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I still have some german documentary about a man defusing these things burned into my head. He was asked why he wasn't wearing any safety equipment while workin
by tetha 2y ago
I still have some german documentary about a man defusing these things burned into my head. He was asked why he wasn't wearing any safety equipment while working on these large bombs.
Well for smaller amounts of explosive chemicals, they'd wear the blast suit, because it could save them and might keep them a bit presentable otherwise. That'd be nice for the family. If the bomb is several times heavier than you are though, they'd just do the job right and go home after - and no one needs safety equipment on a job done right.
- xenadu02 2y agoMore specifically such large bombs will kill you with the pressure wave if nothing else. They are not survivable. Either you diffuse them successfully or you die.
- Xylakant 2y agoThe way they figured out how to defuse the bombs was pretty rough, too. The person that did the defusal would call out what they were about to do next to a person taking notes at a safe distance. If the bomb exploded, they knew not to do that again.