Dud
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dud-214-1984246
title:
Dud
text:
A dud is an ammunition round or explosive that fails to fire or detonate, respectively, on time or on command. Poorly designed devices, shoddy worksmanship at the munitions factory, over-complicated fuzes, and small devices, have higher chances of being duds. During the Continuation War 1941-1944, Finns estimated up to 20% to 30% of all Soviet shells would be duds. Duds are still dangerous, and can explode if handled. They must be deactivated and disposed of carefully. In war-torn areas, many cu
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wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Ammunition or explosive that fails to fire or detonate
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dud
date created:
2005-07-08T06:41:46Z
date modified:
2024-09-12T13:46:53Z
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