CBU-24

CBU-24

The CBU-24 (Cluster Bomb Unit-24) is a weapon developed by the United States for anti personnel purposes.

The weapon contains 665 BLU-26 tennis ball-sized submunitions, each designed to detonate with 600 metal fragments for an anti-personnel/anti-materiel effect.

External links

* [http://www.designation-systems.net/usmilav/asetds/u-c.html#_CBU Designation Systems]
* Warning! The following link contains graphic images. [http://www.itvs.org/bombies/bombs.html]


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