List of bombs

For a list of individual nuclear weapons and models see List of nuclear weapons

Type Information Date created Inventor Nation of origin
Barrel bomb Improvised aerial bomb 1948 Israel
Blockbuster bomb "High capacity" bomb for maximum blast effect United Kingdom
Bouncing bomb Skips across water; designed to attack German dams in World War II April 1942
Barnes Wallis United Kingdom
Bunker buster The first type were Röchling shell 1942 August Cönders Germany
C4 1956
Car bomb
Cluster bomb Over a hundred nations outlaw them now. The first one was Butterfly Bomb Germany
General-purpose bomb
Glide bomb
Guided bomb
Improvised explosive device
Land mine Outlawed in 164 nations. Ming Dynasty
Laser guided bomb
Molotov cocktail Improvised incendiary grenade often made in a beer bottle
Nail bomb 1970 America
Pipe bomb
Pressure cooker bomb
Smoke bomb
Stink bomb Stink bombs range in effectiveness from simple pranks to military grade or riot control chemical agents.
Suicide bomb or suicide bomber
Suitcase bomb Nuclear bomb designed to fit inside a suitcase. 1950s
Thermometric bomb
Time bomb
Trinitrotoluene Commonly known as TNT 1863 Julius Wilbrand German
Unguided bomb
MOAB Mother of All Bombs. American
FOAB Father of All Bombs 2007 Russian
Electromagnetic bomb
Napalm bomb
Dirty bomb scatters radioactive material
Nuclear bomb America
Tsar Bomba Russia
Cobalt bomb A nuclear bomb designed to spread as much radiation around as possible
Hydrogen bomb second-generation nuclear weapon design using non-fissile depleted uranium to create a nuclear fusion reaction 1952 Edward Teller and Stanislaw Ulam American
Neutron bomb A nuclear weapon designed to destroy with lethal radiation while not damaging structures.
BLU-82 Used for creating clearings in forested areas

This is a list of the types of bombs.

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