Help Needed!

[Archibald]

Hello!

The T-56 Skyraider  is near complete now. I plan to put US Army decals and a huge bomb load on it.
I've found these bombs left by a Revell Jaguar GR.1, but can't identify them. are they BL-755 bombs or others thing ? would this fit under a COIN aircraft ?



(hope the pic is not too blurry   )

Thanks in advance!!  

[Brian da Basher]

I'm not sure exactly what kind of bombs they are Archie, but you can never have too many bobms! Bombs on a COIN aircraft are a natural! Go for it!

Brian da Basher

[PanzerWulff]

Archie they appear to be some sort of Cluster bomb or similar munition to the CBU-70 CBU-87




Hope this helps
"Panzer"

[GTX]

Archie,

I'd agree with Panzer - they look like some form of US Cluster Bomb - quite possibley something from the MK 7 "Rockeye" series (maybe CBU-59/B "Rockeye II")



See here for more details.


BTW, the BL-755s have a quite different shape (see outer bombs here):


Finally, to answer your final question - yes, they would be most appropriate under a COIN aircraft, though the results wouldn't be nice since they are generally used to attack area targets and especially tanks (if used against insurgents in the open, it would be messy and you'd get all sorts of condemnations).

Regards,

Greg

[Archibald]

Thank you very much guys! I've browsed the web and I know exactly what these munitions are .
They are Revell CBU-87.

CBU-87, as you can see in Panzer's pic, actually have SQUARED fins... except on Revell's molds  

So this would be CBU-87®, a dedicated  CBU-87 variant with triangular fins (purpose of this modification  unknown   )

[Jeffry Fontaine]

Re: (Use this link if you want to bookmark the page) FAS United States Munitions (A guide to the missiles, bombs, and mines used by the US military)

Chris is correct.  The shape is supposed to represent the SUU-64 Tactical Munitions Dispenser (TMD)


This munitions dispenser can be loaded with several different types of sub-munitions and each one has a distinct CBU designaton.  According to the Federation of American Scientists web page, these are:

CBU-89 "GATOR" ("Gator" is American nickname for an aligator) contains a mix of 72 X BLU-91 /B antitank (AT) and 22 X BLU-92/B antipersonnel (AP) mines. More information on CBU-89 "GATOR"

CBU-87 "Combined Effects Munitions" (CEM) contains 202 BLU-97 CEB (Combined Effects Bombs) each of which consists of a shaped-charge fragmentation & incendiary warhead designed to attack personnel and material.  More information on CBU-87 "CEM"

CBU-94 "Blackout Bomb" contains the BLU-114 special-purpose sub-munition for attacking electrical power infrastructure. Although very little is known about this highly classified weapon, reportedly it functions by dispensing a number of submunitions which in turn disperse large numbers of chemically treated carbon graphite filaments which short-circuit electrical power distribution equipment such as transformers and switching stations. The weapon is sometimes referred to as a "soft bomb" since its effects are largely confined to the targetted electrical power facility, with minimal risk of collateral damage. More information on CBU-94 "Blackout Bomb"

CBU-97 and CBU-105 "Sensor Fuzed Weapon" (SFW) which contains 10 X BLU-108 sub-munitions that each hold 4 X smaller "hockey puck" shaped "SKEET" infrared sensing projectiles equipped with a self-forging warhead that creates an explosively formed projectile for attacking armored vehicles. More information on CBU-97 and CBU-105

WCMD (Wind Corrected Munitions Dispenser).  The SUU-64 TMD has also been converted into a precision guided weapon of sorts by using the WCMD tail assembly More information on WCMD  

[Archibald]

Thank you very much for all those precisions !