Weymouth woman 'threw unexploded WW2 bomb across garden'

BBC ^ | May 3, 2020 | BBC

[Clarancebeaks]

Looks like it might be the fuse or detonator from the front of the bomb.

[Scaramouch]

If that was a 500 kg bomb, DO NOT MESS WITH HER!

[Hatteras]

I had a shitzu once. I think I was ripped off though. There wasn’t any zu. When handling that dog I had to wear chainmail gloves. Worst little mongrel I ever had. The rainbow bridge couldn’t get here fast enough, may he rest in peace...

[snoringbear]

“ Do you know what kind of bomb it was?”
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Maybe a hand Granada? I suppose a grande is a small bomb...

[ExSES]

??? Practice Bomb, Mortar Round, Bomblet?? Anyone ID it???

[Reily]

The Germans had a type of cluster bomb. Roughly grenade like in size and shape.

[kaboom]

Looks like a small incendiary bomb. They were a about a foot long with a tail stabilizer, which this one is missing. They were dropped in larger bomb casings which broke apart, letting the bomblets scatter.

[Jeff Chandler]

“What are chips?” you might ask.
They’re crisps.

That's actually a better name for them -- more descriptive.

[Jeff Chandler]

Do you know what kind of bomb it was?

The bad kind?

[xp38]

Talking Heads members get around it seems

[dfwgator]

This ain’t no party. This ain’t no disco.

[xp38]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jLSLQBOwX4

[RedMonqey]

Looks like a German bomb with the fins torn off(when it buried ) Germans had some rather small bombs. Not the big ones Americans and Brits dropped.

[DannyTN]

[McGruff]

Poor woofie, he loved to play catch.

Right up until the end.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

So... they have poker crisps?

[libertylover]

In fairness to the woman, it’s not something that looks like a typical bomb.

No, it doesn't. I'd be curious as to what kind of bomb it was and what did the Germans target with that type of bomb. Of course, it doesn't really say it was a German bomb.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

According to my husband after a quick look it might be a German incendiary bomb

[snoringbear]

Sounds kind of like our shape charge.

[libertylover]

According to my husband after a quick look it might be a German incendiary bomb

Someone else mentioned that also and it's probably right, but you'd think there would've been hundreds of them dropped in the area, unless it was a stray. When I was in the Air Force and stationed in England our F-4s often carried a pod under the wings with small practice bombs of about the same size.