light bomber

noun

: a bomber of relatively light weight (as under 100,000 pounds) that is designed primarily to carry a moderate bombload against tactical targets (as bridges, barracks, convoys, and supply dumps) and is used also for strafing and rocketing ground targets compare medium bomber, heavy bomber

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