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> Militaries tend to be much more stringent around policing the latter than the former. Not on large exercise ranges like those common in Germany. Do you reall
by freeflight 8y ago
> Militaries tend to be much more stringent around policing the latter than the former.
Not on large exercise ranges like those common in Germany.
Do you really think every single soldier collects every blank he ejected, that didn't initially fire/jammed, during the maneuver?
No, these are simply left behind, in all sizes and calibers, and for all purpose and effect are still "small lumps of explosives with detonator", just with some kind of malfunction preventing the regular way of triggering the donation, but they are still very capable of detonating.
- weinzierl 8y agoMy experience is from the late 80s and early 90s. Maybe it is really more stringent today. We found the ammo not at designated exercise ranges like those around Grafenwöhr or Hohenfels but ordinary forests, fields and meadows where we children used to play. We often found small batches and the ones I had in my hands were new and without scratches. My theory is that they were thrown away after the mission because the guys were too lazy to carry them back to the camp, but I don't know for sure.