Finds and UXBs!

beerie;139311 wrote:

The photos are all earlier on in the thread.

BDU33 DB's

Smoke & Flash's

20mm, 30mm, .303, 50 cal, 7.62

We found a couple of tank shells aswell

You name it it was there

There were some other blue fibre glass bombs like smoke & flash but a lot longer cant remember what they were now i'm going back about 10 years.

So Beerie
You know what your handling , what does a yellow band around a tail section denote ??

BDU;139313 wrote:

So Beerie
You know what your handling , what does a yellow band around a tail section denote ??

BD33 How can you tell wether it`s live or inert ??

The yellow band means theyre inert isnt it.

If I remember it's a front weighed practice bomb. That when the nose strikes ground it pushes the firing pin into a shotgun size cartridge that emits smoke through the hollow pipe to the tail.

No high explosive at all. Nothing more than a striker activated smoke grenade.

Same for the plaggys. Tho they used the force of hitting the ground to cause the cartridge to strike the fixed pin. Again. Shotgun sized smoke cartridge. Noooo HE

beerie;139316 wrote:

The yellow band means theyre inert isnt it.

If I remember it's a front weighed practice bomb. That when the nose strikes ground it pushes the firing pin into a shotgun size cartridge that emits smoke through the hollow pipe to the tail.

No high explosive at all. Nothing more than a striker activated smoke grenade.

Same for the plaggys. Tho they used the force of hitting the ground to cause the cartridge to strike the fixed pin. Again. Shotgun sized smoke cartridge. Noooo HE

Answer don't touch . Yellow Band denotes HE Which I think you know is HIGH EXPLOSIVE.
BD33 / BDU33 We classed these as live , until demolition !! Cowden was also experimental site there is very dodgy material on there . You have had a lucky escape !!

BDU;139319 wrote:

Answer don't touch . Yellow Band denotes HE Which I think you know is HIGH EXPLOSIVE.
BD33 / BDU33 We classed these as live , until demolition !! Cowden was also experimental site there is very dodgy material on there . You have had a lucky escape !!

I don't want to come across as patronising Beerie .

BDU;139322 wrote:

I don't want to come across as patronising Beerie .

(Its ok norwichpaul i'm learning here.)

Not at all BDU, what sort of experimental stuff was dropped there then? Never saw anything out of the ordinary. I think everything we saw had red bands around it and all painted blue denoting practice? (smoke & flash)

beerie;139324 wrote:

(Its ok norwichpaul i'm learning here.)

Not at all BDU, what sort of experimental stuff was dropped there then? Never saw anything out of the ordinary. I think everything we saw had red bands around it and all painted blue denoting practice? (smoke & flash)

Unfortunatly Not at liberty to say something you sign !!!!

Orrrr!

What were the longer blue fibre glass ones, they were a lot longer than the flash n smoke ones i'd say they were about 2.5-3ft long.

beerie;139324 wrote:

(Its ok norwichpaul i'm learning here.)

Not at all BDU, what sort of experimental stuff was dropped there then? Never saw anything out of the ordinary. I think everything we saw had red bands around it and all painted blue denoting practice? (smoke & flash)

Then I think it will be a slow learning process needing to start at the beginning (but not here) - too many incorrect assumptions!