F-16 Capacity for Smart Bombs Doubled With New Weapon Rack

• alert5

  30 Apr 04, 09:12

  Lockheed Martin F-16's Capacity for Smart Weapons Is Doubled With New Weapon Rack
  The "smart weapon" capacity of the Lockheed Martin F-16 has been doubled with the certification of the new BRU-57 multiple weapon rack. The F-16 now will be able to carry four, instead of two, 1,000-pound class smart weapons.
  
  
• Viper52

  1 May 04, 23:13

  Originally posted by alert5:

  Lockheed Martin F-16's Capacity for Smart Weapons Is Doubled With New Weapon Rack
  The "smart weapon" capacity of the Lockheed Martin F-16 has been doubled with the certification of the new BRU-57 multiple weapon rack. The F-16 now will be able to carry four, instead of two, 1,000-pound class smart weapons.
  
  

  Interesting, I had always thought the older TERs, and the Aerodynamic TERs carried by the F-16s, we cleared for 2 Mk.83 1000-lbs, and hence 2 1000-lb GBU-16s and all Mk.83 derivatives.
  
  Anyway, heres some pics of the BRU-57