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Re: OMG! OMG! Huge Find of Unexploded WWII Ordnance Found In England! OMG! OMG!
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1&2mdfmf
Jun 5, 2021, 5:29:47 PM6/5/21
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bigdog <geowri...@gmail.com> wrote in
news:15bb3b85-ce35-4a3d...@googlegroups.com:
> On Saturday, June 5, 2021 at 2:23:33 PM UTC-4, Klaus Schadenfreude
> wrote:
>> An Air Force Civil Engineering Squadron in the United Kingdom
>> uncovered the largest-ever haul of unexploded World War II ordnance
>> on record for a U.S. engineer regiment.
>>
>> https://www.foxnews.com/world/air-force-wwii-ordnance-record-largest-u
>> nexploded-haul
>>
>> The 48th Civil Engineering Squadron in April recovered a total of 370
>> .50-caliber rounds from a construction site at the Royal Air Force
>> (RAF) Lakenheath station, where construction on a new airport was set
>> to begin.
>>
>> Good thing they had experts over there to deal with it! Why, the
>> entire base might have been destroyed!
>
> I'm sure it was just days away before those rounds began firing
> spontaneously and killiing everyone within a half mile radius.
We used to bury that shit so we wouldn't have to count every fucking round
and fill out three forms explaining why we didn't expend it in order to
turn it back into the armory.
news:15bb3b85-ce35-4a3d...@googlegroups.com:
> On Saturday, June 5, 2021 at 2:23:33 PM UTC-4, Klaus Schadenfreude
> wrote:
>> An Air Force Civil Engineering Squadron in the United Kingdom
>> uncovered the largest-ever haul of unexploded World War II ordnance
>> on record for a U.S. engineer regiment.
>>
>> https://www.foxnews.com/world/air-force-wwii-ordnance-record-largest-u
>> nexploded-haul
>>
>> The 48th Civil Engineering Squadron in April recovered a total of 370
>> .50-caliber rounds from a construction site at the Royal Air Force
>> (RAF) Lakenheath station, where construction on a new airport was set
>> to begin.
>>
>> Good thing they had experts over there to deal with it! Why, the
>> entire base might have been destroyed!
>
> I'm sure it was just days away before those rounds began firing
> spontaneously and killiing everyone within a half mile radius.
We used to bury that shit so we wouldn't have to count every fucking round
and fill out three forms explaining why we didn't expend it in order to
turn it back into the armory.
Cpl 2111
Jun 5, 2021, 8:15:02 PM6/5/21
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In article <XnsAD4093...@0.0.0.1>
Imagine having to count all the unexpended ammo from a 40 man
platoon or an infantry company of three platoons. Use your head
and your E Tool first!
platoon or an infantry company of three platoons. Use your head
and your E Tool first!
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