1100lb British WWII bomb blows a hole in the Autobahn

[XR-7]

http://www.roadandtrack.com/go/news/world-war-ii-bomb-blows-up-the-autobahn?src=soc_fcbks



So apparently, near Frankfurt, Germany, construction workers stumbled across a British bomb left over from World War II. Although they tried to DISARM it, they were forced to do a controlled detonation leaving a crater in the A3 portion of the Autobahn.

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[HellHound]

That doesn't look like a half ton bomb blast.

[ZombieDude]

R.I.P AutoBahn

[Bosnik]

That doesn't look like a half ton bomb blast.

im no expert but im pretty sure the bombs not gonna be as powerful as it would've been 70 years ago

[Steve5451²]

That doesn't look like a half ton bomb blast.

I imagine they would've buried the top over before detonating it.

[AutoBahn]

i'll see you guys in the next life

[e-maxx]

OP you meant to put that they tried to disarm it but had to detonate it
silly XR-7

[Frostbyte]

i'll see you guys in the next life

R.I.P AutoBahn

[XR-7]

OP you meant to put that they tried to disarm it but had to detonate it
silly XR-7

Yeahhhh I'm stupid

[Oasis]

That was not what I expected it to be.

I thought somehow the bomb detonated while the road was full of cars and stuff.

[XR-7]

That was not what I expected it to be.

I thought somehow the bomb detonated while the road was full of cars and stuff.

Well we can't have everything

Yeah that'd be awful

[HellHound]

That was not what I expected it to be.

I thought somehow the bomb detonated while the road was full of cars and stuff.

Some kid throws a polystyrene cup out of a car window and it vaporizes half of the loving road. Would be hilarious to see.

[sir dooble]

Next time it'll be their dams!

[Headcrab Zombie]

That doesn't look like a half ton bomb blast.

It doesn't look big in the picture, but the article says it blew a 65-foot crater in the road
It's not a nuclear bomb, just a "regular" (I know nothing about bombs so I don't know what to call it) bomb
And it's not 1100lb of TNT equivalent yield, just the weight of the entire bomb

[Mr Man]

I guess you can say they got autobahmed