Posted on 03/25/2024 5:45:28 AM PDT by V_TWIN
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A local neighborhood is wondering how this decades-old military weapon ended up in someone’s backyard.
Mathew Sims says when he picked up the military munition, he quickly realized what it was that he was holding in his hands and slowly put it back where it was.
Homeowner Mathew Sims said, “Okay is this live? You panic, then you drop.”
That’s what was going through Sims’s mind when he found this, an unexploded military weapon in his backyard Wednesday located at 15th Street E. Sims told us he didn’t want to be on camera but says he was in his backyard when he saw something sticking out the ground.
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QT, V-TWIN.
“He pulled it up and quickly realized it was a military ordinance.”
The UCMJ is a very dangerous thing and it is not intended for civilian use.
They should make up their mind; it is a munition or is it a weapon? Because it can’t be both.
Practice low-drag bomb. Still has a charge to generate smoke on impact. It can hurt you.
Seen lots.
I wonder how long this guy lived in his house? I’ve lived in mine for about four years and have a pretty good size suburban lot. I guarantee you, if there were a piece of military ordnance sticking out of the ground, I would have found it long ago.
I wonder how long this guy lived in his house? I’ve lived in mine for about four years and have a pretty good size suburban lot. I guarantee you, if there were a piece of military ordnance sticking out of the ground, I would have found it long ago.
When I lived in Berlin they had to close the whore house because of an unexploded package....
(was an old WW2 bomb)
One thing for sure.....it’ll make a great bar story. 😏
...and if history is any indication they will be finding bombs for another 100 years.
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