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This image shows markings on an SUU-30H/B dispenser which comprises part of a CBU-52B/B Cluster Bomb Unit, including a National Stock Number (“NSN 1325 00 477 2053-E800”), design reference (“AF DRAWING NO: 716514-10”), total explosive weight of the submunitions (“CYCLOTOL: 133 LBS:”), lot number (“LOT NO: MA-77G246-002”), and serial number (“SERIAL NO: EE-97391”). This lot number indicates that this CBU-52B/B was manufactured at the Milan Army Ammunition Plant in the U.S. in July 1977. (ARES)
External Research
Mwatana for Human Rights
"On the morning of Tuesday, February 2, 2016, Saudi/UAE-led Coalition jets dropped a US-made CBU-52 cluster bomb on a car parked next to a civilian home in Al-Sir village, Haradh District, Hajjah Governorate. The attack killed one civilian and injured another eight, all from the same extended family"
