US bomb tail fin and nose cone

[Falcon]

I was given these two items by a work colleague. Apparently they are from a modern airdropped US bomb. What type of US bomb are they off?

Thanks for any info.

 

[Chris 42 RQ]

Nice items Falcon.

What a pity he didn't give you the rest of it !

I wonder where they came from oh:

 

[Falcon]

He used to work for the USAF maintining munitions, apparently they scrapped hundreds of them off un-used bombs that came back from Gulf War I.

 

[Fuzeman]

The nose cone looks like it came from either the Mk 82 (500 Lb) or the Mk83 (1,000Lb ) both were used in large numbers.

 

[HAZORD]

The tail fin bolts onto dispenser bodies for submunitions or propaganda bombs. The nose piece looks like a shipping plug to keep the nose threads clean before a fuze is installed.

 

[Fuzeman]

For Nose cone read Fuze plug.

 

[Falcon]

Does anyone have any photos of these items in place on a bomb?

 

[blu97]

Your plug cone is from a SUU-30 dispencer an the tail fin might be from a Mk-5 dispencer.

 

[Falcon]

Thanks for the diagrams. That definitely looks like it's them. Were they dispensers for submunitions or propaganda bombs or could they be used for either?