A Bomb Discovered at a Chinese Construction in Phnom Penh

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A Bomb Discovered at a Chinese Construction in Phnom Penh

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Phnom Penh: Around 12pm on July 04, 2018, construction workers at a Chinese building site, located at Khan Doun Penh, Phnom Penh, came across a bomb while they were working. All work stopped immediately on the site and the authorities were alerted.

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War remnant or new?
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taabarang wrote: Thu Jul 05, 2018 3:02 pm War remnant or new?
As a bomb tech (military stuff, not IED's), I do not recognise it. What I can say is the patina on it indicates to more recent (not weathered corroded). Is it actually a bomb?
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"Is it actually a bomb?"

Yeah, that was my question as well. Too often UXOs are referred to as "bombs."
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looks like a grenade to me
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Cluster bomb let?☝
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It looks like a US M67 fragmentation grenade.

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I am only going by the photos... looks far bigger than a grenade... looks like soccer ball size.
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It looks like one of those old-timey howitzer shells. Is it someone's urn?
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