Original U.S. Vietnam War INERT BDU-28/B Training “Dummy” BLU-3/B Pineapple Cluster Bomblet Category_MG 42 Ammo Storage The lock and stock look

The lock and stock look to be Nepalese or Indian manufacture

with just a bit of wear  around the ricasso from opening the knife

We cannot find markings elsewhere

There is still a clear round cartouche on the left butt stock from when it was converted

Original U.S. Vietnam War INERT BDU-28/B Training “Dummy” BLU-3/B Pineapple Cluster Bomblet Category_MG 42 Ammo Storage The lock and stock lookOriginal Item: Very Few Available. This is an original U. S. Vietnam War era BDU 28 B inert training bomblet, designed to duplicate the size, shape, handling characteristics, and stabilizer system of the live BLU 3 B Pineapple fragmentation bomblet. The BLU 3 B became one of the characteristic American cluster submunitions of the Vietnam War, dispersed in large numbers from aerial cluster bomb units against personnel and unarmored targets. The BDU 28