Instalaza SA is a Spanish firm that designs, develops and manufactures equipment and other military material forinfantry. The company, founded in 1943, is headquartered in Madrid and its production plant is in Zaragoza, Aragon. The company became famous for the production of highly accurate rocket launchers.
Instalaza's professional experience is widely noted as a supplier of both the Spanish armed forces and countries around the world.
| MAT-120 Cargo Bomb | |
|---|---|
| Type | 120mm Mortar cluster munition |
| Place of origin |  Spain |
| Service history | |
| Used by | Spain, Libya |
| Production history | |
| Manufacturer | Instalaza |
| Variants | MAT-81 cargo mortar bomb for 81mm mortars |
| Specifications | |
| Diameter | 120 mm |
| Caliber | 120 mm |
| Effective range | 1.6m barrel: 5,500 m 3.0m barrel: 6,500 m |
| Warhead | 21 37mm dual purpose AP/AT submunitions |
| Warhead weight | Each submunition 275g with 50 g filling |
| Detonation mechanism | Projectile: Electronic time fuze Submunition: Electronic superquick impact fuze |
 | MAT-120 |
MUNICIÓN DE RACIMO PROHIBIDA POR DECISIÓN DEL CONSEJO DE MINISTROS DE ESPAÑA DE 11 DE JULIO DE 2.008, Y LA POSTERIOR FIRMA DEL TEXTO DE LA CONVENCIÓN DE OSLO EL 3 DE DICIEMBRE DE 2.008.
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Este nivel de seguridad y fiabilidad no había sido alcanzado por ninguna otra munición de su género.
Dicho lo anterior, es obvio que INSTALAZA S.A. siempre acata y cumple escrupulosamente las decisiones del Gobierno de España, como ha hecho en sus más de 60 años de historia.
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Una empresa española oferta bombas racimo por Internet (2009) y aún hoy!
A pesar de la prohibición de usar, fabricar, comercializar o almacenar estas cargas explosivas que establece el convenio de Oslo, Instalaza sigue incluyendo en su gama de productos la granada de mortero MAT-120, descrita en la página web como 'una munición de mortero con 21 submuniciones de efecto contra carro y de fragmentación, cuyas espoletas electrónicas están dotadas de dispositivos de autodestrucción y auto-neutralización, eliminando el riesgo de municiones activas abandonadas sobre el terreno'.
El Ministerio de Defensa ha venido renovando cada dos años la validez de la homologación de la granada mortero MAT-120 de Instalaza. La última vez que lo hizo fue en marzo de 2007 'habiéndose comprobado que subsiste la permanencia de la idoneidad de los medios de producción y aseguramiento de la calidad usados en la fabricación de la citada granada de mortero'.
The MAT-120 cargo bomb is a Spanish producedcluster munition, fired from a 120mm calibre mortarproduced by Instalaza SA. The main body of the round holds dual-purpose anti-tank/anti-personnel submunitions. The MAT-120 submunitions are unique in that to prevent the dangers of unexploded duds, there is a double redundant feature the manufacture refers to asself-destruction and self-sterilization. This prevents unexploded MAT-120 submunitions laying around becoming defacto landmines, dangerous to both combatants and non-combatants. [1]
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Expal BME 330 AT Cluster Bomb (Spain),
Bombs - Cluster and dispenser munitions
Type
Cluster bomb, anti-armour.
Development
The BME 330 AT (anti-tank) bomb is one of a family of three air-launched cluster bombs that has been developed by Expal for use by the Spanish Air Force and for export purposes. The other two are the BME 330 AR (anti-runway) bomb and the BME 330 C (multipurpose) bomb. The figures 330 in the designation refer to the nominal weight of the cluster bomb in kilogrammes. The complete cluster bomb is designed to withstand the high g forces encountered by combat manoeuvres of high-speed attack aircraft, and to be used in anti-tank operations. The development is believed to have taken place in the mid-1980s and unlike most other cluster bombs of this era the BME 330 series has been designed to use a retarding parachute system to aid delivery of the bomb and distribution of the bomblets. The container section of the bomb is designed with an internal removable frame assembly that holds 516 submunitions/bomblets. These are a mixture of 512 armour-piercing bomblets designated SAC-1 AP and four electronic anti-tank mines designated MAC-2. The BME 330 design allows them to be carried under wings or fuselage of high-speed aircraft with minimum performance degradation, and like other Spanish-manufactured bombs that are offered for export, they are designed to be fitted with a choice of NATO or Russian spaced suspension lugs. It is believed that the BME 330 AT bomb will have been cleared for carriage on the AV-8 Matador, EAV-8B Harrier II, A-9 (F-5 Freedom Fighter), EF-18 Hornet ..
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