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Old 22nd March 2007 | 14:51
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Wader2
 
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Wader. You can't pick these things up and use them, because they go off when you do.
I am uncertain of that point but the bomblet is initated by the deformation of the impact sensor and an electrical pulse from the piezo crystal. If there is no impact it should then be inert.

General points:
They are not area denial weapons in the same way that the German MW-1 or HB876 was. They are anti-armour weapons. - they are not mines because they are not designed to be 'victim initiated'.
Exactly. It is not victim initiated therefore one might assume it is inert if it failed to detonate on first impact. It may still function in its static state if the impact sensor is struck and the piezo crystal is excited. If handled with care it may possibly be recovered by the insurgents.

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