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To: ProtectOurFreedom
The shocking thing is 1/6 of WW I shells were duds. I had no idea it was that high.

Not necessarily duds. The churned up mud was so soupy and deep that the impact force was sometimes not hard enough to cause a detonation.

49 posted on 08/07/2018 7:25:12 PM PDT by PAR35
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Hadn’t thought about that. Good point. It was an incredible wet, soupy mess. The most horrid possible “living” conditions.


62 posted on 08/07/2018 11:56:41 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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