What not to do with a 57mm AT shell - shared by Josh Barton, 4 December 2021

No games to report, but a reminder to enjoy military history in a safe manner (it was actually a 57mm AT shell. Better penetration I guess) 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/824840264342234/posts/1951323395027243/

Bomb squad called to Gloucestershire Royal Hospital after man gets WWII mortar stuck up his bottom

• Steve Eyles

  These are very strange times is all I can say...

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• Neil Williamson

  I bet the medical coding staff had to be quite inventive to code that one.

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• Neil Williamson

  My wife hasnt seen the bomb disposal team out for one of these incidents before, but she says its nothing unusual.

  I'm now listening to lots of interesting stories lol

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  • Josh Barton

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    haha does she work in ER?

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    • Neil Williamson

      Josh Barton she has done. Mainly acute medicine and coronary though.

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• Peter S. Tarasov

  It would seem to be an anti-tank round, rather than a "mortar shell"...

  

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