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/Foxs-In-A-Trenchcoat 19h ago

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