The BLU-82B/C-130 weapon system, known under program "Commando Vault" and nicknamed "Daisy Cutter" in Vietnam for its ability to flatten a section of forest into a helicopter landing zone, was an American 15,000-pound (6,800 kg) conventional bomb, delivered from either a C-130 or MC-130 transport aircraft or a CH-54 Tarhe heavy-lift helicopter ...

BLU-111 (500lb) Bomb. The BLU-111 General Purpose bomb is identical to the MK82 MOD 2 bomb, with the exception of the explosive filler. The primary users are the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy.

The BLU-82/B (Bomb Live Unit-82) was a 15,000 pound bomb originally designed to clear helicopter landing zones in Vietnam. The warhead contained 12,600 pounds of GSX (Gelled Slurry Explosive)...

The BLU-82B/C-130 weapon system, nicknamed Commando Vault, is the high altitude delivery of a 15,000 pound bomb from a C-130. This system depends upon the accurate positioning of the...

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Identifies incendiary ammunition or indicates the presence of highly flammable material (liquids, jellies, solids), designed to produce damage by fire. Identifies a riot control agent filler. Identifies screening or marking smoke ammunition. Identifies a toxic chemical agent filler.

Identify selected munitions and packaging containers, interpret and identify munitions markings on boxed and palletized munitions. Given instruction in a contemporary operating environment …

Apr 19, 2010 · As the war in Vietnam intensified, the Air Force Systems Command returned to the idea of a large air dropped bomb not as a weapon, but as a rapid combat engineering tool to clear out a helicopter landing zone in the jungle.

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The M18 Colored Smoke Grenade is a U.S. Army grenade used as a ground-to-ground or ground-to-air signaling device, a target or landing zone marking device, or a screening device for unit maneuvering. It entered service in 1942 and has been the primary colored smoke grenade for the U.S. Army since.