Listed below are companies that manufacture antipersonnel weapons under contract to the U.S.
Department of Defense. “Antipersonnel” is defined by Pentagon dictionaries as “designed to destroy
or obstruct personnel.” Such weapons, in other words, are devastating to human flesh but relatively
harmless to concrete and steel. The list encompasses antipersonnel cluster bombs, consisting of a
dispenser unit with scores of ‘bomblets’ (like the deadly “guava” bomb, widely used in Vietnam); the
“rockeye” cluster bomb rocket; the Tactical Fighter Bomb Dispenser Munition (a new cluster bomb system
for high speed aircraft); antipersonnel mines, including the ‘gravel’ mine (composed of lead azide);
the 2.75-in. rocket with high-fragmentation warhead; the M406 40mm. antipersonnel fragmentation
grenade and various launching systems; artillery shells containing ‘flechettes’ (small steel darts),
including the “Beehive” flechette projectile; and the high-fragmentation Bullpup and Shrike guided
missiles.
Sources for contract data: unless otherwise noted, all contracts are taken from the Commerce Depart-
ment’s publication, Commerce Business Daily (CBD), during the period March – Nov. 1968. Other sources
are: Ordnance magazine, published by the American Ordnance Assn.; Army Research and Development News-
magazine (Army R&D); Technical Abstract Bulletin (TAB), published by the Defense Documentation Center;
the Defense Industry Bulletin (DIB); Wall Street Journal (WSJ); and the House Committee on Appropria-
tions Hearings on the Department of Defense Appropriations for 1967 (DoD App.). Contracts preceded by
the letters DA are Army contracts; by AF or F, Air Force contracts; and by N, Navy contracts.
Contractor: Product: Contract number/Amount:
AAI CORP. Design and development of the XM617U DA36-034-ORD-3750A
Cockeysville, Md. antipersonnel mine fuze
ABG INSTRUMENT & ENGINEERING, Lockwires for 2.75-in. rocket motor DAA21-68-C-0715/$251,220
INC., Santa Barbara, Cal.
A.C. ELECTRONICS, INC. M158E1 2.75-in. rocket launcher DAAHO1-69-C-0501/$173,491
Huntsville, Ala.
ACF INDUSTRIES, INC. Metal parts for cluster bombs $4,087,241 (WSJ, 10-25-66)
St. Louis, Mo.
ADVENTURE LINE MFG. CO., BLU-26/B “guava” bomblet metal parts F33657-68-C-0078/$5,440,000
INC., Parsons, Kas.
AEROJET-GENERAL CORP. SUU-14/A cluster bomb dispensers DAAA09-69-C-0025/$1,250,000
Downey, Calif.
SUU-30B/B cluster bomb dispensers F33657-68-C-0625/$558,000
M151 warhead metal parts for 2.75-in. DAAA09-69-C-0134/$1,214,987
rocket
Magazines for XM174 40mm. low velocity DA11-199-66-AMC-719W/$57,197
automatic grenade launcher
Engineering study of release of self- DA18-064-AMC-170A
dispersing munitions from high speed
airborne vehicles
AERONCA, INC. metal parts for XM3 antipersonnel DAAA09-68-C-0048/$334,373
Middletown, Ohio mine dispenser
AIRPORT MACHINING CORP. M151 warhead metal parts for 2 .75-in. DAAA09-68-C-0131/$530,100
Martin, Texas rocket
ALSCO, INC., Techfab Div., XM159C 2.75-in. rocket launchers DAAH01-69-C-07291$1,510,686
St. Louis, Mo.
ALUMINUM CO. OF AMERICA 2 .75-in. rocket motor tubes DAAA21-69-C-0236/$5,824,350
Pittsburgh, Pa.8
AMERICAN ELECTRIC, INC. SUU-30B/B cluster bomb dispensers F33657-68-C-0809/$2,649,360
La Mirada, Cal.
AMERICAN MFG. CO. OF TEXAS M151 warhead for 2 .75-in. rocket $1,000,000 (CBD, 6-21-67)
Fort Worth, Texas
Mk55 Mod 0 antipersonnel projectile N00104-68-C-5482/$3,439,437
AMRON CORP. M118 cartridge case metal parts for DAAA09-69-C-0144/$3,918,750
Waukesha, Wisc. the M406 40mm. grenade
metal parts for M384 40mm. grenade DAAA09-68-C-0070/$341,996
ATLANTIC RESEARCH CORP. Engineering study to adapt the XM27 (TAB, July 1, 1967)
Alexandria, Va. mine to the SUU-13/A bomb dispenser
Opener assemblies for the Tactical (Army R&D, Feb. 1968)
Fighter Dispenser Munition
ATLANTIC RESEARCH CORP. 1 Development of a carrying case for DA28-017-AMC-2558A
Flare Northern Div., the XM27 Mod 2 gravel mine
West Hanover, Mass.
AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER CORP. SUU-7C/A cluster bomb dispensers DAAA09-69-C-0204/$1,990,674
OF AMERICA, Dallas, Texas
AVCO CORP., Ordnance Div. Services and materials for an in- DAA21-68-C-0655
Richmond, Ind. vestigation of improved antipersonnel
kill mechanisms
Development of Avroc rocket-propelled (Ordnance, Jan.-Feb. 1968)
40mm. grenade
M423 2.75-in. rocket fuze metal parts DAAA09-69-C-0158/$2,016,900
M406 40mm. grenade metal parts DAAA09-69-C-0131/$1,324,965
BACHE TOOL & DIE CO. Parts for BLU-26/B “guava” bomblet F33657-68-C-0545/$260,252
Westbury, N.Y.
BATESVILLE MFG. CO. 2 BLU-24/B bomblet metal parts F33657-16687/$9,350,000
Batesville & Camden, Ark.
SUU-30A/B cluster bomb dispensers F33657-68-C-1094/$1,300,000
M26 antipersonnel mine metal parts DAAA09-68-C-0279/$113,654
BEECH AIRCRAFT CORP. SUU-7C/A cluster bomb dispensers DAAA09-68-C-0008/$940,500
Wichita, Kans.
BIRMA PRODUCTS CORP. Parts for 2.75-in. rocket DAAA21-69-C-0267/$159,807
Sayresville, N.J.
BREED CORP. Design and development of the XM43 DAAA21-69-C-0002/$750,000
Fairfield, N.J. antipersonnel mine and sub-pack system
BULOVA WATCH CO. M423 fuze metal parts for 2.75-in. DAAA09-69-C-0175/$1,410,231
Jackson Heights, N.Y. rocket
CESSNA AIRCRAFT SUU-7C/A cluster bomb dispensers DAAA09-69-C-0007/$986,957
Wichita, Kans.
CHAMBERLAIN MFG. CO. M151 2.75-in. rocket warhead DAAA09-C-69-C-0176/$992,250
Waterloo, Iowa
COLUMBUS MILPAR MFG. CO. 3 parts for BLU-24/B and BLU-66/B F0835-69-C-0016/$19,089,911
Columbus, Ohio bomblets
Nozzle assemblies for 2.75-in. rocket DAAA21-68-C-0645/$83,520
CULLMAN METALCRAFT, INC. SUU-30B/B cluster bomb dispensers F33657-68-C-0810/$2,649,360
Cullman, Ala.DAY & Zfl
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