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Selwyn

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Dear Eduard. I like to just to let you know that there has never ever, ever, been a bomb called a CPU-123 in service in an Air Force anywhere in the world.  It doesn't Exist. The Bomb you depict is called a Paveway II (UK). 

 

Ladies and gents If you want a Paveway II(UK) for your  RAF aircraft  you can use these bombs, however you will need to fettle them, as you need to remove the two bands around the bomb body  that are situated between the bomb lugs, as these are only a feature of the Enhanced Paveway II (UK),  a different weapon. The bombs provided by eduard are examples of  the later versions of the Paveway II (UK), (Mid 80's onwards). I can tell this because as currently depicted the Guidance doesn't have a CPU-123!

 

(For your information  a CPU-123 is the small computer section of the MAU 157 guidance  on Paveway I weapons, and early versions of the MAU-169 guidance section of Paveway II.)

 

Selwyn 

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1 hour ago, junglierating said:

 the subtle diction that only a bombhead can do

Your Bombheads must have been higher evolved than ours.

Ours communicated in grunts and the hurling of dung.

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On 7/3/2021 at 10:25 PM, NAVY870 said:

Your Bombheads must have been higher evolved than ours.

Ours communicated in grunts and the hurling of dung.

Cheeky git .....a miltary aircraft is a bus or a taxi/personal flying club if it don't 'ave bombs and bullets......you must be an ex grubber (upside down variety)😄

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3 hours ago, Navy Bird said:

Maybe someone at Eduard had a keyboard malfunction - an input of GPU-12 was output as CPU-123. Just a thought...

 

Cheers,

Bill

GPU 12? Don't you mean GBU-12?  Well thats a US bomb and only a 500 pounder!😎

 

Selwyn

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23 minutes ago, Selwyn said:

GPU 12? Don't you mean GBU-12?  Well thats a US bomb and only a 500 pounder!😎

 

Hey, now I'm qualified to work for Eduard as a research typist!     :clap:

 

Cheers,

Bill

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8 hours ago, junglierating said:

Cheeky git .....a miltary aircraft is a bus or a taxi/personal flying club if it don't 'ave bombs and bullets......you must be an ex grubber (upside down variety)😄

Oi I resemble that remark

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Not just Eduard thinks there is something called CPU-123:

 

https://air-graphics.uk/shop/ols/products/ac-064-cpu-123b-paveway-ii-lgb

 

https://www.scalemates.com/kits/flightpath-fp-48-080f-raf-paveway-ii-cpu-123b-laser-guided-bomb-set--204949    

 

https://www.scalemates.com/kits/pp-aeroparts-ac-411-raf-laser-guided-bombs--1328243    

 

https://www.military-today.com/aircraft/panavia_tornado_ids.htm (shown as armament for Tornado)

 

http://www.cmano-db.com/pdf/aircraft/66/ (shown as armament for Buccaneer)

 

http://www.cmano-db.com/aircraft/1027/  (shown as armament for Harrier GR.5)

 

http://www.cmano-db.com/weapon/955/

 

http://www.cmano-db.com/weapon/54/

 

etc.

 

Curiouser and Curiouser. Is this one of those Internet errors that is accepted as fact and multiplies? 99% of search results go back to Eduard's bits, but not all. In the other cases, the bomb is usually referred to as CPU-123/B (1982) Paveway II but there also seems to be a variant (2002). The bits from the other aftermarket manufacturers shown above (Air Graphics, Flightpath, and PP Aeroparts) seem to predate Eduard's offerings so designating it this way doesn't look like it started with Eduard.

 

I wonder what gives. Is very strange, no?

 

Cheers,

Bill

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22 hours ago, Navy Bird said:

Not just Eduard thinks there is something called CPU-123:

 

https://air-graphics.uk/shop/ols/products/ac-064-cpu-123b-paveway-ii-lgb

 

https://www.scalemates.com/kits/flightpath-fp-48-080f-raf-paveway-ii-cpu-123b-laser-guided-bomb-set--204949    

 

https://www.scalemates.com/kits/pp-aeroparts-ac-411-raf-laser-guided-bombs--1328243    

 

https://www.military-today.com/aircraft/panavia_tornado_ids.htm (shown as armament for Tornado)

 

http://www.cmano-db.com/pdf/aircraft/66/ (shown as armament for Buccaneer)

 

http://www.cmano-db.com/aircraft/1027/  (shown as armament for Harrier GR.5)

 

http://www.cmano-db.com/weapon/955/

 

http://www.cmano-db.com/weapon/54/

 

etc.

 

Curiouser and Curiouser. Is this one of those Internet errors that is accepted as fact and multiplies? 99% of search results go back to Eduard's bits, but not all. In the other cases, the bomb is usually referred to as CPU-123/B (1982) Paveway II but there also seems to be a variant (2002). The bits from the other aftermarket manufacturers shown above (Air Graphics, Flightpath, and PP Aeroparts) seem to predate Eduard's offerings so designating it this way doesn't look like it started with Eduard.

 

I wonder what gives. Is very strange, no?

 

Cheers,

Bill

It is without doubt an Internet error that is accepted as fact. 

Another one I come across a lot  even in professional circles is a bomb called just "Paveway II." Paveway II is a trademark not a bomb. This relates just to the Guidance section standard.  We have all heard of GBU 10, GBU 12 and GBU 16 but they can all be Paveway II bombs if they all employ that guidance system.  Earlier models of these bombs (c1970's ish ) were all Paveway I !

 

Selwyn

 

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