Army: remediation of war residues

14/11/14

This morning, a bomb squad from the 32 ° Turin sapper genius regiment, led by the first marshal Lieutenant Fabio Corpus, intervened in the Begato (GE) area of ​​the Coronelli area, to recover and make war surpluses of the 2 world war shine.

The war material, consisting of 64 hand grenades, of Italian, English, American and German origin, and of various caliber cartridges, was found by the land owner during the verification of the damages caused by the flood events of the last few days in Genoa and province.

The activities were carried out under the coordination of the prefecture of Genoa and lasted for a few hours, ending with the blasting of the war material.

The departments of genius, thanks to the experience gained in operational theaters and the high "dual-use" connotations, operate in favor of the national community both with the remediation of war residues still widely present in the national territory, and in the case of public calamities.

In particular, the use of the 32 ° genius regiment, together with the 1 ° mountain artillery regiment of Fossano (To) is to be emphasized on the occasion of the Chiavari bad weather emergency still in progress.

Source: Command of Terrestrial Operations Forces