Olaf,
Please take this very seriously. It is very possible that some of those
shells are explosive. Do not count on them being inert unless there is blue
paint on them. Please contact local authorities and have them inspected by
qualified ordance disposal personnel. DO NOT TOUCH OR DISTURB THEM! A USAF
airman was killed last year at White Sands Missile Range picking up such an
item. The fact that you handled them in the past is no guarantee that they
are inert and will not detonate in the future.
The 30 mm A-10 rounds could also be depleted uranium. The dust is very
toxic if inhaled or ingested.
Please heed this email. DON'T HANDLE THEM!
Gary
----- Original Message -----
From: Olaf Greve <ogreve@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <imagopus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2000 10:15 AM
Subject: [OM] OT - Aircraft Photo
> Hi Chris,
>
> [...]
> >on a dive attack on a practice range in Germany - Nordhorn.
> [...]
> >I hope someone finds it interesting.
>
> I most definitely do!
> The reason why? Well, as a kid I used to live in Oldenzaal, which is some
> 20 KMs away from Nordhorn. So guess where I spent several Sundays (when
the
> range is not in use!) as a kid... Yes: searching bullets at this very
> Clausheide (Nordhorn) shooting range!!!
> Even at present in my attic I still have some 120+ 30mm (A10? Mirage?)
> shells (all fired), some 80 or so fired 30mm bullets to match these
shells,
> some 50 27mm (Tornado?!?) shells and two fired bullets to match them, some
> 20 or so 20mm shells, which came with the F5 like type of "chain
shackles".
> Also, I found a few (4 or so) seemingly really old 20mm shells. I'm not
> certain which plane fired those, but they seem to have dates stamped in
the
> bottom of them, which are (I believe) all from 1943. These shells are much
> narrower than the F5/F16 type of 20mm shells, are these perhaps from the
> early days of the shooting range (maybe even some late Spitfires using up
> some old ammunition left from WWII)???
>
> Anyway, thanks for sharing this picture, I now know a bit what the range
> looks like from above! :)
>
> Cheers!
> Olafo
>
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