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Dropped/Sub-munition BLU-97/B as noted "Engineer Killer".

Dispensed from: CBU-87 & Tomahawk Guided Missle Surf-Surf and Sub-Surf

Just want to state first off that I ID'd the munition in the picture as a scatterable submunition. There were no foreign markings I could see so based on the NATO color sytem I would classify it as a HE type. I used the Operational Support Guide for Joint Service EOD: Iraqi AO book as well the cd based version to ID the exact munition. BLU-97/B HEAT submunition.

Safety Hazards: HE/FRAG/MOVE/EMR/STATIC/CS(dispensed)/FIRE/LUCKY/JET.
As a note I had written down from class if there is a parachute/streamer attached to the munition and there is a 5kt or greater wind DO NOT approach the munition.

Fuzing: Impact Inertia fuze classified as a PIBD.

BIP: I would want to stay as far away as possible from this munition. One method a 18C had mentioned when he came by class to talk to us based on his very recent dealings in Afghanistan. Based on memory he said he would get some type of cardboard and then attached a length of cord to this so he could drag near the munition without having to be near it. Could prime a block of C4 and use MDI along the length of the cord. Once the C4 is near the munition go ahead and find cover and initiate the MDI. My concerns with this are finding cover, being far away enough from the munition, getting the C4 close enough to the munition so that it is destoryed and not thrown somewhere else on the battlefield.


I'm all ears so please educate me more.