Thousands of bullets dug up in K Chhnang

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Thousands of bullets were discovered by unsuspecting farmers as they were uprooting tree stumps on their property in Kampong Chhnang on Sunday.

 

According to Kdol Senchey, commune police chief Khuon Khorn, seven farmers in Teuk Phos district uncovered several boxes packed with shells as they pulled one of the stumps from the earth.

 

Khorn said eight boxes containing thousands of bullets were found and identified as M-16 ammunition left over from ongoing fighting with the Khmer Rouge in the 1980s and 1990s. “When we pulled open [the boxes] to see the explosive inside, the explosives were still [usable],” he said.

 

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[HomeinThailand]

If the ammunition was still in sealed metal boxes then it would stand to reason it is still usable.  If any corrosion has occurred, the likely hood of it still being usable is slim.  Unless it has been transferred to a non-standard pack, each ammo can will hold 840 rounds, a case will have 1680.