Antique grenade found during quay renovation – expert's theory: "This type of cannon"

It wasn't a fish of April. An offensive grenade was discovered at the Blaye-les-Mines sorting center, causing an intervention of the deminers... and some cold sweats in the agents.

The blasting shell recently found in Vaxholm may have been from the late 19th century and was a type of ammunition that ultimately sealed the fate of Vaxholm Fortress as a defensive stronghold. “What was discovered very drastically, for example here in Vaxholm, was when in 1872 they test fired at the straight granite walls of the castle – they shot straight through the fortress walls,” says Erik Himmelstrand, museum director at Vaxholm Fortress …