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BBC Video of Unexploded Russian Air Dropped Bomb Being Defuzed in Ukraine

OFZAB-500 (ОФЗАБ-500), as far as I'm aware Fuel Air Explosive bomb


OFZAB500.jpg

Not sure, fuze looks like AVU series

(I don't know why EOD put a white sheet on the bomb, is it to hide markings ?)
 
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A question about something that may be obvious to the EODs here (but not to me :smile:): Why are they pouring water while unscrewing and withdrawing the fuse?
 
You could be forgiven for mistaking it for a scene from "Trigger Point"

TimG
 
Dreamk said:
A question about something that may be obvious to the EODs here (but not to me :smile:): Why are they pouring water while unscrewing and withdrawing the fuse?
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Not in our procedure manuals but maybe an improvised system to avoid friction
 
Maybe to avoid static sparks? I cannot think of anything else. And fuzes are mostly lightly - factory off- greased on the thread when delivered.
 
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