Taking Stock 60 Years Later

Even today, large stocks of munitions and the legacies of war are found buried in the ground. There are many reasons for this, e.g. incomplete documentation regarding the munitions burden from the preceding wars or incorrect disposal of munitions in areas used for military purposes.

We still find munitions for machine guns, Kalashnikovs or hand grenades, which could cause serious damage of they fell into the wrong hands.

Thanks to the latest measurement and evaluation techniques, it is possible for us to localise danger areas down to a depth of 8 metres and subsequently dispose of the hazards.

To this day, munitions are still brought to the surface of the earth after 50 years by the forces of vibration. This is commonly referred to as unfreezing the munitions. Exposing the explosive charges in the ground can also lead to serious environmental damage, as these can be ingressed by water, which washes the hazardous materials out. This causes the ground water to become contaminated.

This makes it extremely important to search any plot of land and recover any munitions before building on it, in order to prevent consequential damages. This not only applies to commercial but also private building projects.