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81 mm submunition bomb RS6A2
Region
Italy
Category
Ammunition, Missiles and precision weapons
Armament For L16 , M252 and similar high-pressure 81 mm mortars. Development By Simmel for use in the Breda and other appropriate mortars. Description The RS6A2 is a long bomb with an alloy body in two parts. The forward section is threaded for a time fuze, has an expelling charge and pusher plate beneath the fuze and the interior holds nine submunition bomblets. The rear section is a push-fit into the front and is retained by a number of shear pins. A tailboom and six fins are extruded from aluminium and attached
to the end of the rear body section. The propelling charge consists of a primary cartridge inserted into the tailboom and six secondary charges fitted around the boom in horseshoe containers. After firing, the time fuze functions at the selected time to give a burst 350 m above the ground at the required range. The fuze ignites the expelling charge which, by pressure on the pusher plate and through the payload, shears the retaining pins and throws the rear body and tail unit clear. The submunitions are then expelled from the body and dispersed around the trajectory; the height of burst is selected so as to give the optimum ground pattern in which the lethal areas of the bomblets overlap. The bomblets contain a charge of 25 g Composition A5 and are impact fuzed. Manufacturer Simmel Difesa SpA.