EODFX: UXO ID & Disposal

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These are some of the more commonly found grenades. Most grenades are HE filled and can be blown in situ without problem.

Projected covers all items that are fired from a tube or launcher

Dropped covers all bombs, clusters and submunitions.

Guided or “smart” bomb

Ejection type of cluster bomb

Bounding Submunitions

Shaped charge fragmentation Submunitions





Fuzing for grenades is usually simple and almost always delay or impact.


Projectile fuzing covers many different types with impact and time delay being the most prevalent.


Used for most UXO.

Used for shaped charge UXO

Used for UXO with base fuzing

Used for UXO containing WP

Used for rockets when the motor hasn’t been fired


Used for mines that are elevated above the ground.

Used for items buried.