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Hutin Fuze Assembly and Submunition Workshops

Other Names: Hutin General Establishment, Iskandariyah Ammunition Filling Plant, Hutin Ammunition Plant
Location: Babil Governate, Iskandariyah, approximately 50km south of Baghdad
Subordinate to: Hutin General Establishment, Military Industrialization Corporation
Primary Function: Ammunition production facility; workshop tasks; final assembly of anti-personnel bomblets; primary fuzing for Ababil-50 warheads; fuze parts production for Ababil-100 and other missile warheads; filling of a variety of other munitions, including anti-personnel mines, grenades, RPG rounds.

Description:
The facility was situated within the Iskandariyah industrial complex and consisted of bermed explosive stores, some ten workshops, a laboratory, and support buildings. Hutin contained equipment and facilities required for processing and assembly of fuzes (artillery, bomb, warhead) and for final assembly of explosive devices (bomblet); basic tooling is not specific to any type of munition. Of note is that the site was tasked with white phosphorous (WP) and conventional high-explosive fills; effectively, Hutin's capabilities also allowed for chemical agent fill, although none was detected during UN inspections.

Key Sources: UN Inspection Data.



 

Updated October 2003



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