Removal of war devices in Sicily

29/04/15

- The 4 ° Regio Genius Guastatori of Palermo continues the work of reclamation of unexploded war devices found in Sicily. A team of the Genio Regiment intervened in Contrada Zita, in the municipality of Gibellina (TP), following the discovery of an Italian hand grenade SRCM mod. 35 loaded with high potential explosive (HE).

The engineers have provided for the destruction of the residual on the spot.

A similar operation was carried out in the municipality of Milazzo (ME), where a German mortar bomb from 50 mm was found. Also on this occasion the Italian Army soldiers destroyed the bomb on the same place of discovery.

Another team of the 4 ° Regiment also intervened in the municipality of Sortino (SR) following another discovery. In this case, however, it was a false alarm, because the object that was feared to be a bomb was actually a simple metal container. All the operations of destruction carried out by the military were preceded and then carried out with particular details. technical measures, in order to eliminate any risk to people and places.

In all the interventions have been employed specialized teams of the 4 ° Regio Genio Guastatori of Palermo that is employed by the "Aosta" Brigade of Messina.

The spoons that have come into action have a special EOD (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) specialization, but are more commonly referred to as bombs.

The Regiment intervenes at the request of the Prefecture and under the coordination of the 2 ° Command Defense Forces (2 ° FOD) of San Giorgio a Cremano (NA).

Source: Command of Terrestrial Operations Forces