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Looks very interesting

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/06/07/lo ... =allsearch

That is pretty cool.

Interesting find. Thanks.

Those rusted gernades are British Mills Bombs.
Gregg

ORIGINAL: Gregg

Those rusted gernades are British Mills Bombs.
Gregg

Are you sure about that? Here are photos of Japanese type 91 and type 97 grenades.




I looked again, you must be right these are different from the ones at eura creek

Here's a mills bomb

Take a good look at the photo.
You will see the Mills Bombs distinctive filler plug and base cap.
Gregg

ORIGINAL: Gregg

Take a good look at the photo.
You will see the Mills Bombs distinctive filler plug and base cap.
Gregg

eerie

Would any of the explosives still be dangerous?

You betcha. And besides the grenades etc. that you could see, there might be a minefield in the area. Those guys are lucky they haven't stepped on one.

ORIGINAL: geofflambert

You betcha. And besides the grenades etc. that you could see, there might be a minefield in the area. Those guys are lucky they haven't stepped on one.

If you read your history books, the Battle of Eora Creek was a fighting withdrawal not a static position defence. Besides everything (what little there was) had to be hauled over a mountain range along a muddy track on someones back so I cannot see (and I have not heard) of mines used in this campaign. Improvised devices such as grenades stuck in a tree with a piece of wire as a trigger (widely used as night time perimeter picket) would be a more realistic hazard but it has been a long time for those type of devices.....

Unstable unexploded ordinance would be everywhere though they probably would not be much larger than grenades and mortar rounds (all infantry weapons)....

Amazing find! When I was living in London, part of an area around the Thames was evacuated as they uncovered a Blitz bomb, a large one at that.... so things are still turning up all over the place...

ORIGINAL: TOMLABEL

ORIGINAL: Gregg

Take a good look at the photo.
You will see the Mills Bombs distinctive filler plug and base cap.
Gregg

Hi Tom. I really like your avatar. Do you have any extras I can choose from for myself?[8D][:D]

Hi, bigred, how about this?

or this

this perhaps

or what about this?

If you like playing the IJN, how about this?

If you're a showbiz fan, maybe this