Any of our Maryland members missing some ordnance?

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38 Grenades Found Along Road In Dorchester County



A total of 38 grenades -- nine of them live -- were found along Bobtown Road in Hurlock, Maryland on Monday, according to the Maryland State Fire Marshal.

A citizen collecting recyclables discovered the grenades. Maryland State Police, Dorchester County Police and the Hurlock Volunteer Fire Department assisted on the scene. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives also assisted in the investigation.

Safe procedures were conducted immediately at the scene and three live grenades were detonated. The other six were counter charged at a local landfill.

Another 19 of the devices had a fuse but no explosive filler and 10 were inert.

Anyone having any information in reference to this incident is urged to contact the Maryland State Fire Marshal Bomb Squad at 410-859-7152 or the Maryland State Police -- Easton Barrack at 410-822-3101.

http://www.wbal.com/article/29...in-dorchester-county

Sounds like someone got to have some fun.

Why does this never happen to me?

In this day and age how does one get, let alone lose, grenades in various stages of readiness?

To put this in context, Dorchester County - and Hurlock in particular - is in the heart of our Eastern Shore (which is everything east of the Chesapeake). It’s about as deep a red as you’ll find outside of rural Texas. Lots of folks who... well... they’d fit in with us just fine.

I’m sure they belonged to Billy Bob, who may or may not be a member of the national guard unit down there, or just a crusty old vet trying to get rid of them before he’s caught hunting with them by our natural resources police. (No, I’m not kidding.)

Nothing to worry about. Seriously.

-Rob

The photo shows what appears to be a MK II pineapple grenade, those have been out of the system for 40-50 years.

The article says "live grenades" but doesn't say what filler. It may have been HE (that's REALLY live!), or less potent black powder used in the training version.

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Originally posted by BurtonRW:
To put this in context, Dorchester County - and Hurlock in particular - is in the heart of our Eastern Shore (which is everything east of the Chesapeake). It’s about as deep a red as you’ll find outside of rural Texas. Lots of folks who... well... they’d fit in with us just fine.

I’m sure they belonged to Billy Bob, who may or may not be a member of the national guard unit down there, or just a crusty old vet trying to get rid of them before he’s caught hunting with them by our natural resources police. (No, I’m not kidding.)

Nothing to worry about. Seriously.

-Rob

Rob, you wouldn't make a good redneck. Fishing with explosives is much more popular and useful than hunting.

"You goin' to talk , or fish"

You wouldn't believe the accountability that goes into military munitions down to expended brass, never mind live grenades (including turning in all pins, safety clips etc.)

More likely inert bodies improvised back into various stages of being "live" which is not that hard to do. Or, if military issue...super old from way before things were accounted for like now.

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Originally posted by Strambo:
You wouldn't believe the accountability that goes into military munitions down to expended brass, never mind live grenades (including turning in all pins, safety clips etc.)

More likely inert bodies improvised back into various stages of being "live" which is not that hard to do. Or, if military issue...super old from way before things were accounted for like now.

They used to sell inert grenades at the gun shows 30 years ago. I don't know what you need to do to make the firing mechanism, but filling them back up to make them grenades again didn't look like it would be difficult.

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Originally posted by jimmy123x:

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Originally posted by Strambo:
You wouldn't believe the accountability that goes into military munitions down to expended brass, never mind live grenades (including turning in all pins, safety clips etc.)

More likely inert bodies improvised back into various stages of being "live" which is not that hard to do. Or, if military issue...super old from way before things were accounted for like now.

They used to sell inert grenades at the gun shows 30 years ago. I don't know what you need to do to make the firing mechanism, but filling them back up to make them grenades again didn't look like it would be difficult.

No, but it is just as easy to wrap a pipe in nails as far as a housing goes. If you have the knowledge to make a primer/blasting cap (or acquire) and the HE fill (again, make or acquire), the body is the easy part. It is all simple really.

Finding actual live issue grenades would be a big deal IMO, improvised not so much. The Boston Marathon pressure cooker bombs did way more damage that a frag grenade...

I came home from Army reserve summer camp one year with three practice Grenades (Painted Blue with live fuse), five M-80's (Simulated Mortar round) and two Phosphorus Grenades.

Ordinance inventory was lax

Needless to say I had fun that summer.

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Originally posted by jimmy123x:

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Originally posted by Strambo:
You wouldn't believe the accountability that goes into military munitions down to expended brass, never mind live grenades (including turning in all pins, safety clips etc.)

More likely inert bodies improvised back into various stages of being "live" which is not that hard to do. Or, if military issue...super old from way before things were accounted for like now.

They used to sell inert grenades at the gun shows 30 years ago. I don't know what you need to do to make the firing mechanism, but filling them back up to make them grenades again didn't look like it would be difficult.

The threads for the practice grenades are smaller than the ones for live HE ones. Grenade bodies are easy to come by, intact live fuses not so much.

Speaking of grenades, here's another article with few details. And a strange photo of a Soviet-style launcher.

http://www.bradenton.com/news/...rticle197613449.html

Goodwill employees find loaded grenade launcher among donated items

BY JESSICA DE LEON
jdeleon@bradenton.com
January 31, 2018 01:13 PM
Updated January 31, 2018 04:59 PM

MANATEE

Goodwill employees discovered a grenade launcher, loaded with a live grenade, this past weekend in a load of items donated at a Bradenton store, according to the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office.

On Sunday, deputies were called out to the Goodwill Manasota Bargain Barn, 7501 15th St. E., after employees discovered a grenade launcher with a grenade inside it, according to an incident report. The store manager told deputies that the grenade launcher had come in on Jan. 25 in a shipment from a store on Cortez Road.

According to the Goodwill manager, employees at the Bradenton location didn’t know what the donated item was, so they sent it to the Bargain Barn location.

Deputies say they properly disposed of the active grenade by placing it in a Hazmat locker at the sheriff’s office District One office. The grenade launcher has been placed into the property room.

The store manager told deputies she would let the other Goodwill store know about the discovery.


Jessica De Leon: 941-745-7049, @JDeLeon1012

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Originally posted by Sigmund:
Speaking of grenades, here's another article with few details. And a strange photo of a Soviet-style launcher.

Here's an article with a photo of the actual launcher, which looks like a M203 underbarrel grenade launcher.

But on closer inspection, it looks like it's an airsoft version. The grenade round itself especially looks like an airsoft round.

http://www.khq.com/story/37400...orida-goodwill-store



Airsoft M203
Note the cheap rail clamp and identical markings, reading:
Launcher, Grenade
40mm M203
ICS Taiwan


Airsoft 40mm grenade
Note the holes drilled around the tip and the seam for the removable nosecap