Ordnance on WW1 battlefields

[HAZORD]

Dano,

Be sure to keep us informed when you go deeper, out under the garage wall, and under the enemy neighbor's house.

 

[dano1917]

dig thy neighbor

Good idea John, already dug and tapped into neighbors electricity. Wife calls me paranoid but I just know he is a spy...Dano

 

[18pounder]

Not that anyone other than EOD would or should even think of touching this stuff.
Weasel.

well of course,just to phptograph
xx

 

[christhurston]

I've only just spotted the granatenwerfer Dano,I should think 500 Euros
should more than cover it!!!!!

 

[dano1917]

Bargain

Chris, I think that would be a bargain as long as it includes the projectiles in the photo!!! Aint it a beauty, and not all that rusty.....Dano

 

[christhurston]

How much do you think I ought to pay Jeeeensy for the location??????
I "might"get away with turning up at the Channel Tunnel with the werfer,
but having any of the bombs with it might cause an international incident!!
French Bomb Squad,controlled explosions,not to mention mass evacuation.

 

[pointblank0]

a couple more period pics.
Regards nick

Why were these people snooping around your house Dano?

 

[dano1917]

I wish

Oh man, I could only wish! You know the more I look at the Granatenwerfer photo, the more it looks like it had to be at a museum. Not enough rust and period bottles lying there. Things are just too nice and arranged. Okay Jeeeensy was that at a museum or staged. No offence....Dano

 

[jeeeensy]

Hi Dano,,,no offence taken .. I confess,,, it was taken at Le Tommy Bar in pozziers. http://www.letommy.com
take a good look round the pictures, great site, pm me if you want the photo or few
others i have, all the best, nick

 

[Der_Feldgraue]

To be continued...

Here a french smoke handgrenade. An extremely dangerous find because it was filled with white Phosphorus! Never touch anything like this!!!

 

[Der_Feldgraue]

A french rifle grenade, type "VB" (Vivien Bessiere), which could be fired with a life round.

 

[Der_Feldgraue]

A french 155 mm shell (aerodynamic type "B") and the shell head with fuze (Gr.Z. 04) from a german 10 cm shell. Even the last one is very dangerous as it still has the detonator/booster attached to it! It is filled with picric acid which becomes very sensitive after 90 years in the ground...

 

[Der_Feldgraue]

Here a german 10,5 cm round for the light field howitzer. Its HZ05 fuze is almost corroded into pieces. An interesting phenomenon, because it is made from different metals like brass, steel and aluminium. This shell could be a shrapnel shell.

 

[Der_Feldgraue]

A french 120 mm shell (aerodynamic type "B") lying in a forest which was just done by forest workers. I wonder how much they pay them for the risk...

 

[Der_Feldgraue]

Now some REALLY dangerous items you should make some photos from and should move away quite fast

Gas ammunition, which is still lying in the forests! Here two 76 mm Minenwerfer rounds (Leichte Gasminen). Note the "shoulders" only this type of round has got!

The first one was identified by forest workers or a forester and was marked with special colors for the Demineurs (french EOD).

 

[Der_Feldgraue]

Here a period photo of german soldiers loading one of them into the launcher. Note the white rings on the round!

 

[Der_Feldgraue]

Here a "Glatte Gasmine" 18 cm (smooth gas mine), which was fired from the 18 cm smoothbore Minenwerfer.

 

[dano1917]

great thread

Thanks Jens, I find myself in this thread alot as more and more in the wild ordnance shots keep showing up. Thanks and "keep 'em coming"...Dano

 

[leeski]

some more very nice finds thanx for shareing

regards lee

 

[Der_Feldgraue]

And here some new pics!

A german 10,5 cm HE shell with a HZ16 fuze: