WW2 bomb at Donnersbergerbrücke - 250kg

...so the wife just called and said she heard that during construction of the new apartments near Donnersbergerbrücke, they found an unexploded 5 ton bomb from World War II. Apparently they plan to detonate it around noon. Can anyone confirm this?

Interesting. If it's true then this is the second bomb in that area this year.

More info on previous WWII bomb disposal operations in Munich:

• Unexploded WWII bombs - Munich
• S-Bahn delay due to Allied munitions defusing - 6.Feb.2006

There's one guy in Munich who is the resident bomb disposal expert. He has a little dog that helps him sniff them out too. This is him - photo taken at the 6.Feb.2006 defusing:

FIVE TON!

jeez...monster...

do they even exist that big? must be as big as a car...

I can pretty safely confirm that they won't be detonating it - a 10,000lb bomb would blow a whole street down. I'm also pretty sceptical that nobody found a 10,000lb'er after the war - that's a big fucking bomb (bigger than a car)...

anyone got a picture of a 10000lbs bomb?

...hmmm, right. Maybe "disarming" it is what they'll be doing... or maybe they can stuff it under that big smokestack that's still standing and make use of it

(I think 5ton is 10,000lb - is that right? 2,000lbs to a ton? If so there's no such bomb as a 10,000lber - more likely a 12,000lber Tallboy)
EDIT: and here are the stats:

Think that structure is listed and a lot more pleasing on the eye than the friggin Mercedes temple of mammon!

apparently,
According to the extrapolations from data in Anon. 1956 (p. 14), presented here, it can be estimated that a 5000-kg bomb (containing 2500..3000 kg of high explosive) could...

break a 2.5-tile strong tile wall within ca. 28 metres;
crack a 2.5-tile strong tile wall within ca. 42 metres;
break heavy timber walls within ca. 42 metres;
break a plank wall within ca. 104 metres;
break window frames, doors and light partition walls within ca. 150 metres;
blow out window glass within ca. 450 metres;
and crack window glass within ca. 1700 metres from its explosion.

But that is of a prototype soviet weapon which could only delivered by one special plane...

not sure many that size could have been dropped on Munich during the war...

EDIT: second photo is more likely bomb according to earlier post...BEASTS!

... Just heard on Bayern3 that they will close Donnersbergerbrücke and Arnulfstrasse from 2:00 until 3:00 this afternoon in order to disarm a "fliegerbombe". This affects the area from D.Brücke to Hackerbrücke. No mention of the size of the bomb found...

EDIT: From B3 website:
Stadtgebiet München:
Wegen der Entschärfung einer Fliegerbombe werden die Donnersbergerbrücke, die Arnulf- und Landsberger Straße stadteinwärts bis einschließlich Hackerbrücke von etwa 14 Uhr bis voraussichtlich 15 Uhr gesperrt. (11:23)

Yep - Tallboy is the one stood on the left. The bloke is in front of a 4,000lb cookie, and to the right is a 22,000lb Grandslam, used to destroy Uboat bunkers and the like.

Here ya go.. Everything you ever wanted to know about bombs of WW II

Also on B3, it says a "Fünf-Zentner-Bombe". A "Zentner" is 50kg, according to www.leo.org.

So I guess that's 250kg. The Kastanien at Augustiner are safe.

That's more like it - a 500lb general purpose bomb. Much, much, much more common.

bloody hell, mein wohnung is on the ecke of Marsstrasse and Arnulfstrasse. What will happen to my windows and doors? Eeek. Somebody warn Topsy too she's even closer!!!

Yep would def shake a building. I used to work near to a place where they dropped things that size. My monitor used to shake on the desk!

Time to roll out one of the old ones...

Two Palestinian women walking along the street and one says to the other "Does my bomb look big in this?"

News just in:
S-Bahn interruption today 1.30-3pm. More here..

Go on... let the bugger off... could do with a giggle on a Monday.

Gee thanks, so I'd get blown to smithereens *cries*

You'll be alright UA. Just paint yerself white to deflect the blast and hide under the nearest table. It might just only blow yer knickers off instead.

500lb'er probably wouldn't even blow UA's knickers off. 12,000lb'er would probably blow mine off, and I'm 800 miles away.

I hear yours come off at the merest hint of a bomb in a conversation duckie

A police van just came past outside and said on loudspeaker that everyone in this area must close all windows before 2pm as at 2pm the bomb will be disposed of.

Close your windows? Against a bomb. Ah yes, that infamously bomb proof material, glass.

should i put a bag over me head or something?

Is Jimbo gonna take his knickers off?

Eddie Stoiber's Little green elves just come up our way too with a loudspeaker.

*rushes out to buy salted peanuts*

Are you thinkin' Vogon Destructor Fleet Jeeves?

Surely DrivinWest would have seen them coming

Hang on a minute!!!

It was a 250 kilogram Bomb and not a 5 Ton one! And they are not detonating it they are removing the "Zünder" out. Thats not detonating it.

Hmmmm hearing things through the grapevine sure does change things hey

I just followed on from what Marvin was thinking, Sin
Arsenal are still without a chance, though. Nothing DW can do about that.

@RobbeinMunich they are entschärfing it, i.e. disposing of it, afaik they haven't said -how- exactly

I heard the announcement too, but the police are telling people to open their windows at 2pm and stay indoors.

I was actually in the bathroom when they came past - my German colleague told me what they said, so I hold no responsibility for any misinformation That would certainly make more sense..

The Ring is now closed at the Donny Bridge.

I'm scared! Goodbye cruel world, 6 mins...

Yes they have - Sud.deut.Zeitung!

5 mins to dismantling...

Wouldn't it be funny if a Eurofighter broke the sound barrier in about 4 minutes?

@Sin Hill-hairy-ass.

@RiM interesting! Got a link?

I'm still alive!

and to prove its not just here...

Large bomb found at ex-Navy base - BBC News

Never liked donnersbergerbrücke anyway, ugly bridge

that's even worse, it's their OWN bomb...genius..!

They're stopping ppl on the Hacerkbrücke too- 5 officials are stood there and they're allowing neither traffic nor pedestrians through - so even though the Sbahns are going as of Hackerbrücke, no one's allowed to the stop!

have they done it yet...

The police near Donnersbergerbruecke are still telling pedestrians to leave Landsberger Str, so I don't think so.

Edit: Cars are driving along again now so I think that was it.

2 fire engines just went past and traffic seems to be flowing over the Hackerbrücke bridge again.

edit-make that 3 and 1 ambulance.

Since Sin was interested I can also confirm that knickers are still in place. Everything OK with yours UA?

You using Gaffa Tape again Jimbo?