And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
I remember seeing those out in MCB 29 Palms during an exercise. Lots and lots of UXO in the early 1990's out there. Before you went to the field there, they had a slide show showing stuff that was not your friend if you touched it....slide show was about 50 pages long!
We saw lots of UXO in the Black Rock Desert where my dad was stationed as a geologist in the 60's. Us kids used to collect it to see who could make the biggest pile. https://photos.app.goo.gl/urxBeb6SbFA2LKvg7
I've heard them described as about baseball sized. They don't split, they're made to tumble and scatter as they fall, covering more area. Rather than have ~thousand pounds of explosive go off in one spot, you have the equivalent divided into 202 sub-munitions and inflicting damage over a wider area. Nothing gets "seriously blown up" but a lot more gets shrapnel holes. Which in infantry and 'soft targets" and "more bang for the buck".
Oh dear me. that's gonna hurt a lot if there's a grass fire. wouldn't touch that mess for love or money.
ReplyDeleteBDU, where was it found?
ReplyDelete"Cluster". One of the greatest most effective anti-personal weapons of the 20th century. These bad-boys combined with Nape shred and roast.
ReplyDeleteBomb roe!
ReplyDeleteI remember seeing those out in MCB 29 Palms during an exercise. Lots and lots of UXO in the early 1990's out there. Before you went to the field there, they had a slide show showing stuff that was not your friend if you touched it....slide show was about 50 pages long!
ReplyDeleteWe saw lots of UXO in the Black Rock Desert where my dad was stationed as a geologist in the 60's. Us kids used to collect it to see who could make the biggest pile. https://photos.app.goo.gl/urxBeb6SbFA2LKvg7
DeleteRun Forrest, Run!
ReplyDeleteThey're spectacular when dropped, and they pop off.
ReplyDeleteFor the un-initiated...how big are those spheroids( pardon my ineptness!)and do they split(as it seems).
ReplyDeleteI've heard them described as about baseball sized.
DeleteThey don't split, they're made to tumble and scatter as they fall, covering more area. Rather than have ~thousand pounds of explosive go off in one spot, you have the equivalent divided into 202 sub-munitions and inflicting damage over a wider area. Nothing gets "seriously blown up" but a lot more gets shrapnel holes. Which in infantry and 'soft targets" and "more bang for the buck".