Air and ground launched cluster submunitions

NMaude said:
Anyone else notice just how crude the Russian iron-bombs are? They have terrible aerodynamics and look like WWII relics.
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On the contray, WW2 bombs were more aerodynamic. That bomb looks like BA, Hannibal and the gang got stuck in a warehouse surrounded by enemies and knocked it together inside of 5 minutes.

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There is this fellow from WW1 too:

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I was under the impression that they were deliberately designed to be high-drag bombs, with aerodynamics similar to the US experimental "bluff" bombs from the 1970s.

Certainly the Soviets also developed the M62 series of low-drag bombs, which would be closest equivalent to the US Mk 80 series.
 
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