(sorry for my English)
Lazy Dogs are antipersonnel weapon, bullet-shaped metal fragments for canister/beehive round or similar ammunition. They were also dropped from aircraft, similar to Ranken darts from world war I. I found also some information about Mk.44 cluster bomb, for example in Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazy_Dog_%28bomb%29
Wiki says that Mk.44 was pure "kinetic" weapon, after opening the dispenser Lazy Dogs fallen free, driven only by gravity. But in Christopher Chant's book "Modern Aircraft Armament" Mk.44 is described as a slightly more complex weapon, with 10.000 Lazy Dogs in forward compartment and explosive load of 9,9 kg (21,8 lb) TNT in the rear, with time fuse. On the optimum height above the ground this load exploded, crushing the bomb and driving Lazy Dogs downward with very high velocity.
What is true? Or maybe Mk.44 have two versions, the "explosive" and "non-explosive" one?
Also I know that US Navy used (or test) Lazy Dogs in the Gladeye cluster bomb, but without any details. I think it was undroppable dispenser? How big was it? The submunition was free dropped by gravity, or dispensed by pyrotechnic cartridge like in SUU-13? Maybe someone have more information about it?
Lazy Dogs are antipersonnel weapon, bullet-shaped metal fragments for canister/beehive round or similar ammunition. They were also dropped from aircraft, similar to Ranken darts from world war I. I found also some information about Mk.44 cluster bomb, for example in Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazy_Dog_%28bomb%29
Wiki says that Mk.44 was pure "kinetic" weapon, after opening the dispenser Lazy Dogs fallen free, driven only by gravity. But in Christopher Chant's book "Modern Aircraft Armament" Mk.44 is described as a slightly more complex weapon, with 10.000 Lazy Dogs in forward compartment and explosive load of 9,9 kg (21,8 lb) TNT in the rear, with time fuse. On the optimum height above the ground this load exploded, crushing the bomb and driving Lazy Dogs downward with very high velocity.
What is true? Or maybe Mk.44 have two versions, the "explosive" and "non-explosive" one?
Also I know that US Navy used (or test) Lazy Dogs in the Gladeye cluster bomb, but without any details. I think it was undroppable dispenser? How big was it? The submunition was free dropped by gravity, or dispensed by pyrotechnic cartridge like in SUU-13? Maybe someone have more information about it?