Can Destroy 40 Tanks at Once! Here's the Power of the CBU-105 Cluster Bomb

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  • Опубліковано 20 січ 2024
  • Initially developed as the Cluster Bomb Unit-97 (CBU-97), which was unguided and quite inaccurate when released from high altitudes, it was modified and improved into the CBU-105 with the addition of GPS and tail guidance fins, which made it a very accurate Precision Guided Munition. The policy of tank-busting by the U.S. Air Force centers around this weapon, which is dropped by various platforms.
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  • @2Phast4Rocket
    @2Phast4Rocket 4 місяці тому +30

    In the Iraq war, a single B1 bomber dropping the CBU-105 stopped the entire Iraqi armor division

    • @jimpickering4599
      @jimpickering4599 4 місяці тому +2

      Oh no it didn't, otherwise we could have saved a ground offensive.

    • @timoakes450
      @timoakes450 4 місяці тому

      @@jimpickering4599 Al-Kafgi-Saudi

    • @stanstanly3812
      @stanstanly3812 4 місяці тому +1

      Negative. B-1's were not utilized in the Iraq War. That was a B-52.

    • @dennisluz6453
      @dennisluz6453 4 місяці тому

      I say the headline is an exaggeration: being able to destroy 40 tanks (let alone 1 tank) at once. It appears the nature of the cluster bomb is to kill small targets, like humans, rather than heavily armored vehicles and tanks.

    • @paulbedichek5177
      @paulbedichek5177 4 місяці тому

      @@dennisluz6453 Those are tank killers,like SMART or Bonus.

  • @philphil1577
    @philphil1577 4 місяці тому +4

    the greatest effect when applied at a railway junction

  • @thanhtong2281
    @thanhtong2281 4 місяці тому +13

    Now imagine it as a glide bomb for longer standoff range with sheath characteristics

    • @tylerclayton6081
      @tylerclayton6081 4 місяці тому +1

      I think there’s already an ER version with fold out wings

    • @matthiasmai9074
      @matthiasmai9074 4 місяці тому +1

      Yes there is it is called Taurus, It was designed as the follow up of the multi despencer units of the Tornado and there are also other submunition types like runway cratering, anti tnk.

  • @ruskiessuck3337
    @ruskiessuck3337 4 місяці тому +5

    Merica shit works

  • @426superbee4
    @426superbee4 4 місяці тому +1

    Not only a cluster> but having each bomb going to different targets

  • @ericgrumbles447
    @ericgrumbles447 4 місяці тому +4

    So wait... If there were tanks from the windows, all the way to the walls, you're telling me that this thing would just SKEET SKEET SKEET SKEET and take them all out?

  • @TOPDadAlpha
    @TOPDadAlpha 4 місяці тому +3

    And this is a weapon we know about..... think of all weapons we have no idea exists.

  • @roberttai646
    @roberttai646 23 дні тому

    I heard this weapon referred to by a USAF pilot as the "weapon of 13 consecutive miracles" on a Modern Marvels program. It is responsible for halting the Iraqi column leaving Kuwait in Bush War 1. After the CBU105 disabled all the vehicles, the rest of the USAF was unleashed. 2-mile long path of destruction.

  • @jeffi854
    @jeffi854 4 місяці тому

    Best money the department of defense ever spent too !

  • @tomdarco2223
    @tomdarco2223 4 місяці тому +2

    Right On Go Army!

  • @jjcdrumplay
    @jjcdrumplay 4 місяці тому +3

    Not every spot on top of a tank is weak, right? You have the sides of turret and above engine that is weak, so you could disable the tank, but the crew goes back, and fights again. The fpv drones seem to disable tanks just as well. The good thing is cbu105 in artillery barrages!

  • @shawnm8232
    @shawnm8232 4 місяці тому +6

    Imagine a firing malfunction over your own guys.

  • @evan1788
    @evan1788 4 місяці тому +1

    Everyone saying fpv drones but how many can they rapidly strike? Plus this was made in the 80s but who am I. Everyone went from virologist to human rights lawyers to military experts in the latest few years.

  • @nickmaclachlan5178
    @nickmaclachlan5178 4 місяці тому +3

    I thought cluster munitions were now outlawed under the Geneva Convention? Or is that just the delayed fuse anti-personnel type?

    • @unboxedfirstunboxedlast642
      @unboxedfirstunboxedlast642 4 місяці тому +5

      Geneva Convention predates cluster bombs. Cluster bombs fall under the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM), one of the parties who did not sign was the United States.

    • @rogerwilco5918
      @rogerwilco5918 4 місяці тому

      Nope.

  • @andrewkamoha4666
    @andrewkamoha4666 4 місяці тому

    Looks like some bang snaps thrown over the tanks ...

  • @jeffi854
    @jeffi854 4 місяці тому

    Regardless I think our department of defense should continue to build and produce these much needed weapons especially given the wars in Ukraine and Israel.

  • @JoeyBlogs007
    @JoeyBlogs007 4 місяці тому

    So does each skeet have its own guidance or just the skeet launcher?

    • @thedubwhisperer2157
      @thedubwhisperer2157 4 місяці тому +2

      Each skeet!

    • @ericgrumbles447
      @ericgrumbles447 4 місяці тому

      The dispenser is GPS guided and releases the skeets over an area. When the individual skeets disperse, they deploy a parachute and rocket motor to slow their descent while also imparting a sort of wobble to the munition itself. The wobble allows the munition's internal seeker to scan a conical shaped area beneath it. It scans using infrared to detect engine heat and then also scans "visually" using a pattern matching algorithm to try and maximize accuracy while also avoiding friendly fire. Once both seekers agree that there's a valid target in range, the skeet detonates its shaped charge and the blast creates a jet of molten copper that can burn through quite a lot of armor.

  • @johnlord8337
    @johnlord8337 4 місяці тому +4

    You are welcome ! Invented Brigade Rain cluster bomb (auto or programmed) in mid-1980s, and given to Ronnie Reagan. CBU and ATACMs based upon this missile/rocket.

  • @spaghetti9845
    @spaghetti9845 2 місяці тому

    I always trust mainstream media 'news' consultants when it comes to specifications of military hardware. Don't you?

  • @Whatisthisstupidfinghandle
    @Whatisthisstupidfinghandle 4 місяці тому +1

    Large formations of vehicles are a thing of the past

    • @whoisme678
      @whoisme678 4 місяці тому

      Which is why Russia had a column of military vehicles destroyed on several occasions, especially at the beginning of the conflict . Column several miles long and all were stuck. If no fuel supplies...tanks don't run. Another weapon used against tanks

    • @roberttai646
      @roberttai646 23 дні тому

      That 40 mile long Russian convoy outside of Kyiv was a mirage?

  • @mikebikekite1
    @mikebikekite1 4 місяці тому +2

    This looks very similar to the SMART artillery used in Europe since the late 1980's. In the video (00:38) you're talking about precision targeting but all the targets onscreen looked untouched, let alone knocked out.

    • @rakheem351
      @rakheem351 4 місяці тому +1

      Do you not know what shrapnel is just because you can’t see damage doesn’t mean it’s not there lol

    • @rakheem351
      @rakheem351 4 місяці тому

      Also it’s not supposed to be flashy it’s supposed to do maximum damage for minimal collateral damage

    • @mikebikekite1
      @mikebikekite1 4 місяці тому +1

      @@rakheem351 Normal cluster rounds use shrapnel against soft skinned targets and personnel. This video is about destroying groups of tanks. Shrapnel would just bounce of a tank. These type of bombs use targeted shaped HEAT rounds aimed against the thinner armour on the top of each tank. It shows quite clearly at 00:38 that each round misses it's target (you can see the explosions on the ground near to the various targets) and that the tank sits there untouched.

    • @rakheem351
      @rakheem351 4 місяці тому

      @@mikebikekite1 again buddy you must not know how sensitive that equipment on that tank is damage is damage those are effectively knocked out they wouldn’t show them missing to prove a point dose t have to be a direct heat

    • @mikebikekite1
      @mikebikekite1 4 місяці тому +1

      @@rakheem351 These types of cluster bombs do NOT use shrapnel against tanks. They use a shaped charge that explodes in the air and then fires molten metal at high speed towards the top of the tank to penetrate the hull (an EFP). You can see examples of BONUS rounds on YT hitting Russian tanks in Ukraine. These are very similar weapons and the effect is VERY obvious. It’s also very clear in the video at 00:38 that the vehicles are not being damaged by anything. It’s just ironic that the narrator is talking about the precision of the weapon at that point while the weapons are hitting anything but their targets.

  • @shoot-n-scoot3539
    @shoot-n-scoot3539 4 місяці тому +2

    Field test this in Ukraine.

  • @maxprivate3805
    @maxprivate3805 4 місяці тому

    "Tanks but no tanks."

  • @sbstoner
    @sbstoner 4 місяці тому

    skeet skeet

  • @cam_8528
    @cam_8528 4 місяці тому

    I have a hard time seeing how this will slice through the engine blocks and connecting rods of vehicles, armored or not.

  • @fredflintstone3714
    @fredflintstone3714 4 місяці тому +1

    MLRS/TGSM does the same thing

  • @cheezmosarcazmo434
    @cheezmosarcazmo434 3 місяці тому

    I thought that the United nations would not allow the use of cluster munitions? Just like not being able to use chemical gas agents.

  • @JamesMarkWilburn
    @JamesMarkWilburn 4 місяці тому +2

    Great weapon, but how much does each bomb cost?

  • @dannyvdmoo
    @dannyvdmoo 4 місяці тому

    👍👍👍👍

  • @keithd5181
    @keithd5181 4 місяці тому

    No. 15 METRES.

  • @keysersmoze
    @keysersmoze 4 місяці тому

    Because, more advanced/expensive weapons is the key to how America wins wars, like they did in Vietnam and Afghanistan.

  • @robertb4980
    @robertb4980 4 місяці тому +4

    I wonder how this compares to some cheap fpv drones strapped with shaped charge warheads? 😂

    • @michaelfoxbrass
      @michaelfoxbrass 4 місяці тому +1

      Exactly! Not enough money in that business for US defense contractors!

    • @ericgrumbles447
      @ericgrumbles447 4 місяці тому

      They didn't have those in the late 80s when this was developed.

  • @jfinkel7387
    @jfinkel7387 4 місяці тому +1

    40 tanks? Exaggeration!

  • @klardfarkus3891
    @klardfarkus3891 5 днів тому

    40 tanks destroyed with one? What are they parked a parking lot? Even direct hits from anti tank guns and artillery don’t always destroy tanks.

  • @stanstanly3812
    @stanstanly3812 4 місяці тому

    2:35 that's a Tomahawk not a CBU.

  • @paulmurgatroyd6372
    @paulmurgatroyd6372 4 місяці тому +2

    Can the Russians even put 40 tanks in one place these days?

  • @narayankulkarni5378
    @narayankulkarni5378 4 місяці тому

    👌👍💪🗽🇺🇸⚔🚀

  • @lr3465
    @lr3465 4 місяці тому

    Why don't they test a bunch on Russian equipment, great testing grounds for any equipment

  • @bigdaddy7729
    @bigdaddy7729 4 місяці тому

    Ain’t they banned ?

    • @Whatisthisstupidfinghandle
      @Whatisthisstupidfinghandle 4 місяці тому

      Not by the US. They refused to sign the treaty. China and Russia didn’t sign it either

    • @whoisme678
      @whoisme678 4 місяці тому

      Putin doesn't seem to think so. He used cluster on civilians.

    • @rogerwilco5918
      @rogerwilco5918 4 місяці тому

      Nope

  • @Grumszy
    @Grumszy 4 місяці тому

    Someone in a back street factory in China using a foot pedal machine, has just made one.

  • @SaintFluffySnow
    @SaintFluffySnow 4 місяці тому +1

    without any delivery platforms (typically, aircraft)
    such anti-surface weapons are useless
    if the opponent has delivery platforms, your weapons supplies can be destroyed before distribution to whatever delivery platforms might exist, which also can be destroyed before being deployed to their mission sorties (typically, aerial sorties)
    it's 2024+ now
    not all opponents lack advanced modern airpower to effectively counter ones weapons systems

  • @oczhaal
    @oczhaal 4 місяці тому

    the power of hundreds of little mines that will explode when the inhabitants will find them long after the war.

  • @klardfarkus3891
    @klardfarkus3891 5 днів тому

    Yeah right. If these work like this, how is the war still ongoing in ukraine?

  • @mou5007
    @mou5007 4 місяці тому

    😅😅😅

  • @LeatherneckJoe133
    @LeatherneckJoe133 4 місяці тому +3

    700 thousand per unit yikes..someone is getting rich off our government..

    • @popolvuh8097
      @popolvuh8097 4 місяці тому

      how much 1 tank cost clown?

    • @gforce0311
      @gforce0311 4 місяці тому +4

      Our 🇺🇲 .gov has no other constitutional duty besides defense. If you think weapons are expensive try losing WW1, WW2, WW3, WW4.....As for me i'll just stay on the winning team🇺🇲 🤘

    • @LeatherneckJoe133
      @LeatherneckJoe133 4 місяці тому +3

      @@gforce0311 been on the team since I was conceived..You don’t have tell me what it cost I went to Vietnam and still paying for that war..Semper Fi

    • @tedhardulak7698
      @tedhardulak7698 4 місяці тому

      They are not getting rich off our Govt. They are getting rich of of US, The Taxpayers. After the Govt. "Officials" get their cut.

    • @LBM213
      @LBM213 4 місяці тому +2

      freedom isn't free :P

  • @M0j0R1s1ng3
    @M0j0R1s1ng3 4 місяці тому

    fpv with anti tank rpg much more effective, less expensive and doesnt risk aircraft launch - get with the times

  • @bobsnabby2298
    @bobsnabby2298 4 місяці тому

    Too expensive. In Ukraine war we have seen that quantity is the key for victory. You can afford 100 rounds when you need them by thousands. Weapon you cant use due to the price tag is useless. Nice toy though..

  • @hardheadjarhead
    @hardheadjarhead 4 місяці тому

    Don’t send it to Ukraine! The Russians can’t get that many tanks together in one spot.

  • @HammerOn-bu7gx
    @HammerOn-bu7gx 4 місяці тому

    They do not destroy the VEHICLE, they put an explosively formed projectile through a heat source; typically the engine.

  • @torinst
    @torinst 4 місяці тому

    I cant imagine that those small spinning things can disable a tank - light units yes but not a tank

    • @Anonymousg64
      @Anonymousg64 4 місяці тому +1

      explosively formed penetrator, once it impacts it concentrates to a thin jet of molten metal that can penetrate tank armor and cause devastation on anything inside,
      "the skeet fires copper explosively formed penetrators which impact on top of the target. A shrapnel ring released along with it causes damage around the target."

  • @SovietMOB
    @SovietMOB 4 місяці тому

    Like seriously this is amazing! If only se spent as much money on curing cancer and feeding homeless and securing our borders….

  • @kevinmccorkle7476
    @kevinmccorkle7476 4 місяці тому

    "International controversy over the use of the weapon". Did you mean whining by those that got smoked by it?

  • @gergiobeglorayn4809
    @gergiobeglorayn4809 4 місяці тому

    ерунда