Uncle Dick Posted November 7, 2018 Share Posted November 7, 2018 Came across this interesting image of "LETHIFEROUS LOLA" (BTW LETHIFEROUS MEANS EITHER OBSOLETE/ARCHAIC OR LETHAL/DEADLY - a new word for my vocabulary!) Need some help in identifying the store on the inner port pylon (with the yellow stripe - which usually means its "live" ordnance) you can also see the same store on the far left on another Hun image from www.aircraftslides.com 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finn Posted November 7, 2018 Share Posted November 7, 2018 (edited) They are SUU-41 dispensers: edit: another pic: Jari Edited November 7, 2018 by Finn 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted November 7, 2018 Share Posted November 7, 2018 (edited) Anyone make these in 1/48th or 1/72nd ? Edited November 7, 2018 by Corsairfoxfouruncle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Dick Posted November 9, 2018 Author Share Posted November 9, 2018 (edited) Thanks for the identification - apparently according to another forum they were only in use from 1968 to 1970? Did a quick search on google - unfortunately looks like no one makes them in 1/72 or 1/48 Edited November 9, 2018 by Uncle Dick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beppe Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 Just a thought, maybe you could start from a QRC 490 massive chaff dispenser made by isradecal. Looks like the shape is roughly the same. Joseph 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 8 hours ago, beppe said: Just a thought, maybe you could start from a QRC 490 massive chaff dispenser made by isradecal. Heres the QRC-490 I think the shape is very close if not the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beppe Posted November 11, 2018 Share Posted November 11, 2018 the number of chaff cassettes equal the one of cluster adapters I Think is the same, only modified by the IAF to carry chaff instead of gravel CBU 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finn Posted November 11, 2018 Share Posted November 11, 2018 (edited) Upon further looking the waters became a little muddy as the dispensers could be one of these 3: SUU-36 (30 BLU-45/B tactical, subsurface, antivehicle landmines) : SUU-38 (10 KMU-338/B adapters to dispense 30 individual mine canisters each containing eighteen (18) wide-area antipersonnel mines) : SUU-41 (150 XM41E1 mines, or 750 XM40E5 anti-intrusion mines, or a mix of 650 XM40E5 mines and 48 XM44 antipersonnel mines) : they are very similar, just the payloads were different. I also found mention being made of CBU-33A as the official designation of a type used in Vietnam: http://www.nmusafvirtualtour.com/media/057/057g.html you can zoom in on the pic. Jari Edited November 11, 2018 by Finn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beppe Posted November 11, 2018 Share Posted November 11, 2018 CBU-33 consisted in 30 BLU-45/B in an SUU-36/A. Shape wise, I think you can use the isradecal massive chaff dispensers. The problem is to find them. Joseph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slater Posted November 12, 2018 Share Posted November 12, 2018 USAF used a bewildering variety of CBU's in Vietnam. Some worked as advertised and some didn't. At war's end (and afterwards) relatively few types survived as standard inventory items. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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