auchonvillerssomme Posted 6 February , 2010 Share Posted 6 February , 2010 What would you describe as a safe distance from a grenade? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warbuff1 Posted 7 February , 2010 Share Posted 7 February , 2010 As far as Bloody possible..haha Wayne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deerhunter Posted 7 February , 2010 Share Posted 7 February , 2010 What would you describe as a safe distance from a grenade? Approx 190 metres in all directions. That's the safety distance for the current L2 grenade (well, 192 metres, actually), but I suppose it's a rough guideline. It also depends on terrain, cover, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auchonvillerssomme Posted 7 February , 2010 Share Posted 7 February , 2010 So not much good for photography purposes then as per post 175 Although a safe distance is all relative to its state. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
askar-perisikan Posted 7 February , 2010 Share Posted 7 February , 2010 Approx 190 metres in all directions. That's the safety distance for the current L2 grenade (well, 192 metres, actually), but I suppose it's a rough guideline.It also depends on terrain, cover, etc. I don't doubt the distance quoted, but it reminds me of the joke about a nuclear handgrenade. You can throw it 30 metres, but unfortunately the kill area is 35 metres!! I don't know anyone who could throw a grenade 192 metres. I will also add, as this is a serious subject, that all undetonated munitions should be left well alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trenchtrotter Posted 11 February , 2010 Share Posted 11 February , 2010 From Mort Homme some 15 to 18 years ago! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wulsten Posted 19 February , 2010 Share Posted 19 February , 2010 This batch of dodgies was uncovered during building work Longuval 2009, photographed before removal next day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cnock Posted 19 February , 2010 Share Posted 19 February , 2010 Iron Harvest - Langemark 2009 Cnock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cnock Posted 19 February , 2010 Share Posted 19 February , 2010 Langemark 2009 Cnock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tafski Posted 19 February , 2010 Share Posted 19 February , 2010 Eh Mr Endon, me and the vicar would have still been in range when you attempted to adjust this little blighter lol (near Bouleaux wood Dickens memorial) wulsten what do you mean by attempted to adjust this little blighter ? not what i think you mean is ist ? and this from a man who always says its best not to touch !!!!! just photograph and leave alone and mark the spot , !!!!!!!!!!!!!! tafski Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw Posted 19 February , 2010 Share Posted 19 February , 2010 Can I report a decent charity shop find today - 6 volumes of Creswicke's "South Africa and the Transvaal War" in very good order including the supplementary volume and only Vol. 1 missing - £5 ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdajd Posted 19 February , 2010 Share Posted 19 February , 2010 Not really that amazing, but this show a couple of bullets that were found with the cordite still in them. Our guide burned them out before we were allowed to take them. If I'm not mistaken its from near the Wood Lane between High Wood and Delville. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roel22 Posted 19 February , 2010 Share Posted 19 February , 2010 Today, opposite VC Corner Cemetery near Fromelles, about 40 cm. in length. Roel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wgrimshaw Posted 19 February , 2010 Share Posted 19 February , 2010 Stumbled (not literally thankfully!!) across this in a field near Newfoundland Park last weekend. There was another of the same shell type approx 50 yards away from this one. I am referring to the shell and not the lighter!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tafski Posted 19 February , 2010 Share Posted 19 February , 2010 wulsten what do you mean by attempted to adjust this little blighter ? not what i think you mean is ist ? and this from a man who always says its best not to touch !!!!! just photograph and leave alone and mark the spot , !!!!!!!!!!!!!! tafski well wulsten at least there was a vicar present maybe your friend thought that would have been protection enough if it had gone bang tafski Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deerhunter Posted 20 February , 2010 Share Posted 20 February , 2010 Yesterday in Thiepval, in the field on the RHS of the road running from Thiepval to Authille, three grenades and three, unexploaded 18 pdr shells in the space of 300m. Have got a few photos, but they are just the same as the ones above. The kids were fascinated though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wulsten Posted 20 February , 2010 Share Posted 20 February , 2010 well wulsten at least there was a vicar present maybe your friend thought that would have been protection enough if it had gone bang tafski My friend is protected by a superior being not like you, your a heathen just watch i dont booby trap yer brandy bottle next month Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auchonvillerssomme Posted 20 February , 2010 Share Posted 20 February , 2010 Couple more bits. Complete SRD - well all the bits were there anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auchonvillerssomme Posted 20 February , 2010 Share Posted 20 February , 2010 shovel and Mills. The SRD and these were along Wagon Road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KIRKY Posted 20 February , 2010 Share Posted 20 February , 2010 Mick, what time of year was this? Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tafski Posted 20 February , 2010 Share Posted 20 February , 2010 My friend is protected by a superior being not like you, your a heathen just watch i dont booby trap yer brandy bottle next month well yer friend is a plonker i would rather be a heathen than a fool who messes with live grenades touch the bottle and YOU WILL be a casualty tafski Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auchonvillerssomme Posted 20 February , 2010 Share Posted 20 February , 2010 Mick, what time of year was this? Tony End of January going into February last year. I also found some bottles and jars and some coins, there was also a complete pair of boots but unfortuantely they disintegrated in the back of the car. Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dycer Posted 20 February , 2010 Share Posted 20 February , 2010 Amazing finds? The fact that my Father gave his Brother's Trio to his Daughter. on her marriage,in the early 1950's. And the fact that she kept them, in safety, until her Nephew came along and She gave them, to Him, in the late 1990's. The fact that I am Custodian.of the Trio,until my Son appreciates their worth,monetarily or otherwise,is immaterial. George Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high wood Posted 20 February , 2010 Share Posted 20 February , 2010 The photograph in post 194 appears to show the heel of a soldier's boot amongst the rum jar fragments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auchonvillerssomme Posted 21 February , 2010 Share Posted 21 February , 2010 There were the remains of a few boots which intrigued me because of the number of dead soldiers you see without boots, the area was obviously a dump of some sort. Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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