Shot Canister

[sabertasche]

I'll have to check my other forums and texts on thingsthat go "BOOM" but this sure looks like a somewhat resent US cluster munition rather than a Civil War item. Yep, on the British Ordnance Collectors Network it's classified as BLU26 cluster bomb bomblet. This is a Vietnam War era munition.

Greg

[archer]

Hi, My suspicions are validated. It was hard to imagine canister shot being dispersed from another canister shell. Coming from the initial explosion of a bomb
seems likely. Greg, Is this safe and inert as it now appears? I could see it having had loose explosives as the propellant or that the area around the central ring might not be a part of the casting, but, rather the old charge
Probably very advisable to have it checked by a Military EOD unit in my area. So it doesn't go boom. Thank you, Steve

[fernando]

Originally Posted by sabertasche

I'll have to check my other forums and texts on thingsthat go "BOOM" but this sure looks like a somewhat resent US cluster munition rather than a Civil War item. Yep, on the British Ordnance Collectors Network it's classified as BLU26 cluster bomb bomblet. This is a Vietnam War era munition.

Greg

... Then obviously a device of an age not within this forum's discussion scope ...