The Type-90, also known as the MZD-2, is a Chinese submunition used in the 122 mm Type-81 cluster rocket. It is made by Norinco. Type-81 rockets with Type-90 submunitions were used by Hezbollah against Israel in the 2006 Lebanon War,[1] and they have been used in the Syrian Civil War as bombs dropped by weaponized Hezbollah quadcopters.[2]
Each Type-90 resembles a small cylindrical bell with a ribbon at one end. A plastic band full of 3mm steel spheres wraps horizontally around the middle of the cylinder. Inside is an armor-piercing shaped charge.[1] Each Type-81 rocket contains 39 Type-90 submunitions.
References
edit- ^ a b "Hezbollah's Arsenal". Human Rights Watch.
- ^ "Rockets, missiles and more: Predicting the third Lebanon war - Arab-Israeli Conflict - Jerusalem Post". Archived from the original on 2018-02-09.
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