BL755
Sign in to saveBL755 is a cluster bomb developed by Hunting Aircraft that contains 147 parachute-retarded high explosive anti-tank (HEAT) submunitions. Its primary targets are armoured vehicles and tanks with secondary soft target (anti personnel) capabilities. It entered service with the Royal Air Force (RAF) in 1973.
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- aerial bomb
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Conflict
- Falklands War
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Encyclopedic overview
21 sectionsContents
- History
- Previous systems
- SR(A)1197
- BL755
- IBL755
- RBL755
- Replacement
- Design
- Deployment
- United Kingdom
- Yugoslavia
- Zimbabwe
- Iran
- Saudi Arabia/UAE
- Operators
- Former operators
- Notes
- References
- Citations
- Bibliography
- External links
BL755 is a cluster bomb developed by Hunting Aircraft that contains 147 parachute-retarded high explosive anti-tank (HEAT) submunitions. Its primary targets are armoured vehicles and tanks with secondary soft target (anti personnel) capabilities. It entered service with the Royal Air Force (RAF) in 1973.
BL755 was developed as a new-generation anti-tank weapon that would allow extremely low-level attacks against Soviet armoured formations. The introduction of the ZSU-23-4 Shilka self-propelled anti-aircraft gun rendered the pop-up attack profile demanded by iron bombs and air-to-ground rockets almost suicidal. The cluster munition would be dropped in pairs while the aircraft overflew the formation at and 300 feet altitude, covering an area of .
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