INERT DEACTIVATED. BL755 Anti-Tank & Runway Cratering Bomblet, Stand Off Assembly, Arming Vane & Tail Fin. - O 2118 INERT DEACTIVATED. BL755 Anti-Tank & Runway Cratering Bomblet, Stand Off Assembly, Arming Vane & Tail Fin. - O 2118 Other Ammunition

INERT DEACTIVATED. This is a British BL755 anti-tank and runway cratering hollow charge training bomblet. The weapon was used by the Royal Air Force in the Falklands, Bosnia and both Gulf Wars. The BL 755 bomblet was developed by Hunting aircraft and entered service with the Royal Air Force in 1973. The BL 755 was a hollow charge sub-munition with the weapons container weighed 600 pounds. The container held 147 of these sub munitions. The sub-munitions consisted of a small high explosive anti-tank warhead with a stabilizing coronet that flipped out on ejection to ensure they were facing forward when they impacted. The trigger was mounted on a spring that extended forward after launch to ensure the bomb fired at the right range from the armour or concrete runway surface. This is an unfired BL 755 bomblet body complete with its hollow charge cone and alloy fin holding tail assembly, arming vane, and the standoff assembly including the spring which allowed the bomb to explode approximately 4 inches off armour or a runway surface to enable the bomblet to penetrate and crater the runway surface. When the bomblet exploded, the segmented body left fragments on exploding adding to its anti-personal properties. This bomblet retains all of its original surface finish where the body is varnished brown with an orang 15mm rig near the hollow cone. The bomblet is stencilled in white INERT FFE (inert, free form explosive) which usually indicates a training round for bomb disposal. The weapon was used by the Hawker Harrier G.R. 3, Jaguar G,R.1, Blackburn Buccaneer S.2 and the Phantom F.4. The price includes UK delivery and no licence is required to possess this inert item in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. O 2118