MAT-120

MAT-120 is an artillery - cluster munitions for the 120-mm mortar .

The self-destructive and self-neutralizing carrier weapon distributes 21 shells . It was manufactured by Instalaza SA on Calle Monreal, 27th in Saragossa and continued to be sold after the order was canceled by the Spanish Armed Forces in 2007.

When Spain joined an international convention against cluster bombs with more than 9 single shells, production was stopped.

Misrata

Until July 2008, Instalaza manufactured MAT-120 cluster bombs. According to Human Rights Watch , MAT-120 ammunition from production lines two and three of 2007 was used in the civil war in Libya in the battle for Misrata in early 2011 . How the cluster bombs got to Libya is not clear.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Espana dejará de emplear las bombas de racimo en las próximas semanas. ABC (Spain) , accessed on April 17, 2011 (Spanish): “El 29 de noviembre de 2005, Defensa aprobó un contrato de 1.49 millones de euros para la compra a Instalaza de bombas de racimo MAT-120, citándolas como granadas de mortero de 120 milímetros con 21 submuniciones. En agosto de 2006, se firmó otro contrato de 447.300 euros con Explosivos Alavenses, para mantelnieminto de las BME-330, Por último, el 19de septiembre de 2006, se autorizó la compra a Instalza de bombas de racimo MAT-120, catalogadas en el Expediente como 500 granadas de mortero de 120 milimetros, sin especificar que se trata de municiones con 21 submuniciones. " 
2. ↑ La compañía Instalaza, en quiebra técnica. Cotizalia, October 18, 2008, accessed April 17, 2011 (Spanish). 
3. ^ ^{A b} Thomas Gutschker: Outlawed business with Gaddafi. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . May 15, 2011, accessed May 16, 2011 .