Reply With QuotePretty sure that it is Chinese export dispensed from 122mm rockets, but no hard documents to back it up.
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1st February 2012, 10:47 PM #1Junior Member
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Can You Name This Cluster Bomb?
The "At War" blog has posted pictures of DPICM's found in Libya. They need help to identify it.
Here's the link:
http://atwar.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/...-cluster-bomb/
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2nd February 2012, 10:06 AM #2ORDNANCE APPROVED/Premium Member
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All dug or live ordnance shown in my posts is under EOD control and has been or will be dealt with accordingly by EOD personnel
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Sorry jef didn't see your posting untilo now. But I just posted under Rockets much better photos of the 122 rocket and its similar M42 type submuntions. People on the ground in Lybia are looking for who made them, as they have determined they are not US made (something about how the ribbon unscrewed to arm it is different)
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6th February 2012, 08:10 PM #4ORDNANCE APPROVED/Premium Member
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At least three different variants of the M42 have been located there so far, all believed to be of Chinese origin.
All dug or live ordnance shown in my posts is under EOD control and has been or will be dealt with accordingly by EOD personnel
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20th March 2012, 01:11 AM #5Junior Member
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http://modern-warfare.livejournal.com/1109054.html
Reported as DPICM for a kind of 9М218 122 mm rocket.Last edited by AT041; 20th March 2012 at 08:19 AM.
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20th March 2012, 02:02 AM #6Senior Member
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The one shown there is Chinese.
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20th March 2012, 08:56 AM #7Junior Member
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1) The marking of the rocket, shown in the image, looks in soviet/russian style.
2) The only similar shape submunitions, seen with the holes in casing, were the Splaw's "birds".
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20th March 2012, 11:37 AM #8Senior Member
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In fact it looks Chinese (even the green tone of the paint job) and the propellant manufacturer code is Chinese too.
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Do you have any images of the Splaw's "birds"? I have never heard of them. I would be interested in seeing these items.
Joe
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20th March 2012, 01:28 PM #10Junior Member
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New one (from Tula Exhibition)
Prevous generation subs (with holes) were presented loaded in 9M218 warhead mockup.
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