GATOR Mine System - Airforce CBU-89/B

Airforce CBU-89/B

The Airforce CBU-89/B is a 1,000-pound cluster munition containing 72 antitank and 22 antipersonnel mines, consists of an SUU-64 Tactical Munitions Dispenser with an optional FZU-39 proximity sensor. The TMD is the same general configuration used for the CBU-87/B Combined Effects Munition. This commonality allows for high-rate, low-cost production of the dispenser.

When the CBU-89 is used in conjunction with the Wind Corrected Munitions Dispenser guidance tail kit, it become a precision-guided munition designated as CBU-104.

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