8" artillery round found

[IAsoldier]

8" artillery round found

Wow is what I can say today and what a scare to. I started my new job about 2 weeks ago at a junk yard in Omaha area. I usually pick up stuff and look around for goodies that other just bring in for scrap. Today was just like every other day NOT till I saw this. When I did see it, yes I about ran but I decided to look into it. I called my nephew up and tell him the new and then he called his dad which is a old Army artillery soldier in the day. After about 30 minutes of phone calls we decided to take it out and keep for outselves as a gift. We found out that it was a old artillery round and was no longer a threat and the funny part was no one in the yard knew what it was because they never saw one before. So this was the first and I hope the last but you'll never know.

 

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[jraven]

Re: 8" artillery round found

Gee whiz!! I can see why you were scared. Good eyes..

 

[IAsoldier]

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I almost called the bomb squad but thanks to my brother I didnt need to but hey it was weird to see this is a scrap pile.

 

[crazyjarhead]

Re: 8" artillery round found

That looks like a 155. I was in arty for many years Unscrew the eye and you can tell if it is real (full of charge) . A 155 round weighs 98 lbs. Is it heavy?

 

[IAsoldier]

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Yes it was very heavy it took two of us to load it. I thought it was a 155 but someone like my brother said it was a 8" round but I cann't argue but you maybe right.

 

[Montauk3]

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If you note, The factory handling ring screwed into the nose of the round. That tells us that it is inert. Unless someone might have been playing around and changed things.

 

[crazyjarhead]

Re: 8" artillery round found

23 years in the marines around artillery, I believe that is a 155. There's really no danger unless you throw it into a fire. We used to dump them off the back of trucks all the time while re-supplying the gun line. When you take the nose plug out and insert a fuse it still has to be fired from a cannon to activate the fuse. The force of firing it can only achieve that. But I'm sure there are ways to detonate them as was shown in Vietnam and Iraq by insurgents.

 

[IAsoldier]

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Just glad that it was found over here not over there. My brother is donating it to my National Guard unit for the Vetinam Vets to look at and others.

 

[crazyjarhead]

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Sounds like a good idea, especially when we are on edge about possible terrorist acts in this country. I'd hate to hear about SWAT crashing into your house