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This is a list of cluster bombs as of 2008. This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008) Brazil. BLG-120; BLG-204; BLG-252; France
The first significantly operationally used [3] cluster bomb was the German SD-2 or Sprengbombe Dickwandig 2 kg, commonly referred to as the Butterfly Bomb. [4] It was used in World War II to attack both civilian and military targets, [5] [6] including on Tokyo and Kyushu.
The M29 cluster bomb was a 500-pound (230 kg) cluster bomb used by the United States Air Force during World War II against troops, unarmoured vehicles and artillery. [1] The weapon contained ninety 4-pound (1.8 kg) M83 fragmentation submunitions - a direct copy of the earlier German Butterfly Bomb - in 9 ten-bomb "wafers". [ 2 ]
Pages in category "Cluster munitions" The following 52 pages are in this category, out of 52 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Modern American air-dropped bombs includes all bombs designed, built, and operated by the United States since 1990. Subcategories This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.
224 x SD 1 A or SD 1 FRZ - These were stored in the central compartment. The bombs were packed nose to tail with the tail cup of each bomb forming a safety device for the nose fuze of the bomb behind it. Both bomb types were loaded in the same manner. 144 x SD 2 - These were small anti-personnel bombs that were stored in the central compartment.
Bouncing bomb: Skips across water; designed to attack German dams in World War II April 1942 Barnes Wallis: United Kingdom: Bunker buster: The first type were Röchling shell: 1942 August Coenders: Germany: C4: 1956 Car bomb: A vehicle is packed with explosives and detonated. Cluster bomb: Over a hundred nations outlaw them now. The first one ...
Type 2⅓ kg cluster bomb; Type 3½ kg cluster bomb; ... List of Japanese World War II navy bombs; References. TM 9-1985-4, Japanese Explosive Ordnance. Departments ...