US "Lazy Dog" Flechette

The Lazy Dog (sometimes called a Red Dot Bomb or Yellow Dog Bomb1) is a type of small, unguided kinetic projectile used by the U.S. Air Force. It measured about 1.75 inches (44 mm) in length, 0.5 inches (13 mm) in diameter, and weighed about 0.7 ounces (20 g).1

The weapons were designed to be dropped from aircraft. They contained no explosive charge but possessed high kinetic energy when dropped from aircraft at high altitude or speed,2 making them lethal and potentially able to penetrate soft cover such as jungle canopy, several inches of sand, or light armor.3 Lazy Dog munitions were simple and relatively cheap; they could be dropped in huge numbers in a single pass.3 Though their effects were often no less deadly than other projectiles, they did not leave unexploded ordnance (UXO) that could be active years after a conflict ended.

Lazy Dog projectiles were used primarily during the Korean and the Vietnam Wars.

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