British UXB units had a deadly task in WW2, the german aerial unexploded bombs dropped by the Luftwaffe in the English territory had sometimes a secret trap inside.
He didn't want to commit to a relationship because if his job killed him it would make her cry. Quite a respectable and brave man really. 👏
@paulkawsek8617
3 жыл бұрын
How about the bombs dropped in the sea?
@graham2631
3 жыл бұрын
Reality in that. My grandad was killed in the war my grandmom was heartbroken never got over it kept all his things some on her night stand till she died. I have them now,the scars of war last many generations.
@danielsteger8456
3 жыл бұрын
@TheOneFromFuture people back then were much different than people today. chances are hes telling the truth, so stop being an asshole
@xiro6
3 жыл бұрын
@@danielsteger8456 true or not,there was hundreds of thousands mens out of the country,but same amount of womans than before....
@seant7562
5 жыл бұрын
"I asked an EOD guy once about the stress of bomb defusing. He shrugged and said "it's not. I'm either right or suddenly it's not my problem anymore."
@fooman2108
3 жыл бұрын
I have met several USN EOD guys usually the sound of clanging (from their brass balls) gets there well before they do, and remember a lot of times these guys have to SECURE (fight for) the site to defuse the damned thing!
@drvgxn4719
3 жыл бұрын
That a good way to accept a fate.
@hunnydipz9786
Жыл бұрын
No you didn't, you saw this same thing posted on the internet somewhere.
@MrJetFormation
5 жыл бұрын
R.I.P George Carroll, he was born april/22/1918 and passed away may/23/2012 he and one other man diffused over 600 bombs. In 2009 he was diagnosed with PTSD after suffering multiple flashbacks, he save hundreds of lives at the risk of his own. You have to think of how brave he must have been to deal with death on a daily basis. This man or hero is truly a person to honor.
@nikola12nis
5 жыл бұрын
jetting along Kinda sucks that the flashbacks came back that late in his life :/
@ClickClack_Bam
2 жыл бұрын
I cannot imagine knowing the fate of your fellow man who weren't so lucky. How they designed bombs to specifically target your job. The mental stress had to be forever enormous.
@TheSwearingChef
7 жыл бұрын
Finally, a handy how-to video on youtube.
@thearmoredgeorgian2736
3 жыл бұрын
I’d rewatch, you’ll need it in approximately 23 days and 5 hours
@prakharmishra5583
3 жыл бұрын
@@thearmoredgeorgian2736 it's been a month how's it been
@SteveVi0lence
3 жыл бұрын
His mother raised him right. High respect for him not wanting to commit to something serious so he wouldnt have hurt her feelings. Mad respect.
@Sometimes_Always
3 жыл бұрын
Mr. George Carrol passed away in 2012 at the age of 94. Thank you for your service, Mr. Carrol.
@samtimo3002
3 жыл бұрын
No it says hes 23 years old
@immy_cd45
3 жыл бұрын
It said that he was 23 IN 1941. Learn to read.
@samtimo3002
3 жыл бұрын
@@immy_cd45 learn to have fun... we can all see you wont have children because your not a dad you cant make dad jokes...
@immy_cd45
3 жыл бұрын
I don't understand. I just corrected you.
@samtimo3002
3 жыл бұрын
@@immy_cd45 bro youve obviously never had a dad or a sense of humour Its like the "hey hungry my names dad" jokes but your the kid who ruins the joke by being too literally Essential you took my joke like a pen15... Like honestly imagine if someone went around correcting everyone making jok- oh wait there is and its you...
@billanderson8602
2 жыл бұрын
I live in belgium near ghent. Our neighbour's son, in his 20's, works as a volunteer munitions recovery technician supporting local farmers and they are always busy. It's a common thing to do for your community here. You don't get metal detecting as a hobby here much! Two wars have left the land sown with death. Shame they don't do a programme about this - a civilian organisation backing up the army.
@moniumus6303
8 жыл бұрын
This guy is an amazing person,i also love the way he talks
@geomondiale1768
3 жыл бұрын
"Never judge a man until you've walked a mile in his shoes " ... God bless this man for his services to the nation and its inhabitants
@soldierski1669
3 жыл бұрын
Or, in this case.. found his shoes a mile away..
@jeffw1246
2 жыл бұрын
I remember the mini series "Danger UXB" on PBS about bomb disposal units and the part where fuses were designed to dispose of the bomb disposers.
@DOLRED
6 жыл бұрын
There was a British Television series called "Danger UXB." It was a good show about all the elements mentioned in this video. The problem with the show was --most of the actors were being killed off in the series at some point. PS, Episodes are on KZitem!!!
@blade913
7 жыл бұрын
They always say Torch...and I think blow torch....god so confusing for me.
@Soniti1324
7 жыл бұрын
They mean flashlight, because they're British
@blade913
7 жыл бұрын
I know...but I'm not british, and torch means blowtorch to me.
@Hellsong89
7 жыл бұрын
Yeah i was also thinking, who the fuck puts blowtorch anywhere near a active fucking bomb :D Well that clears it up a bit XD
@orangejoe204
6 жыл бұрын
I get that both a flaming stick with rags on the end and a flashlight emit luminous rays from the end piece, but the idea that the reduction of one to rarity and the elevation of the other to commonality means that the latter should instantly conquer and extirpate the name of the former (with the former apparently no longer having a name) is so quintissentially Victorian British that it's hilarious. We still have "staircases" in the US; they didn't all get renamed "elevators" when we invented those. I realize you went the other way and (apparently for lack of ideas) call them "lifts", but the point is salient. What about the giant circular mirrored contraptions that burn carbon sticks via electrical arcs and reflect the intense light into the sky? Do ya'll call those "extra-big torches plus a mirror"? Just call the fucking thing a "battery lamp" and get over it for fuck's sake.
@jed-henrywitkowski6470
5 жыл бұрын
I suppose I am not the only yank here!
@maineoutdoorsman677
7 жыл бұрын
He must of heard a metal clank when he sat on the bomb from his steel balls .that man was brave undeniable
@TrustyPal
7 жыл бұрын
2:07 sgt savage...damn that's one cool ass name
@Briselance
7 жыл бұрын
zenta On a BBC news TV report, I once saw them interviewing a young American soldier, guarding the jail of Guantanamo. This guy was named Brandon. Brandon Slaughter.
@russelmurphy4868
2 жыл бұрын
Interesting side aspect of all this: the Germans also threw aerial mines (mines dropped from bomber aircraft) into the mix. The Royal Engineers, however, did not have responsibility for defusing those, even when dropped on land. That was the job of the Royal Navy's Clearance teams, who operated pretty much in the same manner and faced many of the same threats from booby trapped fuses. There's an excellent book about the Royal Navy's Clearance teams: Softly Tread The Brave, by Ivan Southall. He traces the exploits of two Australian mine-disposal officers - Commander John Stuart Mould and Lieutenant Hugh Randal Syme - in England during World War Two. I've read it, and strongly recommend it.
@davidlucas5672
2 жыл бұрын
It was also published under the title Seventeen Seconds, which was how long you had once the fuse was triggered.
@Strike_Raid
7 жыл бұрын
Funny, the fuse had a bar code on it!
@1993Crag
7 жыл бұрын
Because they are using modern training dummy rounds... not WW2 vintage live weaponry
@edouardprest9703
7 жыл бұрын
It may be a dummy but its likely a real fuze that has had the explosives removed. We call it inerting. Over half my training aids were once live ordnance when I was in the army.
@Strike_Raid
7 жыл бұрын
Either that, or German inventory control was far more advanced than we EVER imagined!
@s.sestric9929
7 жыл бұрын
Like you, the fuse is a dummy.
@heyhoe168
6 жыл бұрын
Strike Raid, binary code before even transistor? Nonsense!
@samuelhopely4853
3 жыл бұрын
Straddling a bomb to make sure that the fear of agonizing death was out of mind and the job could be done without hesitation. We Americans did great things on our side of the pond, but nothing like that. That's heroic.
@Sophia-io8qg
3 жыл бұрын
Mr father, John Pat, RAF Bomb Disposal 1943 To the end of the war shared a few of his stories, what a brave and kind man, a true gentleman. RIP pops your sons love and miss you.
@JamesD3399
3 жыл бұрын
Just saw this for the first time and Baldrick is narrating, fantastic!
@aurktman1106
3 жыл бұрын
You should watch Time Team, he was on that show for almost 20 years. He was outstanding!
@SiliconRaven8
5 жыл бұрын
When you mess up your job, your boss doesn't need to fire you!
@jeroendesterke9739
3 жыл бұрын
3:59 - Loving that WW2 barcode on the fuse. LOL
@MrChaosBones
3 жыл бұрын
You do understand this is a dumb/training-fuse, which is basically just the casing, manufactured for training purposes probably in the last 10 years?
@Underscore23
7 жыл бұрын
"So when I got on the bomb, I sat on it" Yeah, I'm surprised he didn't crush the thing with them massive balls. Christ.. hats off.
@equarg
7 жыл бұрын
They STILL find bombs from both WW1 and WW2. Some of those bombs are so well made they are STILL live and can explode. Hats off to those who defuse those!
@PappyGunn
3 жыл бұрын
The problem is that the explosive itself degrades and becomes unstable. People that kept WW2 souvenirs (grenades, etc) are putting their whole family in danger. I've picked up several of those doing EOD calls in Canada.
@augdog1230
9 жыл бұрын
RIP George Carroll. Never forgotten. Brave Hero who saved many lives.
@Acemanveryspecial
10 жыл бұрын
This job must've been a blast!
@richirex888
8 жыл бұрын
Da dun chizzzz
@Briselance
7 жыл бұрын
Alastair Barkley It sure didn't blow.
@hellothere9167
3 жыл бұрын
Sorry I didn't make it for the 2 year anniversary
@Acemanveryspecial
3 жыл бұрын
@@hellothere9167 What anniversary?
@hellothere9167
3 жыл бұрын
@@Acemanveryspecial all comments are 2 years apart except mine
@polarweis
7 жыл бұрын
The girl he was with was bombzoned
@orangejoe204
6 жыл бұрын
Out of the 9000 times I've heard that used as an excuse TO get fucked, he's among the 4-5 times I've seen it used as a deliberate reason to AVOID it. Because he's a class act. If he's telling the truth.
@sebast0409
5 жыл бұрын
@@orangejoe204 nah, he just wanted to bang some broads before he got married or blown up, cant blame him.
@smacman68
7 жыл бұрын
My uncle was a 37 year EOD for the USN, just retired last year. He started out an E-1 and was a warrant officer (W-4) when he retired. I love to sit and talk with him. He's a little reserved at first, but when we get a few pints into him he really gets going and opens up. He said that one of the most common jobs is disposing of old WW2 mines and torpedoes. There are some areas that are just littered with them. If it's in open ocean, they will swim down, attach C4 and just detonate it. If not. They will defuse and retrieve. He said the torpedoes of the day were very unreliable and a lot of times just fall to the ocean floor. To have done that for a living takes a special kind of person.
@nopushbutton
7 жыл бұрын
"The average life expectancy of a bomb disposal man was just ten weeks" Were they hiring infants!?
@neilreid9005
3 жыл бұрын
My junior high school principal, Mr. S.K. Smith defused V2's that hit the ground without exploding. He was a bomber pilot in WWII, shot down over Germany, hiked back to England and reported for duty. They told him he could go home as he'd done his bit but Mr. Smith told them he had more to offer. They gave him his choice of assignment- he chose disarming V2's. To this day I keep a picture of him on my desk because he is easily one of the greatest men I ever knew and I can still hear is booming Welsh voice, "You can do better than that, Mr. Reid!". And he was right. There are so few men like him and George Carroll in our day. We press on in part because they would expect us to.
@brucekitchura3680
3 жыл бұрын
Funniest shirt i ever saw said "Im a bomb disposal technician if you see me running try to keep up " The fellow that had it on was an EOD specialist
@mcquangnguyen5562
3 жыл бұрын
stolen
@sr633
12 жыл бұрын
I remember hearing a story about a British bomb disposal man who disarmed dozens of large German bombs during WW2. He was killed after the war, handling a hand grenade that was dredged up by a fishing trawler.
@TheOpethOfMastodon
7 жыл бұрын
RIP dead brit guy with big balls
@GrumpyIan
5 жыл бұрын
My great uncle had the same job when the US was hopping islands to Japan. He defused the bombs and used them to make runways. My dad told me he wasn't physically able to fight but because of the draft he got stuck doing that, and passed a way in 2000.
@dj16891
8 жыл бұрын
2:54 He broke the bit!!!
@hundreadrides7730
6 жыл бұрын
I wonder how howtobascic would have done it
@scarabooshable
5 ай бұрын
I bet you couldn't get an accurate compass reading within a mile of that old man with the amount of steel in his balls.!!! Brave man. God love him.x
@louiscypher7090
7 жыл бұрын
"you couldn't let yourself be overcome by your feelings" boy, could the youth today stand to learn that. this man is a national treasure for the UK.
@sr633
3 жыл бұрын
I heard of one British bomb disposal man who successfully deactivated many of the largest German bombs but was killed just after the war by a hand grenade dredged up by a fish net.
@killianoshaughnessy1174
7 жыл бұрын
4:15 - 4:33 This man has class.
@TheSerbianNinja
7 жыл бұрын
How do deactivate what you believe might be a live bomb: You don't. Call professionals.
@josephbingham1255
5 жыл бұрын
Had a chance to purchase two original Royal Engineer UXB British "Ike jackets' with all the proper insignia. I bought the better of the two. Sorry now I did not also buy the one deeply stained with sweat! I showed the jacket I purchased to a British collector who said even the brass RE shoulder strap insignia alone was quite rare.
@hardcorehunter9155
5 жыл бұрын
My brother went in the army doing explosive ordinance disposal. He did 3 tours in Iraq and one in afghanistan. He lost his eye and 80% of sight in the other, he's legally blind. He has one leg amputated below the knee. To this day he says he doesn't regret it because without those guys, many of his fellow soldiers wouldn't be alive today.To this day in not sure if he's just dumb or crazy LOL
@kempaswe4022
3 жыл бұрын
All respect to your brother
@Buckeyebob
3 жыл бұрын
@@kempaswe4022 yes, a lot of respect.
@aaaaarrrrrggggghhhh
7 жыл бұрын
"so when i got to the bomb i sat on it. why? so i'd know nothing about it if it went off" JESUS CHRIST. this is what a true hero looks like ladies and gentlemen
@bryancreech1236
3 жыл бұрын
This man had big balls!!!! Needs a chinese dumb truck 🚒!!!!! A wheel barrow!!!
@josephbingham1255
4 жыл бұрын
Danger UXB is one of my favorite films. I have an original Royal Engineers jacket with all the original insignia the WW2 bomb disposal men wore. Bought at a Gun Show many years ago. The seller had a second jacket but it had the underarm stains and still pungent smell of nervous bomb disposal guy sweat so I passed!
@goldkatt2685
5 жыл бұрын
Lets salute these brave men for their heroic acts to make the world a safer place for the future generations
@2right4words
8 жыл бұрын
amazing how brave these men were, and now society defines bravery as Bruce Jenner putting on a dress and going out in front of the public they called that brave...
@stuntamaze9289
8 жыл бұрын
absolutly right man in the year 2000 the problem is exactly that we dont get the right meaning of the word "danger"
@Sekei..
7 жыл бұрын
Questionable comparisons aside. There are still lots of WWII explosives and munition staches around to the extent that you can't deepen a city's riverbed in Germany without tripping on a bomb that has been happily corroding down there for the last 70 years. The corroding part makes the deffusing process even worse actually. So bottom line: These people are still around.
@user-bl4oq7fd8d
7 жыл бұрын
Sebastian Keil One old bomb is exploding on average per year in Germany because of corrosion and there are many cases where people got killed or injured by them... 135-270 thousand tons of bombs didn't explode on impact and there are still about 100 thousand bombs left in German soil. About 5500 bombs are discovered annually and get defused or blown up if defusion is not possible...
@sporkeh90
7 жыл бұрын
Thank you for saying this. It's only since a short while comments like these are growing popular, instead of always seeing pesky leftist/pacifist comments up there.
@warellis
7 жыл бұрын
They're different sorts of fear. Admittedly, in Jenner's case, it's hardly truly brave anymore I feel to come out as transgender in the Western world.
@bigbob1699
6 жыл бұрын
A whole bunch of people owe that vet and his friends a lot of drinks !
@naztetv8862
3 жыл бұрын
So that's why bombs always tick in old cartoons.
@bogdog999
2 жыл бұрын
(Removes fuse)....Hey! The Germans invented bar codes in WWII !"
@ItsJustMilkISwear
7 жыл бұрын
thanks for the tutorial, if i'm ever in world war two ill put this to good use.
@charleslindberg829
5 жыл бұрын
The man probably was chuck Norris's grandfather. He is an amazing dude. Fucking sitting on a potentially active bomb? That's one hell of a man. 🖖🖖👍
@capper6100
7 жыл бұрын
Finally, I've been wondering how to deactivate that bomb in my yard, thanks! I'll get to it!
@niagra898
6 жыл бұрын
He might have been “Lucky” as he says-but this dude had some serious skills and probably a sixth sense for disarming bombs.
@jimoffenbecher2040
3 жыл бұрын
The 17/17A, Zus40, and Type 50 Special fuses in the larger bombs created a very efficient (militarily) method of denying access to the bombing area. Graduated EOD in 1968 in the last class to receive training on German WWII electric fusing. Still impressed by the technology the Germans had in WWII that the US didn't have in 1968. The type 17 time fuse was protected by the Zus 40 anti-withdrawal fuse, and the rear well held the Type 50 Special Anti-disturbance fuse. Can't stop it... Can't remove the timer... Can't move the bomb... The British figured out a way to defeat the original 17 time fuse and being British, they announced the fact and how they did it. Shortly after that, the Germans had the 17A that created a large crater when the British tried their published procedure. That's why EOD considers ANY procedure performed on ANY device to be classified. The PBS 'Danger UXB' was not totally technically correct, but was technically head and shoulders above any other movie I've seen regarding early EOD. Been retired EOD for over 30 years and still remember details and procedures for these fuses.
@HO-bndk
8 ай бұрын
He's using the modern incarnation of the 1941 "Stevens stopper". In those days the fluid was made from a sugar solution, that had to be mixed at the site.
@crazyman8472
8 ай бұрын
Sgt. Doc Savage; that’s an awesome name. 😎
@TTstone616
5 жыл бұрын
People use the word "hero" very casually now a days but their job as a bomb disposal personnel with an average 10week life expectancy truly deserves the title of HERO.
@f-j-Services
5 жыл бұрын
That pump thing he is using for the fluid, you can get them at hospitals I use it for bleeding brake lines lol. It has a little dump thing on the bottom and when you push on it it makes a vacuum on the end.
@BlackKnight-ll8qh
4 жыл бұрын
It’s thought to drill through, well yeah it’s steel. And it helps when you go in the proper direction
@unfairbullet
3 жыл бұрын
This is good info for when I decide to time travel. Thanks KZitem.
@chonkershahn307
2 жыл бұрын
Tony Robinson ends his career with a bang -almost.
@snickerbars4129
5 жыл бұрын
We have heros of all kinds and are well aware of many.... Why is he not one of them.....? He is the very definition of "nerves of steel."...... You don't work thinking you might be blown up in any minute......but he held his nerves when he knew he might ..... Amazing......thank you sir for your service....!
@fasteddie4145
5 жыл бұрын
have you ever wondered who signed Chuck Norris's Man Card?
@astrophysx7523
7 жыл бұрын
well you will find most unexploded bombs in germany and not anywhere else because german bombs are engineered to explode properly.
@tgpoppins3904
7 жыл бұрын
astrophysx Were still finding hundreds, if not thousands of German bombs under London. All bombs are engineered to explode you mong.
@andyboog2010
5 жыл бұрын
And yet we kicked Germanys ass
@dengsiao
5 жыл бұрын
@@andyboog2010 If it would have bee 1 against 1 - who knows ...
@chaowingchinghongfingshong3109
5 жыл бұрын
@@andyboog2010 You didnt, lol, the Allies and the Comintern did
@PappyGunn
3 жыл бұрын
Maybe because when the German bombers came over they got shot down. But hey, when you carry out thousand bomber raids over Germany, a few bombs are bound not to explode. Those cheap mechanical fuzes (M904) are worth about 20 bucks now, I image they cost a nickel in 1944.
@Dragon.7722
5 жыл бұрын
Meanwhile in Germany we defuse allied bombs on a weekly basis. In 2019.
@BlackKnight-ll8qh
4 жыл бұрын
Dragon7722 perks of winning back to back
@allangibson2408
3 жыл бұрын
And the UK is still cleaning up German and Italian bombs... about 60 per year.
@sashimanu
3 жыл бұрын
Ukraine, lots of UXO found weekly, especially at the construction sites. Mostly mortar shells, but some bombs too, from both sides of the war.
@PappyGunn
3 жыл бұрын
Have you been to the area around Vimy ridge? They are still finding shells, British and German from WW1. There are areas you cannot walk in. They have sheep keeping the grass in check.
@Dragon.7722
3 жыл бұрын
@@allangibson2408 60 per year? In Germany, about 5.500 bombs are being defused, each year. I found a bomb myself, just a week ago.
@namakaleisure4916
3 жыл бұрын
lmfao imagine how many they sent to the scrapyards "we have another one here" "yeah, yeah, yeah"
@rooftopvoter3015
3 жыл бұрын
I am glad this popped up in my suggestion box. Why, just the other day I was in my backyard and there all of a sudden was a UXB sitting on my lawn. Now I can safely defuse it.
@TheChromePoet
3 жыл бұрын
Who has more guts? a WW2 Bomb disposal that could be killed in an instant, or a WW2 dive bomber that dives at a target at 200 plus mph who could die from flak fire or ejecting and starving to death at sea.
@fooman2108
3 жыл бұрын
The allies developed Chemical fuses, that delayed the explosion (probably the most famous use of them would be the Cambletown raid at St. Nazzaire (which went off two hours late). To this day a certain percentage of USAF conventional bombs (from strategic bombing are STILL fused for a delay).
@technophant
2 жыл бұрын
The batteries in these German bombs are dead. The American time delay isn’t defusable even by friendly forces once the fuse is attached.
@johno9507
6 жыл бұрын
I wonder if they deliberately dropped dud bombs just to cause havoc.
@PappyGunn
3 жыл бұрын
NO, but sometimes they used delayed fuses to kill emergency responders. In some runway cratering bombs, some are set to explode later or sensing vibrations, to kill the engineers fixing the runways. I think some cluster bombs did that too, the British BL755 for example. I think they stopped dong that for humanitarian reasons.
@scottgilbert9074
3 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of a trope from the 70s... some non bomb disposal trained person would find themselves having to defuse a bomb from written instructions. Only right before the end, two of the instructions would be reversed. So it would be "Next, remove the fuse locking collar from the device, *but not before*..." cut to our hero running for their life before the bomb goes ker fluey.
@denispol79
3 жыл бұрын
3:59 Ahh that WWII german efficiency and order. Putting a barcode sticker on a fuse)
@pattorney616
3 жыл бұрын
there a bar code on the detonator. So the bomb was defused before and this is just a safe demo of the process.
@kingherobrin
7 жыл бұрын
Baldrick!
@BigLisaFan
4 жыл бұрын
That is one brave man. Bet he never even got a medal for it but then again, someone had to and still does have to do it.
@geomodelrailroader
6 жыл бұрын
delayed bombs are worse. US Air Force 50 Pounders and Luftwaffe Type 75s are delayed fuse bombs. these you have to be careful the Air Force and Hitler have placed timers inside the bomb and some times they are bobby trapped. when defusing these three holes need to be drilled into the bomb one at the priming fuse, one at the detonator, and one at the tamper lock and C4 needs to be attached to each hole. the primer and the detonator can be removed but the tamper lock can not because these can blow up if you touch them. If a bomb is found the neighborhood or beach must be evacuated and a red flag placed near the bomb. the bomb is left in the crater and C4 is used to blow it up once the bomb is destroyed then all clear is called.
@galdramadur1
6 жыл бұрын
the brits used also bomb timer.
@tomatotom984
5 жыл бұрын
Respect to those who lost their lives defusing these bombs knowing death is very fucking near
@n1ght0wltechno14
4 жыл бұрын
anyone knows the title of the documentary film im willing to buy this one seriusly
@haverafeeo5671
7 жыл бұрын
2:08 It is amazing that the guy called savage
@Edwardnarby92
4 жыл бұрын
What a great man, so unassuming! Would have loved to shake his hand. I live in Hong Kong and we find alot of bombs out here, big & small such as mortar rounds, hand grenades, artillery shells and the occasional 1000 lbs multi purpose high explosive arial bomb. Never a dull moment out here.
@yecto1332
3 жыл бұрын
He sat on it so if it explodes his big and heavy balls of steel can absorb all the explosives energy
@TheSamplebridge
5 жыл бұрын
Quite the man there. Refuses to get involved with a woman as to not put her to tears if he died.
@Flickchaser
12 жыл бұрын
Respect to all, then and now who work with unexploded devices. In an article dated 02-June-2010, three disposal techs at Goettingen were killed trying to defuse a 1,000lb. American WWII time delay bomb found 24ft.underground during construction. A vial of acetone was to slowly dissolve a celluloid disc which held the firing pin cocked under spring tension.When dissolved, the firing pin released igniting the base charge which detonated the main charge. A statement by Hans-Juergen Weise...Cont>>>>
@jed-henrywitkowski6470
Жыл бұрын
Torch, when said by a Brit means flashlight. Just an FYI.
@PreflashGordon
13 жыл бұрын
When I was a boy my parents had a friend named George White who would occasionally come to visit. One day my dad told me that George was a UXB defuser during World War II. I wish I had understood then what I know now: that when George dropped by I was meeting one of the bravest people I was ever likely to meet.
@chrissmith7669
3 жыл бұрын
Having fuses designed to trick, confuse, and kill those trying to defuse them was pretty nasty of both sides.
@stonerpage3100
5 жыл бұрын
3:44... ...lol... It's funny seeing a bar code on the internal component.
@The_ZeroLine
Жыл бұрын
The balls on this guy. Now-a-days people can’t even deal with higher energy prices to support stopping the latest evil dictator, Uncle Putrid.
@Kori114
3 жыл бұрын
Seems kinda f'd up they didn't have older people doing this. It's like sending young men into a nuclear disaster. They've got a whole life ahead of them, they're able bodied. They could more useful fighting in war than doing slow delicate work that an old man could do. A sacrifice is a sacrifice and a risk is a risk. But those young guys weren't any less important than the old ones.
@kcgunesq
3 жыл бұрын
You are not wrong, but of course, most of the young men didn't have families or children and they have much steadier hands.
@rfletch62
3 жыл бұрын
One great BBC show "Danger UXB". Geez! This guy needs a wheelbarrow to carry those brass balls. On the re-creation with the barcode. Do you actually think they had a WWII bomb on hand for him to deactivate? With 2 people standing next to him? Three if you're counting the cameraperson.
@drbelli
3 жыл бұрын
this sounds like a bad taste joke, "send a pollack ..."
@Flickchaser
12 жыл бұрын
said that the slightest vibration in older bombs may activate the device. R.I.P. to all who perished in that event.
@mackfisher4487
3 жыл бұрын
gee I didn't know the Germans had barcodes in World War II Yes I know it's the British ID system used on the old fuse for inventory purposes but hey it was fun to say.
@dooglemcdoogle4062
5 жыл бұрын
"Lest we forget" People like George Carol.
@doggonemess1
5 жыл бұрын
SGT SAVAGE. I swear, some people are destined to go into the military because of their last names. Other good examples would be MAJOR PAINE and LTC DETHKILL.
@moedalgarny
3 жыл бұрын
plot twist :he used to make boomb for hitler thats why he know his way around the boombs and never explode one by accedintel wrong move
@The_Bermuda_Nonagon
3 жыл бұрын
If you haven't watched the 1970's mini-series DANGER:UXB I can recommend it highly.
@SuperRiki81
7 жыл бұрын
Did you catch his number plate? Yes sir, it was : five.
@glenmartin2437
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you sir for your bravery and service.
@ohredhk
3 жыл бұрын
I have only saw this performed by James May. I can no longer take this seriously.
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