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Originally Posted by krashkart
Putting in a little prayer tonight for those families. Any idea how many of those munitions are still out there?  |
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Most estimates for the percentage of unexploded bombs range from 5 to 15 percent -- or between 95,000 and 285,000 tons. As Germany hastily rebuilt its cities after the war, authorities didn't have the time or the means to locate and dispose of a large part of that tonnage.
As a result, more than 2,000 tons of American and British aerial bombs and all kinds of munitions ranging from German hand grenades and anti-tank mines to Russian artillery shells are recovered each year in Germany.
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On the event yesterday, they showed some video on TV news. The explosion caused shrapnels showering houses 300 meters away. There were pictures of a 7 kg piece of bomb metal that ripped a hole of 50 cm in diameter through a wall in second or third floor, under the roof, right those 300 meters away they said. The house owner was at home, he obviously was very lucky that day.
I will never complain again when they clear some bomb ordnance in the city and evacuate the urban area even half a kilometer away.