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American bomb in my hometown!

harman/kardon

harman/kardon

From the Fatherland
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Yesterday in my idyllic little Black Forest hometown an American WWII bomb has been found. The 500 lbs bomb was still "sharp", as we say, so the detonator had to be removed carefully by a specialist (see picture).

There are still ten thousands of dangerous bombs in the ground of Germany and they remain dangerous because due to a lack of oxygen the detonators do not rust/rot.
 

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I like that second picture. "Frieda, I might not make it home for dinner tonight".

Just kidding of course. That's some serious munitions.
 
This is what happens when a bunch of idiots can't play nice with each other and start throwing rocks.
 
Wow, heavy-duty, Chris! Did 'they' have to evacuate anybody?

Cheers, og
 
Montycat said:
I like that second picture. "Frieda, I might not make it home for dinner tonight".

Just kidding of course. That's some serious munitions.
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This is exactly what I thought. He looks so gemütlich... :D

But seriously - they do an incredible job. The abbreviation on the jacket KMBD means Kampfmittelbeseitigungsdienst.

Dave - translate that one! :yes:
 
Wow - did they take it away Chris - or do a controlled explosion nearby?

that word ...a WAG - something like 'war materials' (weapons?) something, something, group/department... (that is as good as my German gets :( )
 
This stuff is all over the world now.

They still find unexploded 20 inch mortar shells from the American civil war.

Much better when we get along.
 
HarmanKardon said:
This is exactly what I thought. He looks so gemütlich... :D

But seriously - they do an incredible job. The abbreviation on the jacket KMBD means Kampfmittelbeseitigungsdienst.

Dave - translate that one! :yes:
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"Explosive Ordnance Disposal Service" :yes: :thmbsp:

[John - 'Google Translate', not me, 'babe'! ;)]

Cheers, og
 
beat me by 7 minutes!!!

explosive ordnance disposal service (KMBD)

as opposed to

ammunition Rescue service (MBD)

Thank You Wikipedia and Google translate!!

And THIS is my 19,000 post!!!
 
John, the Explosive Ordonance Disposal Service (thanks for that one Dave and Mark) Specialist had to take them away BEFORE th bomb has been moved even an INCH! We had a controlled explosion last year somewhere near Cologne and that one caused severe distructions and several people were wounded.

Congrats Mark on 19K!!!
 
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jhtstone said:
What's the story behind how it was found?
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The KMBD checked this area via GPS, but I do not know why just this area. But Hausach had been attacked in early 1945 for strategic reasons, the Allies were not actually interested in my little town but it's railway station, which is and was an important station of the Black Forest Railway.

2526 I live extremely close to that station and my house was actually hit back then and damaged. Perhaps I should check my garden next spring when I dig holes again in order to sow the parsley... :D
 
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I understand they still turn up unexploded ordnance from WW1 in France and other parts of Europe. Thats the problem with this sort of stuff, such a large number of it was used and not all of it went bang. Nobody knows where it all is, so it shows up many many years after the fact. Occasionally it even kills someone, a tragic after-shock of the original terrible events that caused it to be there.
 
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