Saraburi students terrified as training tank fires at their school

Saraburi - Over 30 students ran for cover when a training tank accidentally fired into their school compound Friday.

The students were having lunch at the canteen of Wat Thung Salika School at 11:30 am when they heard an explosion so they ran for cover.

It was late found that the explosion caused by a shell fired from a tank for training from the training ground of a cavalry unit from the other side of the mountain.

Captain Prakorb Imjai, who is in charge of the training, said the shell was not dangerous because it had no shrapnel and made only explosion sound.

The Nation / Dec.6 2009

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Brahmburger's comment: The shell is not dangerous because.... Fill in the blanks. (blank shell, ....get it?)

I didn't know there were captains in the Thai military. I thought all were either grunt troops or generals. Even so, would captain Prakorb allow his kids to play with such a non-dangerous shell?

BTW, explosions have to be triggered by something, even if it's just a sound. Or perhaps it's just the sound of one hand clapping.

Perhaps when the captain joins the ranks of the thousands of Thai generals, he will get assigned to head security at one of Thailand's four nuclear power plants.

Edited December 6, 200916 yr by brahmburgers

So, was it a blank, ie no projectile, with a loud bang heard from the other side of the mountain, or did it fire a projectile from the other side of the mountain, which landed in the "school compund" and made a loud bang but had no shrapnel?

Hi BB, this has already been posted

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/Saraburi-Stu...ni-t319594.html