Posted on 05/03/2020 11:15:41 AM PDT by Kriggerel
A woman who dug up an unexploded World War Two bomb in her garden said she threw it across the lawn for her dog before she realised what it was.
Lulu Cirillo, 49, was gardening at her home in Weymouth when her spade struck the bomb 10in (25.4cm) down.
She thought it was a large stone and took it inside before taking to Facebook to ask people what they thought it was.
The bomb was detonated on Weymouth Beach at about 21:00 BST on Saturday.
When Ms Cirillo dug the device up, she initially thought her pet Shih Tzu Cica might want to play with it.
She said: "I thought it was a stone so I threw it. It was muddy - I never thought it could be a bomb."
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Looks like it might be the fuse or detonator from the front of the bomb.
If that was a 500 kg bomb, DO NOT MESS WITH HER!
I had a shitzu once. I think I was ripped off though. There wasn’t any zu. When handling that dog I had to wear chainmail gloves. Worst little mongrel I ever had. The rainbow bridge couldn’t get here fast enough, may he rest in peace...
Do you know what kind of bomb it was?
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Maybe a hand Granada? I suppose a grande is a small bomb...
??? Practice Bomb, Mortar Round, Bomblet?? Anyone ID it???
The Germans had a type of cluster bomb. Roughly grenade like in size and shape.
Looks like a small incendiary bomb. They were a about a foot long with a tail stabilizer, which this one is missing. They were dropped in larger bomb casings which broke apart, letting the bomblets scatter.
That's actually a better name for them -- more descriptive.
The bad kind?
Talking Heads members get around it seems
This ain’t no party. This ain’t no disco.
Looks like a German bomb with the fins torn off(when it buried ) Germans had some rather small bombs. Not the big ones Americans and Brits dropped.
Right up until the end.
No, it doesn't. I'd be curious as to what kind of bomb it was and what did the Germans target with that type of bomb. Of course, it doesn't really say it was a German bomb.
Sounds kind of like our shape charge.
Someone else mentioned that also and it's probably right, but you'd think there would've been hundreds of them dropped in the area, unless it was a stray. When I was in the Air Force and stationed in England our F-4s often carried a pod under the wings with small practice bombs of about the same size.
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