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A new thread for news stories relating to bomb disposal.

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In the United Kingdom, Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Operators are held within all three Services. Each Service has differing responsibilities for UXO, however they will often work closely on operations.

Ammunition Technical Officers and Ammunition Technicians of the Royal Logistic Corps deal with many aspects of EOD, including conventional munitions and homemade bombs. They are also trained in chemical, biological, incendiary, radiological ("dirty bombs"), and nuclear weapons. They provide support to VIPs, help civilian authorities with bomb problems, teach personnel from all three services about bomb safety, and a variety of other tasks.

The Royal Engineers of 33 Engineer Regiment (EOD) provide EOD expertise for air dropped munitions in peace time and conventional munitions on operations, as well as battle area clearance and High Risk Search in support of improvised explosive device disposal.

Royal Engineers providing search advice and assets and Ammunition Technicians and Ammunition Technical Officers of 11 EOD Regiment RLC Royal Logistic Corps providing Improvised Explosive Device Disposal (IEDD), Conventional Munitions Disposal (CMD) and Biological, Chemical Munitions Disposal (BCMD). They also provide expertise in Advanced IEDD and in the investigation of accidents and incidents involving ammunition and explosives, where they are seen as Subject Matter Experts (SMEs).

Weapons Intelligence is supplied by Royal Military Police, Intelligence Corps and Ammunition Technical Personnel who tap into the CEXC units of the USA.

All prospective Ammunition Technicians attend a gruelling course of instruction at The Army School of Ammunition and the Felix Centre, United Kingdom. The time frame for an RLC Ammunition Technician to complete all necessary courses prior to finally being placed on an EOD team is around 36 months. Whereas the Engineer EOD training period although shorter in total is spread over a number of years and interspersed with operational experience, RE personnel may be posted to core trades such as carpentry or bridge building within their time as engineers.

Royal Air Force armourers from 5131 (BD) Squadron and Royal Navy clearance divers also deploy teams both in the UK and on operations working on both IEDD (Improvised Explosive Device Disposal) teams as well as the disposal of conventional munitions. Both the RAF and Royal Navy personnel spend their entire service working with and around explosives, and associated sciences. As such are given responsibilities relevant to their roles when it comes to conventional weapons;

RAF: Any air-dropped munitions (with the exception of World War II German weapons) and aircraft crash sites.
Royal Navy: Anything of an explosive nature found below the high water mark or deemed to be of a naval origin.

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Reposts of the most recent incident at London City Airport earlier this month.







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(Forces TV) 10/2/2018
Locating, detecting and making safe unexploded bombs is one of the most dangerous jobs in the world. On the final week of their Elementary Underwater Explosive Ordinance Disposal course, Royal Navy divers learn how to identify mines/bombs with no visibility.

(Forces TV) 12/2/2018
On test day at the Elementary Underwater Explosive Ordnance Disposal course, the Royal Navy and Royal Naval Reserve students have to put all their experiences from a two-week course into practice under the water.

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Elmer Sands is near Bognor Regis, West Sussex.
Elmer Fudd is a wabbit hunter.

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(Forces TV) 29th June 2018
Every year, British bomb disposal personnel are called out to deal with more than 2,500 incidents on land across the UK. They learn how to do this at a specialist school in Oxfordshire called DEMS, the Defence EOD, Munitions and Search Training Regiment. Ahead of Armed Forces Day 2018, Forces News has been one of the most dangerous jobs in the military.

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(Forces TV) 29th August 2018
Royal Naval Reserve divers have been searching a ship's hull for potential mines, as part of a test putting personnel through their paces. The reservists are part of the Reserve Diving Group, made up of firefighters, scientists, teachers and project workers who devote their weekends to the senior service.

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-c ... e-46141957

5131 to disband. Not a cost cutting exercise.

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I would think the desire to fill in gaps elsewhere would have been pretty high up the list as well.

How many armourers worked at 5131?

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60-70ish.

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Cheers, I thought there was more of them there for some reason or another.

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Until recently there was, took a big hit a few years ago.

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(Defence Equipment & Support) 1st October 2020
DE&S has bought 122 STARTER Explosive Ordnance Disposal, Remote Controlled Vehicles for the
British Army. These haptic robots will be used for Contingent Operations & Military Aid to Civil Authority (MACA) taskings.
More: https://des.mod.uk/what-we-do/army-proc ... sal-robot/

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Looks like they re-instated 15 Field Squadron RE.

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Felix the best in the business


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