| King Monkey | 03 Dec 2021 11:54 a.m. PST |
A story from a local newspaper. link |
| Col Durnford | 03 Dec 2021 12:03 p.m. PST |
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 Editor in Chief Bill   | 03 Dec 2021 12:19 p.m. PST |
If it happens again, it wasn't an accident.  |
| Col Durnford | 03 Dec 2021 1:02 p.m. PST |
As the bear said "You're not really here for the hunting, are you"? |
 etotheipi  | 03 Dec 2021 1:15 p.m. PST |
As a military enthusiast, he should have been aware of the value of a rear guard … |
| microgeorge | 03 Dec 2021 1:29 p.m. PST |
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| microgeorge | 03 Dec 2021 1:32 p.m. PST |
Couldn't he find something better on Amazon? |
Frederick  | 03 Dec 2021 1:45 p.m. PST |
Not the sort of way to make the front page |
| Chimpy | 03 Dec 2021 2:32 p.m. PST |
So here's an actual wargamers question. Was it a 57mm mortar round or actually a 57mm anti tank gun round? I didn't realise that the UK had a 57mm mortar. |
| Griefbringer | 03 Dec 2021 2:35 p.m. PST |
Apparently there is also some confusion as to what sort of round was in question: The 57mm mortar round was used by the Royal Artillery in the Second World War as anti-tank rounds, though it would later also be used by British tanks in North Africa. To my knowledge there was no 57 mm mortar round in use by the British army in WWII, so they are presumably referring to 6 pdr anti-tank ammunition. Presuming it was a spent AP round (famed for the penetration capacity), rather than dud HE round or full cartridge (with propellant still intact), there was little risk of explosion, though I cannot blame the hospital staff for taking proper precautions. That said, had it been an intact 3" mortar HE shell instead, the situation could have been rather grave indeed. Even a 2" mortar smoke round going off indoors could have been rather hazardous. |
| Zephyr1 | 03 Dec 2021 3:16 p.m. PST |
If it'd gone off, he wouldn't have needed a grave… ;-) |
| Wolfhag | 03 Dec 2021 3:53 p.m. PST |
Maybe the round was covered in Cosmoline? I think it was an AP round, A--hole Piercing. Wolfhag |
| rustymusket | 03 Dec 2021 4:22 p.m. PST |
LOL, stop. LOL, stop. LOL, ….. |
| microgeorge | 03 Dec 2021 5:19 p.m. PST |
I bet that guy is a big hit at parties. |
| pmwalt | 03 Dec 2021 6:04 p.m. PST |
I bet the only accident was that he couldn't figure out how to get it out once he got it in. |
| Palewarrior | 03 Dec 2021 6:07 p.m. PST |
I wonder how long the EOD team kept a straight face :) |
 Legion 4 | 03 Dec 2021 6:34 p.m. PST |
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| 55th Division | 03 Dec 2021 7:09 p.m. PST |
its not the first time and wont be the last link |
| Oberlindes Sol LIC | 03 Dec 2021 9:19 p.m. PST |
It just proves that you should not clean up your stuff. |
| Dn Jackson | 04 Dec 2021 12:31 a.m. PST |
Takes the meaning of "Love for history" to a hole (hee hee), new level! |
| Martin Rapier | 04 Dec 2021 2:47 a.m. PST |
My daughter is a hospital doctor. A&E departments (ER for our US cousins) are regularly visited by people with foreign objects lodged in their bums due to 'accidents'. Nice to know the spirit of experimentation and enquiry is still alive. Good job it wasn't a 15" naval shell! |
| Wolfhag | 04 Dec 2021 2:50 a.m. PST |
The EOD guy should have said, "It's too dangerous to extract, we'll have to blow it in place." Weapon of A-- Destruction. Update: link Wolfhag |
| Legion 4 | 04 Dec 2021 8:24 a.m. PST |
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| mjkerner | 04 Dec 2021 10:12 a.m. PST |
"One in a million, Doc!"
Frank Costanza, 1990's |
| Griefbringer | 04 Dec 2021 10:43 a.m. PST |
Luckily it was not a HEAT round for Australian WWII weapon Projector, Infantry, Tank Attack (PITA). In the British terminology, the same weapon in known as Projector, Infantry, Anti-Tank – for some reason this was not found to be suitable by the Aussie military. |
 The Virtual Armchair General | 04 Dec 2021 11:40 a.m. PST |
Well, it all came out well, in the end…. TVAG |
| dapeters | 06 Dec 2021 12:22 p.m. PST |
Just saying if there were no guns…you'll have find something else to trip on. |
| Wolfhag | 06 Dec 2021 4:33 p.m. PST |
He probably tripped on his underwear, which were around his ankles. Wolfhag |
