"It's a Bomb!"

[BernDawg]

Ok, I found this while surfing the news and I thought the paragraph below is rather amusing.

“They said ‘What do you mean you’ve found an unexploded ordnance? What does that mean exactly?’ And I said, ‘A bomb.’ The police were here within 20 minutes at the most and got right down to business.”

The full story is here -

http://www.thestar.com/news/article/1051368--what-s-that-thing-under-my-porch-that-s-a-bomb?bn=1

Enjoy...

 

[TN2IC]

To me like looks like a 25lb'er shell. And SME's like to guess what it is?

 

[Old Sweat]

It appears to be a base ejection smoke, or perhaps, illuminating round. 25-pdr seems as good a guess as any. I said base ejection because the fuze seems to have a time scale on it which is used to cause the round to function at the set time. There also is not a boat tailled (tapered) base which tells me there was something in the round to be expelled. Furthermore, the base appears to be missing.

 

[mariomike]

In today's news,

Any SMEs familiar with this item?
http://www.citynews.ca/2016/10/01/man-finds-artillery-shell-digging-leaside-backyard/

Guy in Leaside dug one up in his backyard. Brings it to the local firehouse #321.

 

[Colin Parkinson]

A dredging project in the Gulf of Finland brought up 50,000 pieces of ordnance, they would laugh at us, "what you only found one?"

 

[mariomike]

A dredging project in the Gulf of Finland brought up 50,000 pieces of ordnance, they would laugh at us, "what you only found one?"

I'm sure the folks at the firehouse thought it was hilarious. < sarcasm

Suspicious Pkge: MCrae Dr/ Laird Dr..Units are OS. CBRNE attending as a precaution.

 

[jollyjacktar]

I had an old boy drop off a live Mills grenade with me one day when I was watching the desk at the Guardhouse in Currie Barracks. You never know what you might see come to visit.

 

[daftandbarmy]

I had an old boy drop off a live Mills grenade with me one day when I was watching the desk at the Guardhouse in Currie Barracks. You never know what you might see come to visit.

This guy was an employee of mine. He went home from the office to pack for a business trip and got 'sidetracked'. I was at the airport waiting for him, pissed off that he was late and likely to miss the flight.

He made it by the skin of his teeth by dodging the cordon and having his girlfriend drive him to the airport. Good lad

http://www.cfax1070.com/News/Top-Stories/Explosive-device-found-in-Brentwood-Bay

 

[MilEME09]

I had an old boy drop off a live Mills grenade with me one day when I was watching the desk at the Guardhouse in Currie Barracks. You never know what you might see come to visit.

after the floods in 2013, my friend in the KOCR found a exploded 105 washed up on the shores of the glenmore reservoir, cops didn't believe him at first, still sent an officer to check though due to the nature of the call.

 

[jollyjacktar]

Before I joined the Regs, I turned over a German hand grenade and a Mills bomb as well that my grandfather brought back from the First War.  There were a number of interesting things about the farm,  empty shrapnel shells used as door stops, a Luger marked 1915 with ammo and holster and other bits.  Wish I had kept some of it now.

 

[mariomike]

For anyone interested in Bomb Squads, and how difficult it can be to catch bombers,

This guy planted at least 33 bombs over 16 years in NYC, "Theaters, terminals, libraries, and offices. Bombs were left in phone booths, storage lockers, and restrooms in public buildings, including Grand Central Terminal, Pennsylvania Station, Radio City Music Hall, the New York Public Library, the Port Authority Bus Terminal and the RCA Building, and in the New York City Subway. Metesky also bombed movie theaters, where he cut into seat upholstery and slipped his explosive devices inside.

Throughout the search, simulated bombs and false bomb reports wasted police resources and frightened an already nervous public."

The newspapers, "...thoughtfully provided a do-it-yourself spread on how to make a pipe-bomb."

I don't believe the “see something, say something” mantra was in effect back then, as much as it is now.

Check out the creepy smile! 

 

[daftandbarmy]

An interesting documentary for you 'bombing geeks'

Bombers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNaOyPOWDug

 

[mariomike]

The NYPD maintains the oldest and largest municipal bomb squad in North America. Here’s an inside look,
https://twitter.com/NYPDnews/status/782750798023430144

Kid gets his leg blown off by a bomb in Central Park, everyone has moved on ...except the Father who wants answers.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/03/nyregion/central-park-explosion.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur&_r=1

 

[Kat Stevens]

In today's news,

Any SMEs familiar with this item?
http://www.citynews.ca/2016/10/01/man-finds-artillery-shell-digging-leaside-backyard/

Guy in Leaside dug one up in his backyard. Brings it to the local firehouse #321.

18 Pdr shrap round, fuze blown, safe to move, most likely just a really heavy beer can in this state. Dug up hundreds of them in Petawawa.

 

[jollyjacktar]

18 Pdr shrap round, fuze blown, safe to move, most likely just a really heavy beer can in this state. Dug up hundreds of them in Petawawa.

And why they were really great door stops at the farm.  Just an empty carrier is all.