What is this?

[dano1917]

Hi all, I have seen these for sale around the net and have seen them called BDU cluster bombs and also called anti-personnel mine. My guess is cluster bomb. Positive ID would be greatly appreciated...Dano

 

[Fusse2004]

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Hello Dano! That is a fragment bomb ! Harry

 

[pzgr40]

It's a practice version of the BLU-3B or BDU-28B, see here:
http://images.google.nl/imgres?imgurl=http://www.big-ordnance.com/MediumXM.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.big-ordnance.com/&usg=__OppfS0SEcqQGwn7ySWcW0_nKg6E=&h=738&w=1292&sz=78&hl=nl&start=22&um=1&tbnid=CV2LMfzQgbn-BM:&tbnh=86&tbnw=150&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dbig%2Bordnance%26ndsp%3D18%26hl%3Dnl%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DN%26start%3D18%26um%3D1

at the submunitions chapter.
Regards DJH

 

[dano1917]

Thanks

Thanks much gentlemen, the information much appreciated. That Big O site is a good one...Dano

 

[blu97]

It is indeed a practice submuntion framentation bomblet. The live one is the BLU-3B (bomb live unit). the practice with smoke charge BDU-27B (bomb dummy unit) and the inert one BDU-28B. They are not used in clusterbombs but in dispencer SUU-7 series and SUU-14 series. The first one contains between 360 and 409 bomblets and the SUU-14 114.
The dispener looks like a rocketpot but the bomblets are dispenst from the rear.

 

[dano1917]

No idea on the lock plate Rick, but you're right as these things are all over the web. I found mine for 20.00us and seen them as high as 80.00us. All i've seen seem to be dated 11-66 so makes me think someone found a warehouse full of 'em...Dano