FAB-5000
USSR · 1943 · 3.2 t explosive fill · conventional high-explosive
Overview
Largest Soviet bomb of World War II (about 3.2 t fill).
With about 3.2 t of explosive fill (no published TNT equivalent)[1], the FAB-5000 is a conventional high-explosive weapon that releases its energy through chemical reactions, not nuclear processes. [2]
Effect radii not shown
The FAB-5000 is a conventional (non-nuclear) weapon. The nuclear blast and thermal scaling laws this site uses do not apply to chemical explosives, so no effect radii are shown. See the methodology page.
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FAQ
What is the explosive fill of the FAB-5000?
The FAB-5000 holds about 3.2 t of explosive fill (no published TNT equivalent).[1]