unkown Bomblet

**fotomanx** · 17th October 2011, 04:32 PM

Hi All

Has anyone Infos over this Bomblet:

Bomblet: Diameter 70 mm
Lenghst 170 mm

Parachute: Diameter 280 mm

Cord: Lenghst 330 mm

Material: Aluminium

Weight: 1.000 Gramm

Regards PeterBomblett 2.jpg Bomblett.jpg

**US-Subs** · 17th October 2011, 05:01 PM

Not near my library right now, but - That is the drop dummy for the French Belouga (check spelling). There are three live versions, the HE, a HEAT and an antidisturbance version of the HE which has an IZ marking on the fuze. Hope this helps.

**US-Subs** · 17th October 2011, 05:09 PM

Not a good picture, but here is my piece beside a cutaway of the HEAT version.

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**fotomanx** · 17th October 2011, 05:35 PM

Thank you for the Infos.

With what for a Weapon or Bomb is it dropped?

Regards Peter

**HAZORD** · 18th October 2011, 03:47 AM

It comes from a French aircraft dispenser/bomb.

http://s631.photobucket.com/albums/u...afilter=images

info below came from here: http://www.vectorsite.net/twbomb_02.html

[2.3] FRENCH BELOUGA / BRITISH BL-755 CBUS

* European nations, including France, the UK, and Germany, have built and used their own types of cluster munitions. The French contribution to cluster bomb technology is the "Belouga", which is optimized for low-level high-speed strike. Its canister is 3.3 meters (10 feet) long and is 36.6 centimeters (14.5 inches) in diameter.
The Belouga is loaded with 151 submunitions. It can dispense three different types of submunitions: a fragmentation bomb for use against soft targets, an armor-piercing bomb for use against tanks, and a mine used for "area denial" operations. Each submunitions is 66 millimeters (3 inches) in diameter, and weighs 1.3 kilograms (2.86 pounds).
The Belouga is parachute-retarded after release. It is not a clamshell canister, instead ejecting the submunitions from launching ports covering the weapon's body. The submunitions deploy small parachutes after ejection. The pilot may select either a concentrated or dispersed submunition scatter pattern before release of the weapon. The Belouga was a follow-on to the "Giboulee", a dispenser that had 12 or 24 tubes that could store five bomblets each.