BOMBS

FRAGMENTATION BOMBS:

A bomb with only 10 to 20 per cent explosive and the remainder consisting of casings designed to break into many small high-velocity fragments; most effective against troops and vehicles. Fragmentation bombs, explode into a mass of small, fast-moving metal fragments that are lethal against personnel. The bomb case consists of wire wound around an explosive charge. Their effect of blast represents an extra interest.

These bombs are mainly used agains troup concentrations and destruction of planes on the ground. An aerial antipersonnel bomb that scatters shrapnel over a wide area upon explosion.
Bombes 100 Livres
100 # bombs
on board a B- 24
CLUSTER BOM UNIT (CBU )
Cluster bombs are small explosive submunitions or bomblets that are delivered to their targets in larger canisters or shells. Cluster bombs have anti-personnel fragmentation features which can send hundreds of shards of steel at ballistic speeds over a wide area. A drop of several canisters can easily create kill zones of a square kilometer or greater in size.

Cluster warheads or other devices with many bomblets which act through the ejection of a great number of small-calibred fragments or pellets, including combined effects and dual purpose munitions.
Chargement des bombes
Loading “clusters”

COMBAT BOMBARDMENT WING (CBW)


Combat wing or group of BG usually operating together.

96 th CBW = 458th BG
466th BG
467th BG

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