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Originally Posted by hegykc
I read they put sand and hay on top of it. The hay caught fire and landed on surrounding roofs causing some damage...
Who would put hay on an explosive device about to go off...
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A half ton of highly pressed hay dampens the Explosion blast, it's common practice when you blow them up with a semptex razor.
Nevertheless intresting Bomb they found, i'v never heard of an US 500lbs General Purpose Bomb with an No. 37 Long Delay Tail pistol which was normally used by Bomber Command.
Now the explosion makes sense with those No.37 Pistol and their Anti handling device, because normally when you blew the Bomb shell open with an Shaped charge it makes not such a big "boom"
That's how it usually works: