[GZG] Unexploded ordnance (Was: Mine resistant vehicles)

[Robert N Bryett <rbryett@xxxxxxxxx>]

Back in the day, I was a keen SCUBA-diver, and it was common for  
divers to bring up old weapons and munitions as souveniers from war- 
time wrecks. Some, like old S&W revolvers were fairly benign, but  
many sunken ships had 20mm shells, hand-grenades and mortar-bombs  
scattered about like confetti. Once, on a beach in Cornwall, I saw a  
diver whacking with a hammer...

An actual shell. About 100mm calibre, still attached to it's cartridge.

I left the vicinity. Hurriedly.

Best regards, Robert Bryett

On 14/05/2008, at 02:22 , 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.


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