The CBU-87 Combined Effects Munition (CEM) is a cluster bomb used by the United States Air Force, developed by Aerojet General/Honeywell and introduced in 1986 to replace the earlier cluster bombs used in the Vietnam War. CBU stands for Cluster Bomb Unit.

When fitted with the WCMD the CBU-87 Combined Effects Munition, GBU-89 GATOR and the CBU-97 Sensor Fuzed Weapon are respectively known as the CBU-103, CBU-104 and the CBU-105; the latter anti-armor weapon was deployed but not used during Operation Allied Force in the Kosovo War, and fired in combat during the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

As guided cluster munitions, WCMD weapons qualify for both the GBU (guided bomb) and CBU (cluster bomb) categories, and the USAF decided to designate them in the latter. The following table lists all known WCMD -equipped cluster bombs: Notes: Details about the differences between the CBU-87/B and -87A/B are not available.

major retrofit program for the CBU-87/B, an accuracy enhancement program. The U.S. Air Force has developed an accuracy enhancement for the SUU-64/B and SUU-65/B Tactical Munitions Dispensers, including the SUU-65/B as used in the CBU-87/B Combined Effects Munition. The enhancement, called the Wind Corrected Munitions Dispenser, is in the form

The BLU-97/B Combined Effects Bomb is the submunition used in several cluster bomb type weapon systems, mainly the CBU-87 and its precision-guided version CBU-103. When the bomblets fall, they separate from the main bomb and independently free fall to the ground.

The Wind Compensated Munitions Dispenser [WCMD "Wick-Mid"] is intended to remedy this current shortfall in Tactical Munition Dispenser munitions, such as the CBU-87 CEM [Combined Effects...

This project extends range and improves accuracy of the Wind Corrected Munitions Dispenser (WCMD) by development of a wing kit and integration of a GPS equipped tail kit into the CBU-105 (anti...

Sep 14, 2022 · The 422 Test and Evaluation Squadron (TES) conducts testing of two different Cluster Bomb Units (CBU) at the Nevada Test and Training Range, Sept 14, 2022. The 422 TES tested a CBU-87 and a...

The CBU-87 CEM, an all-purpose, air-delivered cluster weapons system, consists of a SW-65 Tactical Munitions Dispenser (TMD) with an optional FZU-39 proximity sensor.

Nov 30, 2016 · In this case, the WCMD (Wind Corrected Munitions Dispenser) is a tail kit for cluster bombs (CBU-87, 89 & 97) which convert the normal cluster bombs by adding a different tail unit to allow corrections to trajectory based on wind changes allowing for …