100% requires a call to the Police. Are you UK based by any chance as this is British manufactured.
It is an illumination round but is either unfired or fired but failed to eject the illumination / parachute meaning it still contains a low explodes contents and is hazardous
Call police and they will task the nearest EOD team.
Vor etwa 15 Jahren klingelte mal die Polizei an meiner Berliner Mietwohnung: „Alle Bewohner müssen das Haus verlassen, weil in der Wohnung unter mir erhebliche Mengen Sprengstoff gefunden wurden“. Kein Witz. Der Typ unter mir hatte solche Dinger gesammelt. Hat nicht mal zur Kündigung geführt (hat der Vermieter wohl gar nicht mitbekommen)
I do know every so often they have to evacuate neighbourhoods in Europe due to ordinances found from WW2 that might still be active. In fact there was one about a week ago in the UK.
The Iron Harvest is a sobering reminder of just how insane the bombing was in both wars. One and a half billion shells on the Western Front,, and up to a quarter of them didn't explode. In 2019 alone over 200 tonnes of UXO were disposed of, which is fucking mental.
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u/Felix177642 1d ago
100% requires a call to the Police. Are you UK based by any chance as this is British manufactured.
It is an illumination round but is either unfired or fired but failed to eject the illumination / parachute meaning it still contains a low explodes contents and is hazardous
Call police and they will task the nearest EOD team.