BLU-3 Pineapple

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A BLU-3 cluster bomblet at the Imperial War Museum, London.
A BLU-3 cluster bomblet at the Imperial War Museum, London.

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.

On impact the bomblet explodes scattering 200 steel pellets at high speed.

[edit] Specifications

  • Weight: 1.75 lb (0.79 kg)
  • Warhead: 0.35 lb Cyclotol embedded with 200 steel pellets.

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