View Full Version : Phalanx ammo washing up on beaches
NutLoose
17th Apr 2018, 14:22
Ooops
https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/plymouth-news/investigation-how-highly-dangerous-royal-1467444
Clockwork Mouse
17th Apr 2018, 14:43
Box has an American part number so it may not be from a RN source.
It's a NATO Stock Number, the 01 indicates the country of origin is the US, but it doesn't say anything about who owns it.
Pontius Navigator
17th Apr 2018, 21:07
The box even has USA on it.
The box even has USA on it.Hmmmm. The Toyota I drive has "Made in Japan" engraved in numerous places. If I crash it into a school bus in Mississippi, does that mean Japan is at fault?
Nomorefreetime
18th Apr 2018, 16:34
The weight being in lbs will narrow it down. All UK ammo is in Kgs
Ascend Charlie
19th Apr 2018, 04:07
In the noozepaper photo, they show some other gun firing, the Phalanx is the Gatling gun with the white cylinder on top.
sitigeltfel
19th Apr 2018, 11:09
There are hundreds of thousands, possibly a million tons of surplus military ammunition dumped in the Beaufort's Dyke trench, six miles off Stranraer on the West coast of Scotland. Most of it is at 300 metres depth and some of it is reported to consist of phosgene gas shells! :eek:
ACW342
19th Apr 2018, 11:58
When I opened the link to the Plymouth Herald my Web protection told me that it had blocked malware. I don't know if it has piggybacked into PP or to the newspaper website. just thought that you might like to know in case you don't have the computer version of a condom