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Originally Posted by Al Schlageter
Watch the program 'Trashopolis - Berlin'. Berlin has an active bomb finding crew which uses old after mission bomb photos and hand held ground scanners.
Back in May,
WWII bomb discovery causes massive evacuation in Berlin
http://www.thelocal.de/national/20110526-35281.html |
Interesting thanks for posting.
Every German State has them, its called Kampfmittelräumdienst (iirc its called Bomb disposal unit in english) it belongs to the German Police force, also there are private Companies in Bavaria which are on the behalf of the Bavarian Government and in Hamburg the Bomb disposal unit is part of the Fire department.
Here is a news article from Oktober 2011, which states that 117 unexploded WW2 Devices which includes Bombs and other kinds of ammo where found in Bavaria alone in 2010. Total weight of them was about 50 tons.
Bavaria spends 700.000 Euro per Year only for Bomb Disposal.
It says further that 117 Unexploded WW2 devices found means almost every third day something is found.
http://www.augsburger-allgemeine.de/...d17023476.html
June 2010: Explosion of 500lbs kills thre member of Bomb disposal crew:
http://www.augsburger-allgemeine.de/...id7928386.html