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ID

OSMP975

Date

23 October 2006

Source

Bonnie Docherty/Human Rights Watch ↗

Reported Location

Lebanon › Zawtar al-Gharbiyeh

Year

2006

Munition Category

Air-Delivered Bomb

Functional use

Blast Munition Cluster Munition Fragmentation Munition

Tentative Model

SUU-30 series › SUU-30H/B

Research Organisation

Human Rights Watch

Base Colour

Green

Marking Colour

Black White Yellow

Marking Script

Latin Numerical

Condition

Delivered Munition Part Unfunctioned Munition

Mechanical Feature

Rivet Holes, Screws, Rivets

Guidance

Unguided Munition

Domain

Air-to-Surface

Analyst Note

26 November 2024

This image shows an SUU-30H/B, an air-delivered dispenser which can be configured to carry different submunition payloads. These can include 217 BLU-61 A/B, 650 BLU-63/B, or 650 BLU-86/B or BLU-86 A/B. The munition can also carry inert payloads. The specific combination of payload and dispenser determines the ‘Cluster Bomb Unit’ (CBU) designation, with SUU-30H/B dispensers being paired with different payloads to form the CBU-58 and CBU-71 series. Contextual information suggests that this dispenser was part of a CBU-58/B cluster munition, but this cannot be established from an assessment of this image alone. (ARES)

External Research

Human Rights Watch

In Nabatiyah, Zawtar al-Gharbiyeh, and Beit Yahoun, among other places, Human Rights Watch researchers examining sites in the immediate aftermath of the 2006 conflict saw CBU-58B canisters stamped with load dates of September 1973, meaning that their original contents were loaded in 1973.