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Small bomblets. they're about the size of a coke can. it's the equivalent of a hand grenade. what happens is those bomblets disperse overhead over a unit. the bomblets drop out of a shell and are dispersed over a very wide area. and they drop, truthly, like hand grenades. in our army, we call them dual purpose improved conventional munitions. what happens is if it hits a vehicle, it has a shape charge, the kind of antiarmor charge that will go through metal. if it hits the ground, it has a fragmentation charge, much like a hand grenade. so, it can affect both equipment and personnel over a ver...

And they drop, truthfully anderson, like hand grenades. in our army, we call them dpicm, it stands for dual purpose improve conventional munition. what happens is if it hits a vehicle it has a sheep charge, the kind of anti-armor charge that will go through metal. if it hits the ground, it has like a fragmentation charge, much like a hand grenade. so, it can affect both equipment and personnel over a very wide area. they are effective. but what i would say is they were banned by more than 100 countries over the conventions on cluster munitions. i think is back in 2008, i'm not sure of the year...