BLU-3 Pineapple
BLU-3 Pineapple was a cluster bomblet, 360 were deployed from the CBU-2A cluster bomb. It was used extensively in the Vietnam War by American forces. It was named "Pineapple" because of its appearance.
Also recorded as BLU-3 · BLU-3/B
BLU-3 Pineapple
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On some Arc Light missions, the B-52Ds carried two SUU-24 dispensers in the bomb bay, containing a total of 10,656 bomblets. • Illustration — A BLU-3 cluster bomblet at the Imperial War Museum, London. The BLU-3/B 'Pineapple' was a fragmentation bomblet for use against personnel and unarmored targets. After release from the aerial dispenser, the bomblet was stabilized by six pop-out drag vanes. It detonated on impact, and dispersed 250 high-velocity steel pellets.
• Length: 3.75 in; with vanes extended: 6.7 in • Diameter: 2.75 in • Weight: 1.75 lb • Warhead: 0.35 lb Cyclotol embedded with 200 steel pellets.
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