes.com/display/JALWA033-JALW |title=Enhanced GP Bomb (EGPB) and Multi-purpose Rigid GP Bomb (MPRB) |date=21 November 2023 |website=Janes Weapons: Air Launched |publisher=Jane's Group UK Limited. |publication-place=Coulsdon, Surrey |url-access=subscription |access-date=30 June 2025}}</ref> }} '''MPR500''' is a {{cvt|500|lb|kg}} Multi-Purpose Rigid penetration and surface attack bomb manufactured by Israel Military Industries. It has the effectiveness and dimensions of a Mark 84 bomb and can penetrate 1 meter reinforced concrete.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.imisystems.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/mpr500.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2017-12-02 |archive-date=2021-05-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210516133910/http://www.imisystems.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/mpr500.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> Was approved by Boeing for the JDAM guidance kit.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://defense-update.com/20120212_mpr-500-jdam.html|title=IMI's MPR 500 Warhead Approved for use with JDAM - Defense Update|author=|date=12 February 2012|website=defense-update.com|accessdate=2 December 2017}}</ref> During Operation Protective Edge, the Israeli Air Force realized that the MPR provides 95% hitting and target destruction effectiveness.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.israeldefense.co.il/en/content/fire-loop-closure-ground|title=Fire Loop Closure on the Ground|date=July 28, 2016|website=Israel Defense}}</ref>

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