A boy enjoys his ice cream atop a washed-ashore sea mine, Kent, UK, WW2, 1940
A boy enjoys his ice cream atop a washed-ashore sea mine, Kent, UK, WW2, 1940
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If those are actual impact fuses we see there, he could realistically set it off by kicking them, since they are made of lead. Since someone also took the photo, I assume this was not a live munition, but at the end it is possible. Also, I find this is supposed to be 1945 too. After the first page of Google results I stopped looking for actual information.
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It's been defused, those protuberances would normally have a glass vial with a rubber cover over it, the vial breaks which charges a battery which fires the ignitors.
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I recently saw a documentary about the Ballymanus mine disaster, a tragic and cautionary tale to stay far, far away from these things if they ever cross your view.
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Is there a kidsarefuckingstupid here?
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this particular photo may be related more to the parents
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