Is this a live Incendiary Bomb??

[edelweiss123]

Hi everyone,

I went to pick a mail bag up this evening and the elderly gent asked if i knew much about bombs. I said i could take a look. He bought this German incendiary bomb out with super examples of markings etc. I think it is live, i told him this and he has kept it away from the house until i get further confirmation. Obviously if it is live, i have advised him to call the police which he said he will do. If its not live, im buying it. The fin is detatched. Weighs 2.2IBS or 1 kilo.

Sorry about the naff pics, only had my phone on me.

Thanks

[edelweiss123]

It looks to have been fired but my gut feeling is it is one that didn't go off.

[davejb]

I'm trying to work out if that is a tile smasher incendiary ,the weight dictates the amount of damage to roofs etc , personally i would stick to the old adage 'if in doubt ,dont touch 'it does look intact

[edelweiss123]

Thanks Dave, excuse my naivety, what do you mean a tile smasher? It felt weighted towards the front end. Thanks

[James C]

vicky i think dave means roof tile's

[edelweiss123]

Gotcha! Again, i'm still not 100% and i don't want anything in my house that i'm not 100% sure wont blow me to pieces or burn me slowly in my sleep

[davejb]

They were made to penetrate roofs and were heavier than the ordinary ones which burst on contact , there was a thread on here about 'smashers 'they usually had hexagonal heavy heads but yours is different, wait for more comments just to be sure

[harryamb2]

show it to the law and you lose it.

[edelweiss123]

They were made to penetrate roofs and were heavier than the ordinary ones which burst on contact , there was a thread on here about 'smashers 'they usually had hexagonal heavy heads but yours is different, wait for more comments just to be sure

Still with explosives inside? Damn, i really wanted this. But, better to be alive without it than have it and be dead.

[big ned]

They were filled with Thermite and the case is usually Magnesium alloy I think. The nasty bit that sets it off is in the tapered end and is a type of explosive primer set off by percussion to get the Thermite and Magnesium going. Thermite is reasonably safe unless it gets wet, it doesn't like water. A lot of these things didn't go off due to soft landings/malfunction, so until someone comes along with more knowledge to give you the skinny on it I would assume it to be live until proven otherwise, but I wouldn't imagine it's gonna go pop unless you start bashing it or throwing it in water or such. Just a guess really though!