120 mm M971/1 (CL 3144) ICM bomb

and loaded in the same way as conventional 120 mm mortar bombs. The six-increment propellant system is adjusted as required and the nose-mounted DM 93 (or similar) mechanical time fuze preset to ensure an airburst over the target area. Once the bomb has left the mortar muzzle, jack-knife tailfins deploy to provide aerodynamic stability. When the fuze functions in flight it ignites an expulsion charge to pressurise the bomb ogive and eject the bomblet payload. The 24 bomblets are scattered to fall to the ground forming an approximate × pattern over a 100 to 110 m radius, covering an area of about 4,800 m 2 . A salvo of M971/1 bombs over a target will ensure good target area coverage. As each Bantam bomblet impacts with the target area its RDX shaped charge detonates to provide a penetration of more than 105 mm of armour. The bomblet body also breaks up into more than 1,200 lethal fragments. Each 42 mm Bantam bomblet weighs 296 g, of which approximately 44 g is the RDX shaped charge; each bomblet is 55.65 mm long. Should a Bantam bomblet not detonate on impact there is an integral pyrotechnic self-destruction mechanism initiated as the fuze is armed during its descent from the M971/1 body. Manufacturer Israel Military Industries ( IMI ).