unknown sub munition

[MikeD]

Does anybody know what this is ?

Also are BLU 3 rare

 

[Manniman]

Hey Mike.

First might be: http://www.wk2ammo.com/showthread.php?4748-BDU-28-B-Practice-bomblet-USA
I am pretty sure about the secon one. It is a "Kleinbombe 44" Model dispersed by the MW1 Tornado Jet Submunition System

See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MW-1
And http://www.neues-deutschland.de/img/o/46899
http://www.taz.de/uploads/images/624/streumunitionabkommendpa.jpg
http://www.bmvg.de/portal/a/bmvg/!u...ItU9Puqp-zX9o422ejWzWcyinZnUDzxyvn0BwZo1Rg!!/

 

[US-Subs]

BLU3 are not that common, but it looks as though yours may be missing the pressure plate and from the detail of the picture it is hard to tell if it is an actual BLU-3 or the BDU body repainted. The second item is an exercise variant of a West German HEAT submunition, missing the forward section with the standoff spike. I do not recall the nomenclature off the top of my head - DMxxxx.

 

[MikeD]

IS this the pressure plate ?

 

[pzgr40]

@ US Subs:
DM1244 or DM1244A1

@ Mike D, can you picture the other side of the first pressureplate picture (part numbered 8862079)?

Regards, DJH

 

[MikeD]

Hey Mike.

First might be: http://www.wk2ammo.com/showthread.php?4748-BDU-28-B-Practice-bomblet-USA
I am pretty sure about the secon one. It is a "Kleinbombe 44" Model dispersed by the MW1 Tornado Jet Submunition System

See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MW-1
And http://www.neues-deutschland.de/img/o/46899
http://www.taz.de/uploads/images/624/streumunitionabkommendpa.jpg
http://www.bmvg.de/portal/a/bmvg/!u...ItU9Puqp-zX9o422ejWzWcyinZnUDzxyvn0BwZo1Rg!!/

Thanks . on looking and weighing . 529g it is indeed a KB 44 drill round.

Thanks

 

[MikeD]

here it is

 

[pzgr40]

Hi Mike, Ithink you have a BDU-28B practice bomblet paintedyellow.
The fuze should look like this :
http://www.wk2ammo.com/showthread.php?4747-BLU-3-B-quot-Pineapple-quot-Anti-personel-Bomblet-USA

If the body is real one should see a kind of 'pitting' (Hence the name pineapple) where the steel balls touched the inner wall of the outer casting mould and no zamac (casting mass bomblet body around balls) has settled.

Regards, DJH