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Seems like greed was they key factor and safety went out the window here.
It's simply amazing to me though how something 70 years old was still armed.
Using a blowtorch to cut up a bomb? Are you kidding me?
Still happening on WWI battlefields too, this one the other day; First World War bomb explodes killing 2 in Ypres, Belgium -- Society's Child -- Sott.net
You can set off most high explosives with the high heat of a acetylene cutting torch, it doesn't have to be armed.
I've heard, though I don't know this for a fact, that some explosives get more sensitive with age.
And some of the military high explosives in use during WW2 was more sensitive than what would be acceptable in today's military.
You can set off most high explosives with the high heat of a acetylene cutting torch, it doesn't have to be armed.
I've heard, though I don't know this for a fact, that some explosives get more sensitive with age.
And some of the military high explosives in use during WW2 was more sensitive than what would be acceptable in today's military.
You can set off most high explosives with the high heat of a acetylene cutting torch, it doesn't have to be armed.
I've heard, though I don't know this for a fact, that some explosives get more sensitive with age.
And some of the military high explosives in use during WW2 was more sensitive than what would be acceptable in today's military.