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M43 BZ Incapacitating Cluster Bomb

Bomb  
United States of America

The M43 BZ incapacitating cluster bomb used the M30 cluster bomb adapter and an M14 or E12R2 tail unit. The M43 contained 57, approx. 10-pound (4.5 kg) cylindrical M138 bomblets that contained BZ hallucinogenic agent. The total mass of BZ was 86.0 lb (39.0 kg) It is used with two M152A1 or M908 mechanical time tail fuzes. To open the bomb on functioning of a fuze, its hinge tube contained 22 feet of detonating cord that contained approx....

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