BL755

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BL755


BL755

General Information
Designation: BL755
Type: Cluster bomb
Country of origin: United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Manufacturer: Hunting Engineering Ltd.
Development: 1960s
Commissioning: 1970
Working time: in action
Technical specifications
Combat weight: 264-278 kg
Charge: 147 bomblets or
49 mines
Length: 2451 mm
Diameter: 419 mm
Detonator: Time or proximity fuse
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The BL755 is an unguided cluster or cluster bomb manufactured by Hunting Engineering, Ltd. in 1970. in Ampthill, Bedfordshire ( UK ). The main purpose is the destruction of armored formations and secondary hits on soft targets (transport vehicles and combatants).

Construction

The exterior of the BL755 is similar to a standard 450 kg high explosive bomb, but with a cylindrical body. In this hull there is a shaft around which ejectors are placed. At the stern, telescopic auxiliary wings are also arranged for flight stabilization. The load ( bomblets or landmines ) is placed around the shaft in the fuselage, held together by an aluminum sheet shell and separated after being dropped by a preset time or by a radar altimeter. When ejected, the bomblets are distributed over an area of ​​around 150 by 60 meters. BL755 can optionally with 147 shaped charge -Bomblets or 49 antitank mines of the type HB876 be loaded.

use

The BL755 was mainly used by the Royal Air Force and their Harrier , Jaguar , Panavia Tornado and Hawk in deep drop. Since the bomb distributes its submunition relatively broadly, targeted dropping is not essential when it comes to area targets. The RAF used the weapon until 2007 in the Gulf and Falklands War as well as in Bosnia-Herzegovina. In the German Air Force, this bomb type was used by the Panavia Tornado and, until the respective decommissioning, also by the Alpha Jet A as well as the F-104G Starfighter and the F-4F or RF-4E Phantom II .

Carrier aircraft

The following carrier aircraft were used:

Users

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The cluster bomb BL755 - DTIG , accessed on August 12, 2015.

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