What is this thing we found while renovating? we havent touched it since my dad thinks its an explosive from ww2. about 10" long

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uragruver on August 24th, 2020 at 09:14 UTC »

Looks like a WWII British 2" mortar round. They did not use chemical weapons in WWII so the filler is likely high explosive but could be WP or Illum.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-inch_mortar

Call the EOD and don't touch it.

duchesspipsqueak on August 24th, 2020 at 09:36 UTC »

Love an update to make sure everything worked out ok

WellFuckiduck on August 24th, 2020 at 12:56 UTC »

Update: eod thinks its probably a smoke grenade. they still arent sure but they are coming in a few days to remove it. until then we have to like not touch it and just stay away from it

Edit second update: Noone is yet sure wether its a smoke or exploding round. a guy from the police came over to investigate it and told us that it hasnt been fired yet so its relativly safe. he also thinks its a smoke one but isnt sure. wether its a smoke grenade or not, they will pick it up and bring it to a safe detonation field.