Blu-101/b

[stecol]

Hi Everyone,

I'm looking for info/pictures of a never issued USAF AT landmine, the BLU-101/B.

Could You help me ?
Thanks

Best Regards
Stecol

[torque]

I could find this if it would help:

The BLU-101/B ERAM (Extended-Range Anti-Armour Mine) was the submunition of the CBU-92/B Extended-Range Anti-Armor Munition. It was developed under the USAF's WAAM (Wide-Area Anti-Armour Munitions) program (which also included the AGM-124 Wasp missile and the CBU-90/B Anti-Armour Cluster Munition) during the 1980s. After release from the dispenser, the BLU-101/B descended under a parachute until it came to rest on the ground, stabilized by four legs. The sensor system consisted of three probes with seismic and acoustic detectors, which could locate and track the movements of tanks and other vehicles within a range of about 150 m (500 ft). The system was supposed to be able to tell tanks from other types of vehicles. When a tank came close enough, the BLU-101/B fired one of its two Skeet projectiles (see BLU-108/B section for details about Skeet) upwards and outwards in the direction of the tank. The Skeet's own infrared sensor would then trigger the firing of an EFP (Explosively Formed Penetrator) downwards to destroy the target's top arnour. The ERAM program was terminated in 1987 due to high cost and changed requirements, but the Skeet was eventually produced in large numbers for the BLU-108/B submunition.

The BLU-101/B was to be used as payload in the following cluster bombs:

* CBU-92/B (9 BLU-101/B and 3 unknown area-denial submunitions in SUU-65/B)

The area-denial munitions were probably meant to disrupt potential mine-sweeping efforts.


AGM-124 http://www.designation-systems.net/dusrm/m-124.html




Mid 1970s Assault Breaker concept formulated and technology development begun
1977 CBU-92/B and BLU-101/B Extended Range Anti-armor Munition program conceived
1981 CBU-92/B and BLU-101/B Sensor Fuzed Weapon concept development begun
January 1985 CBU-92/B and BLU-101/B program goes dormant

[stecol]

Many Thanks torque,

Regards
stecol

[torque]

No prob ;)