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US Bomb, 100 lb Chemical, E132

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1847-069

Description

The E132 100-pound bomb was designed to disseminate chemical agents from aircraft.

The E132 was a compact munition designed with maximum performance and payload weight per total systems weight. It provided the greatest area coverage consistent with the potential of the agent (e.g., GB, VX) employed. This inferred widely dispersed multiple source points, and an efficient agent dissemination through improved fuzing and burster system. Self-dispersion was accomplished by driving vanes on the cube body to provide spin during flight. The fuze system could be set for air or ground burst.

The E132 could be dropped from aircraft using Boeing-Hays (XMC-1) dispensers carrying 72 bombs.

Hazardous Components

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Source(s)

Old Chemical Weapons and Related Materiel Reference Guide (2018)