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BLU 61 A/B submunition |
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BLU-61A/B HE fragmentation/Incendiary
This is an aerial dispensed, spin-armed, impact-initiated, high explosive incendiary, anti-material, fragmentation bomb. It is detonated by an M219E1, all-ways acting (omni-directional) fuze. The bomb is painted olive drab without markings. Each hemisphere is made from a coined steel fragmentation liner, and an incendiary liner of zirconium-tin. The hemispheres are encased in a urethane plastic shell. The clamp ring is stainless steel.
It can be fired in various containers and, as with many other cluster bombs, some hit the ground before opening.
Because the munition is "spin-armed", those that have not fallen freely through the air will not have armed.
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