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Cutting Edge 1/32 LAU-138 BOL/Chaff Launcher
 

Cutting Edge 1/32 LAU-138 BOL/Chaff Launcher

By Chris Banyai-Riepl

 

When these came through my desk, I had to go check out just what they were. As I expected, the Federation of American Scientists had a nice, succinct description:

“The LAU-138 is a high-capacity chaff dispenser for aircraft self-protection. The launcher was originally developed for insertion into the LAU-7 Sidewinder launch rail, where it causes no reduction in either weapon payload capacity or flight performance. It can also be mounted in other launchers such as the LAU-127, LAU-128 and LAU-129 launchers. Each LAU-138 dispenser holds 160 chaff packages that are dispensed without pyrotechnics. The drive mechanism feeds out the chaff packages one at a time into the airstream, with dispensing in sequences tailored to decoy specific threats. The LAU-138 system was developed by CelsiusTech in Sweden, and has been selected for operational use by several customers in Europe and the USA.” (https://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/equip/lau-138.htm)

So, that explains things nicely, and these two rails therefore become very simple replacements for the Tomcat’s regular Sidewinder missile rails. For those wanting to build a modern Tomcat, these rails are a must-have. The parts are cleanly cast in a gray resin, and after removing them from the casting plug, there should be no problems in adding these to your favorite Tomcat model.

My thanks to Meteor Productions for the review samples. Visit their website for ordering information.