The bomb squads of the "Folgore" neutralize a war device

14/04/14

Last Friday the 8 ° regulator of the "Folgore" genius parachutist sapper regiment from Legnago (VR) intervened to secure a long stretch of beach in the municipality of Milano Marittima (RA) where a dangerous war surplus had occasionally been found.

The bomb, a US airplane bomb from 100 pounds with special loading (white phosphorus) dating back to World War II, was found in very poor condition during the refurbishment of the beach a few meters from the shore in one of the beaches most famous and popular of the famous seaside town.

The intervention, 82 ° from the beginning of the year for the specialists of Legnago, began in the early hours of the morning with the disarming of the remaining smoldering anchor, then we proceeded to the removal and transport to a quarry in the area where has been definitively neutralized.

The 8th Paratrooper Engineers Regiment "Folgore" of Legnago (VR) is one of the seven units of the Engineers Corps that the Northern Interregional Defense Forces Command of Padua can bring in for the reclamation operations of the central - northern territory of peninsula with numerous unexploded remnants of war that still exist. In particular, the engineering departments, thanks to the experience gained in operational theaters and the high "dual-use" connotation, work in favor of the national community both with the reclamation of war remnants still widely present in the territory nationally, and in the event of public calamities, as recently witnessed during the bad weather emergency which, in January and February, hit the north-east of the country.

Source: Command of Terrestrial Operations Forces