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Originally Posted by Gladan!
Correct; American Naval round. It was orignally thought to be a WP round. EOD realized their mistake when frag splashed around our boat at the staging point. None hit the boat though.
kgoerz,
Here is some UXO found just yesterday. Have no idea what it is. EOD does not yet either. We have a little contest to see who can ID the things first. They are over 50 miles away from my location and have to respond via chopper ASAP for large UXO or any UXO that poses an immediate threat to civilians. EOD will be up tomorrow to detonate this thing.
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Very hard to tell in that condition. Best to BIP to be safe.
If I had to guess, I would call it a stick grenade, small mortar round, or rifle grenade. Appears to be less than 50mm in diameter, and judging from the corrosion, at least partially copper. Could be a 37mm or 40mm projo.
FYI, WP rounds are normally base ejecting, if you can see the bottom and it is still closed, the round is likely not a WP.
TR
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