BL-755 vs CBU-87 CEM
| Introduced by the United Kingdom in 1972, the BL-755 is an anti-armor cluster bomb containing 147 submunitions designed for both armor penetration and antipersonnel fragmentation. | |
| Origin | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Category | Cluster Munition |
| Type | Cluster Bomb |
| Manufacturer | Hunting Aircraft |
| Service year | 1973 |
| Number produced | -- units |
| Estimated unit price | NA |
| The U.S.-developed CBU-87 Combined Effects Munition, introduced in 1986, is an air-dropped cluster bomb designed to attack personnel and vehicles, dispersing bomblets over a wide area. | |
| Origin | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Category | Cluster Munition |
| Type | Cluster Bomb Unit |
| Manufacturer | Aerojet General |
| Service year | 1986 |
| Number produced | -- units |
| Estimated unit price | $0.0 million |
| Weight | 270 kg ◉ |
| Length | 2.44 m ◉ |
| Diameter | 272 mm ◉ |
| Guidance | -- |
| Warhead type | HEAT submunitions |
| Weight | 431 kg ◉ |
| Length | 2.31 m ◉ |
| Diameter | 410 mm ◉ |
| Guidance | Wind Corrected Munitions Dispenser |
| Warhead type | 202 BLU-97/B submunitions |