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TexasProgresive

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4. This bomb was probably an allied bomb

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Reply #3)

Mon Jun 24, 2019, 11:21 AM

Jun 2019

Many used delayed fuses or were intended to become mines that would be set off by slight tilting or magnets used by those trying to disable it. The ground could have shifted enough to set it off or the detenator became so unstable from age that a breeze blowing across the field would do.

Here's a link to an interesting wiki article on unexploded ordinance.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unexploded_ordnance

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German WW2 bomb leaves giant crater in field [View all] muriel_volestrangler Jun 2019 OP

The bump in the night... Historic NY Jun 2019 #1

Interesting, but not weird. TexasProgresive Jun 2019 #2

I haven't heard of them going off spontaneously muriel_volestrangler Jun 2019 #3

This bomb was probably an allied bomb TexasProgresive Jun 2019 #4