Lost Battlefield In Papua on the Kokoda Trail

[Monkey]

Looks very interesting

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/06/07/lo ... =allsearch

[John 3rd]

That is pretty cool.

[tocaff]

Interesting find. Thanks.

[Gregg]

Those rusted gernades are British Mills Bombs.
Gregg

[geofflambert]

ORIGINAL: Gregg

Those rusted gernades are British Mills Bombs.
Gregg

Are you sure about that? Here are photos of Japanese type 91 and type 97 grenades.




I looked again, you must be right these are different from the ones at eura creek

[geofflambert]

Here's a mills bomb

[Gregg]

Take a good look at the photo.
You will see the Mills Bombs distinctive filler plug and base cap.
Gregg

[TOMLABEL]

ORIGINAL: Gregg

Take a good look at the photo.
You will see the Mills Bombs distinctive filler plug and base cap.
Gregg

[zuluhour]

eerie

[LeeChard]

Would any of the explosives still be dangerous?

[geofflambert]

You betcha. And besides the grenades etc. that you could see, there might be a minefield in the area. Those guys are lucky they haven't stepped on one.

[Reg]

ORIGINAL: geofflambert

You betcha. And besides the grenades etc. that you could see, there might be a minefield in the area. Those guys are lucky they haven't stepped on one.

If you read your history books, the Battle of Eora Creek was a fighting withdrawal not a static position defence. Besides everything (what little there was) had to be hauled over a mountain range along a muddy track on someones back so I cannot see (and I have not heard) of mines used in this campaign. Improvised devices such as grenades stuck in a tree with a piece of wire as a trigger (widely used as night time perimeter picket) would be a more realistic hazard but it has been a long time for those type of devices.....

Unstable unexploded ordinance would be everywhere though they probably would not be much larger than grenades and mortar rounds (all infantry weapons)....

[dr.hal]

Amazing find! When I was living in London, part of an area around the Thames was evacuated as they uncovered a Blitz bomb, a large one at that.... so things are still turning up all over the place...

[bigred]

ORIGINAL: TOMLABEL

ORIGINAL: Gregg

Take a good look at the photo.
You will see the Mills Bombs distinctive filler plug and base cap.
Gregg

Hi Tom. I really like your avatar. Do you have any extras I can choose from for myself?[8D][:D]

[geofflambert]

Hi, bigred, how about this?

[geofflambert]

or this

[geofflambert]

this perhaps

[geofflambert]

or what about this?

[geofflambert]

If you like playing the IJN, how about this?

[geofflambert]

If you're a showbiz fan, maybe this