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Originally Posted by Platapus
If they were smart, they would contract with British EOD to come over and render it safe. Brit EOD are pretty damn good.
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Yep, but they still can't go through red lights with their blue lights flashing and sirens blaring.
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Originally Posted by Cohaagen
Also, I suspect British EOD are rather more familiar with making safe German bombs, for obvious reasons, and I hate to think how desperate the German army would have to be before they got in touch with a load of ordnance collectors!
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The current crop of EOD guys are experienced with both side's bombs, as they are often employed to visit disused bombing ranges in the UK. Nowadays only practice bombs are used on mainland ranges but this wasn't always the case...
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The vast majority of the RAF's EOC is conducted by 5131 (BD) Squadron (the rest by STC Non-Formed Unit EOD personnel) and the burden in terms of manpower and expense has been significant. Since the mid-1990s, the Squadron has been clearing five permanently manned sites located around the UK: Braidfell near Stranraer, Chilmark near Salisbury, Cowden near Hull, Goswick Sands near Berwick-upon-Tweed, and Theddlethorpe near the Humber Estuary. With the exception of RAF Chilmark (a former Explosive Storage Area) the sites are former Air Weapons Ranges, established during the Second World War and continued in use until shortly before clearance commenced. The sites have proved extremely costly to clear and are, on average, only around 30% complete.
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