The document discusses different types of cluster bombs used by the Indian Air Force, including the BL 755, BME 330, and Belouga bombs. It describes their basic principles of operation, components, specifications, and compares different models. The BL 755 carries 147 dual-purpose bomblets and uses a gas system to eject them. The BME 330 carries 180 bomblets in 9 layers and uses an electronic unit. The Belouga disperses grenades in rings to provide a consistent pattern.
The document discusses different types of cluster bombs used by the Indian Air Force, including the BL 755, BME 330, and Belouga bombs. It describes their basic principles of operation, components, specifications, and compares different models. The BL 755 carries 147 dual-purpose bomblets and uses a gas system to eject them. The BME 330 carries 180 bomblets in 9 layers and uses an electronic unit. The Belouga disperses grenades in rings to provide a consistent pattern.
The document discusses different types of cluster bombs used by the Indian Air Force, including the BL 755, BME 330, and Belouga bombs. It describes their basic principles of operation, components, specifications, and compares different models. The BL 755 carries 147 dual-purpose bomblets and uses a gas system to eject them. The BME 330 carries 180 bomblets in 9 layers and uses an electronic unit. The Belouga disperses grenades in rings to provide a consistent pattern.
The document discusses different types of cluster bombs used by the Indian Air Force, including the BL 755, BME 330, and Belouga bombs. It describes their basic principles of operation, components, specifications, and compares different models. The BL 755 carries 147 dual-purpose bomblets and uses a gas system to eject them. The BME 330 carries 180 bomblets in 9 layers and uses an electronic unit. The Belouga disperses grenades in rings to provide a consistent pattern.
BOMBS. BRIEFLY STUDY THE ARMT UNDER THESE CATEGORIES AVAILABLE IN THE IAF INVENTORY. COMPARE THE BOMBS. FILM - BL 755.
United We Prepare NEED – REQUIREMENT
LL ATTACKS ESSENTIAL FOR CLOSE AIR
SUPPORT ROLE – NO ALTERNATIVE RETARDER BOMBS DELIVERY POSSIBLE FROM LL SUITABLE FOR LARGE AND STATIC TGTS WHERE LARGE CONC OF HE INEFFECTIVE AGAINST SMALL TGTS REQT – WPN TO GIVE HIGH KILL PROB AGAINST SMALL TARGETS
United We Prepare PRINCIPLE OF OPS PRINCIPLE OF SHOT GUN - CATERS FOR AIMING ERRORS. PARENT BOMB CONTAINS NUMBER OF SUB- MUNITIONS. ON RELEASE FROM AC - PARENT BOMB IS RETARDED - EITHER RETARDING FINS OR PARACHUTE. AFTER ENSURING THAT THE BOMB HAS BEEN SUFFICIENTLY RETARDED - THE SKIN / COVER OF THE PARENT BOMB IS EXTRACTED / PEELED OFF.
United We Prepare PRINCIPLE OF OPS AFTER ENSURING THAT THE SKIN IS PEELED OFF - SUB-MUNITIONS ARE EXTRACTED. EACH SUB-MUNITION AFTER EXTRACTION IS SEPARATELY RETARDED. EACH SUB-MUNITION FUNCTIONS INDEPENDENTLY AFTER HITTING THE TARGET. TYPE OF WARHEAD IN THE SUB-MUNITION - ANTIPERSONNEL OR ANTI-TANK OR RUNWAY PENETRATION. United We Prepare BL 755
DESIGNED TO CARRY 147 DUAL – PURPOSE / GP
BOMBLETS. DESIGN. A GAS OPERATED SYSTEM WHEN ACTIVATED SPLIT THE OUTER CASING INTO TWO PARTS. EJECTED THE BOMBLETS AT Prepare United We VARYING TIMES AND BL 755 DUAL PURPOSE CLUSTER BOMB M/S HUNTING ENGG TWO VERSIONS PROGRESSIVELY DEVELOPED BL 755 No 1- GP CLUSTER BOMB BL 755 No 2- ADVANCED ANTI ARMOUR (AAA)
United We Prepare LEADING PARTICULARS
WEIGHT OF BOMB : 277 ± 5 KG
NUMBER OF BOMBLETS : 147 WEIGHT OF EACH BOMBLET : 1KG APPX. FILLING OF BOMBLET : RDX/TNT WEIGHT OF FILLING : 228 GMS USED ON MIG 21, 23 AND JAGUAR AC DAMAGE AREA :10000 SQM
United We Prepare SAFU INFLATABLE BAG
AIR ARMING VANE
NOSE SECTION. • ARMING VANE • SAFETY ARMING & FUNCTIONING UNIT • BREECH & VALVE ASSEMBLY • LEAD ELECTRICAL FUZE ARMING United We Prepare SAFU INFLATABLE BAG
AIR ARMING VANE
CENTRE SECTION. • GAS TUBE • GAS DISTRIBUTION BLOCKS • INFLATABLE BAGS • BOMBLETS TAIL SECTION • FINS FOR RETARDING THE BOMB United We Prepare SAFETY ARMING AND FUNCTIONING UNIT (SAFU)
LOCATED IN THE BOMB NOSE.
INITIATES FIRING SEQUENCE WHICH RELEASES THE BOMB SKIN AND EJECTS BOMBLETS. FOUR TIME DELAY SETTINGS- .08, .8, .94, 1.13 sec. CONDITIONS TO BE SATISFIED. LIVE RELEASE HAS BEEN SELECTED BY PARENT AC. AFTER SPECIFIED DELAY SETTING. ARMING VANE ROTATES AT SPECIFIED RPM.
United We Prepare SAFU - COMPONENTS
GAS MOTOR ASSY- SEALED X – RELEASES
SAFETY DEVICE CLUTCH AND DRUM ASSY – COUPLED TO ARMING VANE STRIKER ASSY TIMER ASSY – DELAY FIRING OF PRIMARY CARTRIDGE TRIGGER ASSY
United We Prepare GAS SYSTEM
THROUGH TWO CARTRIDGES LOCATED IN
BREECH AND VALVE ASSY BREECH AND VALVE ASSY ROUTES GAS FLOW FROM PRIMARY CARTRIDGE – UNLATCHING/LIFT OF SKIN ROUTES GAS FLOW FROM SECONDARY CARTRIDGE TO EJECT BOMBLETS GAS DISTRIBUTION BLOCKS GAS TUBE – MOVES REARWARDS AND CONVEYS GASES FROM SEC CARTRIDGE TO GAS DISTRIBUTION BLOCKS United We Prepare CENTRE SECTION
BOMBLETS 147 BOMBLETS ARRANGED IN 7 BAYS EACH BAY HAVING 7 SECTIONS EACH SECTION HAVING THREE BOMBLETS EACH SECTION HAS ONE INFLATABLE BAG – 49 BAGS IN TOTAL VEL OF GASES AND INFLATION RATE OF BAGS IS CONTROLLED 2,4,6 SECTIONS HAVE HIGH GAS FLOW – EJECTED FIRST 1,3,5,7 SECTIONS HAVE LOW GAS FLOW – EJECTED LATE
United We Prepare 1. AFTER RELEASE, 2. AFTER A SELECTED TIME STABILISING FINS EXTEND AND DELAY THE OUTER CASING IS THE BOMB FOLLOWS A NORMAL SPLIT INTO TWO BY GAS BALLISTIC TRAJECTORY. PRESSURE FROM A PRIMARY CARTRIDGE.
United We Prepare 3. ONCE THE BODY CASE HAS OPENED THE MAIN GAS CARTRIDGE IS ACTIVATED AND ITS PRESSURE EJECTS THE BOMBLETS.
United We Prepare CLUSTER BOMBS
United We Prepare United We Prepare CLUSTER BOMBLET
United We Prepare FUNCTIONING OF BOMBLET
United We Prepare OPERATION
BOMBLET EJECTION VELOCITY IS VARIED
BETWEEN BAYS TO ENSURE EVEN GROUND COVER. EACH BOMBLET IS ARMED AFTER A SHORT PERIOD OF FLIGHT AND ON IMPACT THE SHAPED CHARGE PENETRATES THE ARMOUR – 25 CM PENETRATION. IN ADDITION TO ITS ANTI-ARMOUR CAPABILITY EACH BOMBLET CASING DISINTEGRATES INTO 2000(1850 MT/S) FRAGMENTS WHICH ARE EFFECTIVE AGAINST NON-ARMOURED TARGETS AND PERSONNEL. PIEZO ELECTRIC FUSE – FUSE ARMED ONLY WHEN TAIL IS DEPLOYED – FIVE ROTATIONS United We Prepare BME 330 CLUSTER BOMB
MANUFACTERED BY EXPAL COMPANY OF SPAIN.
MIG-23,MIG-27 AND JAGUAR AIRCRAFT. RELEASE POSSIBLE AT 30 MTS
WEIGHT - 320kgs NUMBER OF BOMBLET - 180 WT. OF EACH BOMBLET - 0.800kgs BOMB EFFICIENCY 95% BOMBLET EFFICIENCY 80% 20 % BOMBLETS MAY/MAY NOT WORK
United We Prepare NOSE CONTAINER IT CONSTITUTES THE FRONTAL END OF THE CYLINDRICAL SKIN AND HOUSES THE TWIN FUZE SYSTEM AND ELECTRONIC UNIT THIS ELECTRONIC UNIT SUPPLIES ELECTRICAL POWER THROUGH FUZE TO DE-SKINNING OF BODY AND TO THE PYROCARTRIDGE FOR SCATTERING OF BOMBLETS. MAIN BODY MAIN BODY HOUSES THE CLUSTER FRAME WHERE BOMBLETS ARE STORED IN NINE LAYERS EACH LAYER CONTAINS TWENTY BOMBLETS.IT ALSO CONTAINS THE DE-SKINNING SYSTEM AND THE SCATTERING SYSTEM FOR BOMBLETS DISPERSION. TAIL UNIT STABILISES THE BOMB AFTER RELEASE.IT HOUSES A PARACHUTE ASSEMBLY HELD TO THE BOMB WITH THE HELP OF HOLDING DEVICE.
United We Prepare BOMBLETS
180 BOMBLETS. TWO TYPES - ANTI PERSONNEL AND ANTI ARMOUR. MIX - FACTORY SET AND CANNOT BE REARRANGED. SEPARATE PARACHUTE PROVIDED FOR EACH BOMBLET. THREE TYPES OF PARACHUTES USED HAVING VARYING CANOPY AREA - SMALL , MEDIUM AND LARGE. FIRST THREE LAYERS HAVE SMALL PCHUTES LAST THREE LAYERS HAVE LARGE PCHUTES INDIVIDUAL FUZE.
United We Prepare BL 755 Vs BME 330
DESCRIPTION BL 755 BME 330
NO 147 180 OF ARRANGED IN 7 ARRANGED IN 9 BOMBLETS BAYS EACH LAYERS WITH HOLDING 21 BOMBS 20 BOMBS EACH
WT 1 KG 0.8 GMS OF BOMBLET
TYPE OF GP AP AND AA - RATIO
BOMBLETS FIXED IN FACTORY ITSELF METHOD OF PRIMARILY UnitedBY PRIMARILY BY THE We Prepare BL 755 Vs BME 330
DESCRIPTION BL 755 BME 330
MAIN BOMB RETARDER RETARDER PARACHUTE
RETARDER PARACHUTE NOT AVAILABLE IN THE TAIL SYSTEM AVAILABLE. SECTION. GETS PRIMARILY BY CONNECTED TO THE GIVING MARGINAL MAIN BODY ONLY FWD SWEEP TO THE AFTER RELEASE OF THE TAIL FINS BOMB
OPERATING SAFU ELECTRONIC UNIT WITH
LOGIC ITS OWN BATTERY PROVIDED BY
CARTRIDGES TWO MAIN CARTS + TWO
PYROPUSHERS
United We Prepare BELOUGA
United We Prepare BLG - 66 AFTER RELEASE THE BOMB IS RETARDED BY PARACHUTE CENTRAL TUBE IS THEN WITHDRAWN BY THE PARACHUTE THIS ACTUATES THE PYROTECHNIC CHARGES OF EACH RING OF GRENADES GRENADES ARE RELEASED BY RINGS TO PROVIDE CONSISTENT PATTERN GRENADES ARE ALSO INDIVIDUALLY RETARDED TWO RELEASE PATTERNS LONG CARPET – 40 x 240 MTS SHORT CARPET – 40 x 120 MTS
United We Prepare BL 755 Vs BELOUGA
United We Prepare CLUSTER BOMBS SECOND METHOD - BOMB HELD ON TO THE AC - SUB-MUNITIONS DISPENSED DIRECTLY FROM THE BOMB ITSELF. – EXAMPLE JP 233.
United We Prepare JP 233
BRITISH CLUSTER BOMB - TWO TYPES OF SUB-
MUNITIONS VERY HEAVY WEAPON – 2335 KG ; 5 TIMES EFFECTIVE HB 876 - AREA DENIAL MINES - 215 CAN BE CARRIED IN ONE MODULE WT 2 .4 KG - BLAST FRAGMENTATION WARHEAD. ON IMPACT WITH GROUND IT STANDS UP ON ITS VANES - RANDOM SELF DESTRUCTION FUZE. BURST EITHER BY LOCAL DISTURBANCE OR DELAY FUSE WARHEAD ON DETONATION CAN PERFORATE STEEL United We Prepare JP 233 SG 357 RUNWAY PENETRATION WEAPONS 30 WPNS CARRIED IN ONE MODULE BRAKING AFTER RELEASE BY P’CHUTE – PROGRESSIVELY GET VERTICAL TWO WARHEADS FIRST – SHAPED CHARGE WHICH PUNCHES A HOLE THRO WHICH SECONDARY CHARGE IS FIRED SECONDARY CHARGE FIRES WELL BELOW SURFACE – CRATERING HEAVY JP 233 HAS REUSABLE MODULE
Napalm and Other Incendiary Weapons and All Aspects of Their Possible Use, Report of The UN Secretary-General, UN Doc. A/8803/Rev. 1 (New York, United Nations, 1973)
Napalm and Other Incendiary Weapons and All Aspects of Their Possible Use, Report of The UN Secretary-General, UN Doc. A/8803/Rev. 1 (New York, United Nations, 1973)
