Dog Playing Fetch Delivers Live Grenade To Owner

A dog owner got a big surprise while playing fetch with her dog after the pooch brought her a live World War II era US hand grenade. Police called a munitions expert to identify and defuse the grenade. It is not uncommon for people to find grenades and bombs left over from World War II in parts of Germany.

Wow...

[totally bogus dude]

I've never seen a slashdot article with no comments before. Okay, so it's only idle so it doesn't really count, but it's still pretty eery. Like being in the middle of a deserted metropolis.

How dangerous are these decades-old unexploded ordinances? I mean, they haven't exploded for 50 years, so they probably won't explode in the next few days... right? Or is it a case that they may become very fragile after sitting undisturbed and unmoved for so long, and even the slightest bump can set it off?

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[ekimminau]

The potential for the firing pin on a Hand Grenade [wikipedia.org] to have rusted and the spring becoming capable of initiating detonation with the slightest jar is very real.

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[lancelotlink]

I believe adults and children are still losing arms, legs, lives when accidentally finding land mines in Vietnam