Butterfly Bomb - US Copy

US Copy

The United States manufactured a copy of the SD2 for use during World War II, the Korean War and Vietnam War, designating it the M83 submunition. The 4-pound (1.8 kg) fragmentation bomblet was used in the US M28 and M29 cluster bombs.

  • US M83 cluster bomb with wings closed. The fuze has not yet armed itself

  • US M83 cluster bomb with wings deployed.

  • 500lb M29 cluster bomb with ninety M83 submunitions inside it

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