Posted on 10/10/2022 5:41:41 AM PDT by Red Badger
Hand Grenade Simulator (Photo: Newport Oregon Police Department)
NEWPORT, Ore. (KATU) — Police in Oregon said three explosive devices washed ashore Tuesday, prompting several calls to law enforcement.
Police in Newport said they responded to three separate devices that washed up on the beach in the area, between Yaquina Bay State Park and Agate Beach.
Each device was white in color and had a label attached to them that reads “Warning Explosive.” The label clearly states the item is a "Simulator, Hand Grenade M116A," with instructions to "remove safety clip from fuse lighter, carefully pull off cap until cord is free of container."
The Oregon State Police Bomb Squad responded and seized the devices.
HFI Pyrotechnics said, "The Simulator, Hand Grenade is designed for training exercises to acclimatize troops to the sights and sounds of battle in a non-lethal format. This device, once the pull-wire is activated, after 6-12 seconds produces a loud report or simulated explosion of a grenade."
Police said if a beachgoer encounters such a device, do not handle or try to move it. Call 911 and report the location of the device to the police.
You need to go to better beaches. Ones where you'll find nothing but temptation...
Where’s the sand?
I think I saw that actual display at the county sheriff’s display at our local Fourth-of-July parade.
Funny how those things stay with you.
Being raised in rural Mississippi, there wasn’t much mining going on, so the likelihood of finding a blasting cap was pretty miniscule.......................😢😉
About once per year I look up the newsreel video of the whale blubber rain and laugh my butt off. I made sure each one of my kids saw it too and they thought it was the funniest thing. LOL
When I was a supply clerk in the Army I looked thru the NSN catalogue and they had an “atomic bomb simulator”. It was described as being 6 ft long, aluminum tube. It had to be buried in the ground leaving only 4 to 6 inches above ground, with no over hanging tree branches or any wires over the area. When it detonated it would create a blinding flash, a massive explosive sound, and a mushroom cloud that would rise about 400 to 600 yards. The cost was $6,000.
I always wanted to order one of those. The CO always just singed off on whatever requisitions we put on his desk. But, I figured that not many of those were ever ordered, and once it actually got to the supply depot they might put in a call. So, I never ordered it.
Our beaches are swept clean every night by tractors pulling giant sieves.
Nobody is allowed to stay on the beach overnight.
No campfires are allowed at all.
No glass containers of any kind.
No alcohol allowed.
No animals allowed.
No fishing allowed within a 100 yards of swimmers.
No Frisbee throwing allowed within 50 yards of people.
This is your Beach! Enjoy it!........................
Reminds me of the M*A*S*H episode and the Pizza Oven...............
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Hawkeye: [regarding the requisition of the incubator being denied] We’re not asking for a jukebox or a pizza oven.
Captain Sloan: Oh, those I can let you have.
Henry: No kidding! Hey, those would be great on movie nights. You got any pizza requisition forms?
Captain Sloan: Just use the standard S 1798 and write in “Pizza” where it says “Machine Gun”.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XSYgb0XQd_8
It’s weird. The only info I can find is that the police either didn’t respond to queries or,
“On Facebook, police said they could not confirm where the devices came from.”
There’s NOTHING on how these things ended up in the ocean. Even USA Today simply referenced the Newport Police. It’s like the media has been directed not to ask questions of the US Army (i.e., the ‘logical’ question and literal origin of the devices).
https://armypubs.army.mil/ProductMaps/PubForm/Details.aspx?PUB_ID=65134
Funny: I don’t recall the US Army operating in the Pacific Ocean. Again, I have to wonder what else they lost...
But now we're really in for it.
Ugh! But for the scantily clad women, why bother? Most of the Oregon beaches that I go to are all but deserted. The water’s cold, and in the summer, the wind makes it a sand blasting booth from your knees down.
Where are the veterans among our Freepers?
I’d be tempted to shove a cheeseburger or ten down her throat.
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