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Ordnance a Real Blast!

By 250 News

Friday, September 14, 2007 07:04 PM

Two Master Corporals from the Explosive Disposal Flight 19 Wing CFB Comox have decapitated a 90 mm projectile they believe was a miss-fired pre 2nd world war ordnance.
The two were able to blow the charge off of the shell with a 50 caliber explosive charge and the remains will now be taken away and disposed of in a remote area.
The ordnance had been discovered near a rural Prince George home by the home owner.
The shell which measured about 360mm long and had a diameter of 90mm. (14 inches by 3 ½) was found by a resident of the home    
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Comment Posted by: YamaDooPolCat on September 14 2007 8:14 PM
It must have been fun to have been around when the US and Canadian Army was in Prince George. All sorts of fun that would have had all the sensitive souls yowling nowadays. Shooting their guns and building things without anyone's permission, like airports and hospitals and railway warehouses on first avenue. No Development Services to put a stop to everything.
Comment Posted by: owl on September 14 2007 10:32 PM
Army = CN .... ssdd ...

;-)
Comment Posted by: acrider54 on September 15 2007 7:02 AM
Almost looks like a Co2 cartridge for a paintball gun.
Comment Posted by: metalman on September 15 2007 2:15 PM
Glad to see the professionals (armed forces explosives experts) taking this discovery of ORDNANCE so seriously.
It makes me think that there is still a few things being done right in this world.
metalman.
Comment Posted by: Palopu on September 15 2007 9:26 PM

We used to find old bombs etc around the old Airport years ago. These were a little smaller than the one in the picture. I think that they were dropped during various excercises, when the Army was located in Prince George, however as far as I know they were not armed.

Some people used them for paper weights, however I beleive that this is no longer done. I was quite surprised that none of these **dud** bombs were dug up when they were digging up the dirt for the **Brick** and other areas, as that was where they used to be found.