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BLU-3 Pineapple was a cluster bomblet, 360 were deployed from the CBU-2A cluster bomb. It was used extensively in the Vietnam War by American forces. It was named "Pineapple" because of its appearance. On some Arc Light missions, the B-52Ds carried two SUU-24 dispensers in the bomb bay, containing a total of 10,656 bomblets. The BLU-3/B 'Pineapple' was a fragmentation bomblet for use against personnel and unarmored targets. After release from the aerial dispenser, the bomblet was stabilized by six pop-out drag vanes. It detonated on impact, and dispersed 250 high-velocity steel pellets.

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  • Die BLU-3 Pineapple war ein Splitter-Bomblet (Streumunition) aus den USA. (de)
  • BLU-3 Pineapple was a cluster bomblet, 360 were deployed from the CBU-2A cluster bomb. It was used extensively in the Vietnam War by American forces. It was named "Pineapple" because of its appearance. On some Arc Light missions, the B-52Ds carried two SUU-24 dispensers in the bomb bay, containing a total of 10,656 bomblets. The BLU-3/B 'Pineapple' was a fragmentation bomblet for use against personnel and unarmored targets. After release from the aerial dispenser, the bomblet was stabilized by six pop-out drag vanes. It detonated on impact, and dispersed 250 high-velocity steel pellets. (en)
  • BLU-3 Pineapple – amerykańska małego wagomiaru. Przenoszona w bombach kasetowych . Bomba ma kształt walca. Do jego górnej części przymocowane są cztery stateczniki. W pozycji złożonej przylegają one do bocznej ściany korpusu bomby. W ściance korpusu jest zatopionych 250 stalowych kulek. Na BLU-3 wzorowana jest polska bomba LBOk-1. (pl)
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  • Die BLU-3 Pineapple war ein Splitter-Bomblet (Streumunition) aus den USA. (de)
  • BLU-3 Pineapple was a cluster bomblet, 360 were deployed from the CBU-2A cluster bomb. It was used extensively in the Vietnam War by American forces. It was named "Pineapple" because of its appearance. On some Arc Light missions, the B-52Ds carried two SUU-24 dispensers in the bomb bay, containing a total of 10,656 bomblets. The BLU-3/B 'Pineapple' was a fragmentation bomblet for use against personnel and unarmored targets. After release from the aerial dispenser, the bomblet was stabilized by six pop-out drag vanes. It detonated on impact, and dispersed 250 high-velocity steel pellets. (en)
  • BLU-3 Pineapple – amerykańska małego wagomiaru. Przenoszona w bombach kasetowych . Bomba ma kształt walca. Do jego górnej części przymocowane są cztery stateczniki. W pozycji złożonej przylegają one do bocznej ściany korpusu bomby. W ściance korpusu jest zatopionych 250 stalowych kulek. Na BLU-3 wzorowana jest polska bomba LBOk-1. (pl)
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  • BLU-3 Pineapple (de)
  • BLU-3 Pineapple (en)
  • BLU-3 Pineapple (pl)
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