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Old 20th Dec 2012, 09:59
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mad_jock
 
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Its a bit of a over sell though about the danger.

If its is infantary mobile the stuff gets taken from the box and humped about by grunts.

If its tank or arty rounds its either a kinetic or has to be spun by the rifling before it goes live. The carts are a different matter and have a metal protection clip across the firing CAP.

Only time I have seen folk getting upset was when one idiot decided the shell was to heavy carrying it to the gun and dropped it and it rolled down the hill.

BSM kicked his bum and the SMIG decided that it was time that we changed gun position and EOD came in and xrayed it and pronounced it hadn't armed itself but blew it anyway.

Saying that though its about typical though that as soon as you tell any of the cutoms peeps that really isn't a good idea they will do it.

It will have been more of a pain to get someone qualified to repackage it. Soldiers are qualified to unpackage it but you need an ammunition technican to package it up again before transport.
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