45,000 to evacuate Koblenz, Germany, for defusing of WWII-era bomb

Platapus · 12-01-11, 05:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Schroeder

They find dud bombs in Germany pretty much every day, but I've never heard of such a large one before.

I wonder how much stuff is still buried in the ground.

Germany finds about 2,000 tons of unexploded ordnance a year. A lot of the stuff found is being found in what was East Germany.

We dropped a lot of boomy things on Germany during our last disagreement.

gimpy117 · 12-01-11, 10:29 PM

Imagine the bricks being Shat by the poor guys who have to defuse it

Cohaagen · 12-02-11, 01:13 AM

I doubt it's an American bomb. 3000lb is the explosive content of one of the RAF's own "Cookie" designs - the AN M56 is actually a copy of it. There's no guarantee it's safe either. Several bomb disposal techs were killed defusing a similar-sized weapon in Germany a year or two ago.

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!

Platapus · 12-02-11, 06:11 AM

Be nice if the press would publish a picture of the bomb. That would clear it up.

The key would be fins.

danasan · 12-02-11, 10:04 AM

from what I read in the German papers, here is a similar one. It's what we call a "Luftmine" and it seems to be 1.800 kg (4.000 pounds) heavy.

Here is the "guy" with a yellow sign on it...

another similar one...

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Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,381 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Be nice if the press would publish a picture of the bomb. That would clear it up. The key would be fins. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

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danasan Elite Spam Hunter Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Flensburg / Germany Posts: 1,141 Downloads: 39 Uploads: 0	from what I read in the German papers, here is a similar one. It's what we call a "Luftmine" and it seems to be 1.800 kg (4.000 pounds) heavy. Here is the "guy" with a yellow sign on it... another similar one... __________________ "I invite you to go inside this submergible hole in the water where you can nicely hide from destroyers."

12-02-11, 01:13 AM	#3
Cohaagen Frogman Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: UK Posts: 296 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	I doubt it's an American bomb. 3000lb is the explosive content of one of the RAF's own "Cookie" designs - the AN M56 is actually a copy of it. There's no guarantee it's safe either. Several bomb disposal techs were killed defusing a similar-sized weapon in Germany a year or two ago. 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!