The bomb, with a total weight of about 220Kg, complete with fuze and in a fairly good state of conservation, was found in an agricultural field during the plowing operations. The activities were carried out under the coordination of the prefecture of Udine and lasted for a few hours, ending with the destruction of the bomb.
The 3 ° genius guastatorium regiment of the cavalry brigade "Pozzuolo del Friuli" of Gorizia, is one of the seven units of the weapon of genius that the Interregional Defense Force Command North of Padua can intervene for the reclamation operations of the central territory - northern of the peninsula (10 administrative regions) from the numerous unexploded remnants of war still existing.
In the 2013 the third genius regiment carried out 462 remediation interventions (for a total of 1137 unexploded ordnance) and, in the first four months of 2014 alone, performed similar interventions over 60.
Source: Command of Terrestrial Operations Forces
