Tesla’s property at Gigafactory Berlin in the town of Grünheider continues to reveal explosives and ammo from World War 2. Today, more searches led to the recovery of several bombs used during the war.
The process of recovering more ammo and explosives is part of the expansion of the factory, which is set to increase annual production capacity from 500,000 vehicles to 1 million. There are still a lot of things to do before then.
The first is to clear the ground surrounding the current factory of explosives. This was also done with the buildout of the building that currently stands and produces the Tesla Model Y.
According to rbb24, a German media outlet, bomb disposal services are conducting routine explosive removal routines, bringing things to the surface that are roughly 1.5 meters, or about 4.9 feet, to be disposed of.
It truly does not need to be said why these explosives and ammunition need to be removed from the ground, but where they came from is perhaps more interesting than anything.
For the history buffs out there, many of the pieces removed from the property have been, for the most part, identified as British munitions that were dropped toward the end of the war.
Many of the remaining and extra munition pieces were simply buried underground, giving plenty of work to the teams that continue to survey the area and remove the pieces to be safely disposed of to prevent any issues later on.
The area that is currently being scrutinized is 79 hectares in size, which equates to just over 195 acres of land.
It has already been designated as a “suspected munitions area,” and for good reason. Plenty of pieces have already been extracted. Traffic was stopped for some time, but it now open once again as safety precautions temporarily halted any cars or public transportation from moving through.
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Yesterday, some chemical weapons were found, but none of which belonged to the Wehrmacht, or unified armed forces of Nazi Germany.
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