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75mm in O Hare

Not necessarily scrap. Contents have not yet been determined.
 
I think the white color comes from oxidized tin. These shells had sheet metal plates welded with tin on the bases. And for the filling I think all is possible, the left shell looks like it is having a lead washer on the fuze/gaine adapter - not a good sign...
 
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Thanks. I'm told that the items are headed to the range tomorrow. I've asked for decent photos of the bases, and if possible, for a shaped charge attack to see if they were actually live or not.
 
Security where? Item came from France, made a connection in London. Was found during recheck of bags in Chicago. That the guys in Chicago are not terribly familiar with WWI projectiles, I can accept. At least they reached out for info.
 
There are numerous problems, the biggest is that the larger airports are constantly under pressure to push more and more people through in less time. Automated systems help, but have limitations. The average bags can have absolutely anything in them, frequently including tools, machine parts, anything a worker need to carry to their next destination. For a bag that is alerted by automatic systems a screener could have around 30 seconds to make a decision, before the next bag arrives. Sometimes, hopefully rarely, mistakes are made. I had a similar discussion with the Chicago folks, their point was that this got through, my point was the scope of the battlefield tourism problem in Belgium and France, and, how many items you think get caught at the European airports? Is this 1:10? 1:100? 1:1000?
 
I'm away from any books at the moment, does anyone have a standard/typical explosive fill material for these projos French name and translation please. Thanks.
 
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