How can they unscrew the fuse from a WW2 bomb that was rotting under the ground or in water for 80 years, when you may have to use brutal force, heat, etc to remove bolts from a 10-year-old car (and the bolt will snap anyway)?

Question

I would expect that you wouldn’t be able to loosen anything on an old, rusty bomb, especially that it is so unstable and can go off anytime.

In: 1985

Answer 1

There is a device used here in Germany witch is basically tow rocket engines / explosives which is fastened to the detonater (if its not a acid detonator) and unscrews it using the explosion. It is not used that often and I was sadly not able to find a video displaying it. Sometimes a water jet cutter is used to cut out the detonator if possible,somtimes you can unscrew it by hand. If not then it’s detonated.