ID this component - probably not ordnance

[ammocat]

This item was recovered during a EOD clearance operation. There is a lot of speculation on what it might be, ranging from an ammunition component, helicopter engine component, antenna piece, etc.

I do not believe that it is actually from an ammunition item, but stranger things have happened. Does anyone have any idea what this might?

Cheers

 

[BMG50]

It looks like a type of grappling hook or something fired through a mine field and pulled back to set off any trip wires Or just a grappling hook.

 

[blu97]

Identified on a other forum as a antena from the MIG 23.

 

[spotter]

Thanks for letting us know it had been identified Blu.....theres a pic of it here http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/AWA1/101-200/walk189_Mig23/walk189.htm scrolll down the page to "swift rod " ILS Antenna

 

[waffenamt]

Wow!! How on earth did it get there then?
Surely somebody noticed it `missing` off the aircraft?

waff

 

[tc464]

Wow!! How on earth did it get there then?
Surely somebody noticed it `missing` off the aircraft?

From the post I saw about this it was found near a cluster bomb strike in Kosovo. Must have been right on target.

 

[waffenamt]

Ah!!,now i understand!
Thank you as i was wracking my bloody brains!:burnout:

best
waff

 

[ammocat]

Wow, thanks for the help. I was not aware this was posted on another forum, but I know the photo has been passed around a lot between EOD personnel and ammo techs.

Thanks for the help, it certainly looks like the ILS antenna from a MiG 23.

Cheers,