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The E 133R3 consists of one M 30 cluster adapter, its components, and 544 bomblets E61R4. The munitions function in two stages, as the E 133R3 cluster is released from the aircraft, it falls for a predetermined period until it is separated by an explosive primacord.
The bomblets fall to the target surface and function on impact. The R3 version of the cluster incorporates electrical connectors for the electric blanket, and projected electrical cluster fuze, with a well for the electric fuze in the cluster tail.
The principal delivery aircraft for this cluster is the B36 and B47. Various models of the B36 can carry 48 clusters while the long bay B47 can carry 21 clusters.
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