Fortunately a "controlled explosion" wasn't carried out "in situ".

I guess it was lucky the mortar wasn't the other way round, fins in first.

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Originally Posted by Flying10uk

I guess it was lucky the mortar wasn't the other way round, fins in first.

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Would have been a bummer for sure.

Wrecked him? Could a killed him!

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Originally Posted by Gil Boyd

"Tripped and fell on the 57mm object"

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My thoughts as well. I'm guessing neither "tripped" nor "fell" enters into that equation...

Russ

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Originally Posted by RASelkirk

I'm guessing neither "tripped" nor "fell" enters into that equation...

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It's possible, if one was holding it in a "peculiar manner", slipped on the stairs, with a heavy landing, before you know where you are you could be in the back of an ambulance, face down, with a mortar bomb sticking out of your posterior.