Re: [GZG] Mine resistant vehicles

[Ryan Gill <rmgill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 11:22 AM -0500 5/13/08, Allan Goodall wrote:
>
>As you mention, they still find unexploded ordnance quite frequently.
>Not long before my friend got there, someone near the B&B where he was
>staying was killed by a Mills Bomb. Mind you, the idiot had dug up the
>Mills Bomb and was using a power grinder to clean it up. I guess he
>never learned the simple equation: unstable explosive + vibration +
>heat = boom.

Actually, from some other sources I've heard that Mills bombs, once assembled can be dangerous. Trying to un-fuse a new one is a bad idea. It has something I suppose to do with the slow match material getting into the base plug and when you go to unscrew the base plug after some handling you're risking the match material igniting and setting of the main part of match and then running to the detonator.

I have some drill purpose No36 bombs at home. Very neat design.
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