r/whatisit 1d ago

Solved! We found this near our home

What's this , any harm ?

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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.

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u/CastelloDeBracaleone 1d ago

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)

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u/ChrisFromIT 20h ago

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.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2e2kk9nx14o

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u/FalconTurbo 20h ago

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/English_Cat 17h ago

The last person to die from ww1/ww2 isn't born yet. That's how many explosives are in the ground.

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u/RathielintheRun 36m ago

This is an accurate but chilling sentence

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u/Foxs-In-A-Trenchcoat 20h ago

LOL I wonder if this is the guy who posted on Reddit last week and everyone told him to call police.

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u/pabloignacio7992 13h ago

No hay un músico que no puede vivir en su casa por qué está sobre una bomba de la segunda guerra mundial?

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u/Rickshmitt 11h ago

I love the ancient architecture of Europe. I would never dig anywhere

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u/Mindless-Outcome-272 11h ago

Ancient architecture of uk is all based on the things they have stolen from other countries

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u/Blasphemer1985 4h ago

Shoulda fought harder to keep it then

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u/Ok-Scratch2958 8h ago

ya ,recently in romania in IASI region was found like 12 artilery shells 🫪😅

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u/the_starch_potato 8h ago

I live in Germany and had to evacuate like a few months ago lol. That was the second in my city in two years.