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[CarpathianDragon]

Indeed,the source document does seem "sexed up". Here are my findings regarding the Romanian 152mm cluster rounds.

1) The CG 540, 540 ER rounds are produced by Romarm and are NOT cluster rounds. They are standard rounds. The CG 540 is HE and 540 ER is HEAT.

2) The local-made Israeli M85 bomblets designated GAA-001 were indeed supposedly (or supposed to be) manufactured by the firm Aeroteh ( NOT Aerotech), but it seems the firm went under sometime after 2005.

Here is the link from a 2005 military expo :

http://tpb.traderom.ro/expozitii/dom...se/aeroteh.htm

You can clearly see :
- Dual Purpose Grenade Anti-Personnel & Anti-Tank M85/ CL 3022-S2/GAA-001;

And here is the firm today after its 2008 takeover :

http://www.aerotehgp.ro/index_002.htm

A gas distribution and services company.

Weirder things have happened in Romania (especially if govt money are involved), but it is safe to say that the production of license-made Israeli M85 bomblets and their inclusion in 152mm shells never got off the ground.

Romanian 152mm cluster munitions are not real.

The others, LAR cluster rockets and CL-250 locally made RBK-250 do check out though.

P.S. : Bothers me to see this kind of "spice up" crap in a "humanitarian" report. You'd expect this from defence establishments.