Stump grinder versus German tank shells.

[Marc Lewis]

Wow. Just had a glance at the pics on your fb. I would not have known what they were. Glad for you it was a peaceful ending. Cool story

[Steve Bullman]

 

 

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[David Cropper]

You were lucky in that, being tank shells. they were likely to be solid shot armour piercing so didn't contain HE. There is a similar round stuck in the side of a church in St Lo. Bet it was a brown trouser moment though.

 

I joined my regiment as an armoured car gunner, on Saladins, so it all came back to me. That seemed like 90 years ago! Our shells were 76mm not 75mm.

[David Cropper]

Really? I find that hard to believe

 

 

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Tried so many times, followed previous advice on other threads buy still won't work.

[Steve Bullman]

I was actually referring to the 2 bomb disposal teams

 

Image listing will be a whole lot easier very soon

 

 

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[waterbuoy]

I think Steve was referring to the number of bomb disposal teams

 

Edit - must type quicker!

[David Cropper]

Really? I find that hard to believe

 

 

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We had a bomb scare Christmas Eve in town, bomb squad have to come from La Rochelle which is almost two hours away. My neighbour told me that there is only two bases in France. How many teams operate from each base , no idea but I assume quite a few. There's still a lot of ordnance floating about France.

[David Cropper]

Wow. Just had a glance at the pics on your fb. I would not have known what they were. Glad for you it was a peaceful ending. Cool story

Have you never visited the Tank Museum at Bovington Marc, it's not that far from you.

[silky fox]

Fantastic tale to tell around the campfire.(especially at Arbshows)

[Ty Korrigan]

Wow Dave!

Quite a dinner party story there.

The heads of the shells, do they have screw threads for fuses?

Ty