The Soviet stockpiles contained a large number of 122mm for Grads and 220mm for the Uragan MRLs rockets. Variant of a 203mm cluster artillery projectile It has a weight of 110 kg and carries 24 fragmentation bomblets with 230 grams of explosive. The rounds of all these types are compatible with a wide range of Soviet-type 152mm guns.įor the 2S7 Pion ACS designed a 203mm 3-О-14 shell, which is used with 3VO15/16 cluster rounds. It carries shaped charge-fragmentation bomblets. This caliber also has 3-28/29/30 cluster artillery rounds with a 3-О-23 shell. 3-О-13 shell for 3VO13 and 3VO14 cluster munition rounds A projectile weighing 41.4 kg holds 8 fragmentation combat elements with a weight of 4.1 kg each. The first type is a 3-О-13 cluster munition shell used in 3VO13 and 3VO14 rounds. The Soviet army left its former member republics with 152mm artillery-delivered cluster munitions. The countries however classified their number in service. In service with the former USSR countries there are several types of cluster munitions for artillery and aviation, which they inherited. However, not all countries, including Ukraine, agreed to abandon these weapons and weaken their armed forces. Once the Convention entered into force, its States Parties were obliged to immediately stop the use, production and transfer of cluster munitions. In this matter, many allies are “hand-tied” by the Convention on Cluster Munitions, which prohibits their use.Ĭluster munition consists of containers that eject in the air and scatter a large number of explosive submunitions. For a long time Ukraine has been asking the allies to provide its armed forces with cluster munitions.

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