for bomb squads the primary objective
has always been clear but over time
their techniques have evolved and media
representations of their trade have not
always been accurate well this is a
pretty shonky job I think I could
dismantle welcome to watchmojo.com down
the five most interesting things we
could learn about bomb squads number
five bomb disposal practices evolved
during World War one over the course of
the first world war munitions
manufacturing was a flawed process and
this caused major problems on the
battlefield many shells never detonated
on top of the sheer destruction and
chaos the Great War brought nobody quite
knew how to deal with the unexploded
bombs or UX bees that littered
battlefields so informal bomb disposal
units learn the appropriate skills
seeing how you XPS could actually be
more destructive than bombs that
exploded immediately during World War
two German forces dropped many bombs on
England that had delayed action fuses
Britain reacted by training large
numbers of bomb disposal personnel soon
after Germans implemented anti handling
devices into their bombs designed to
kill those personnel this was just the
start of a long-running battle between
bomb makers and bomb disposal experts to
stay one step ahead of each other today
in the 21st century the rise of global
terrorism has ensured that that race
continues number four the wheelbarrow
and robot originated in 1972 by 1971 the
irish republican army began to actively
engage british troops in northern
ireland planting various types of
makeshift bombs as a result the british
adapted with the creation of a
remote-controlled robot known as the
wheelbarrow it was so called because
Lieutenant Colonel Peter Miller
literally built the thing on top of a
motorised wheelbarrow the first model
was steered with ropes and had little
more than a grappling hook in the way of
tools bomb disposal robots used today
are often still known as wheelbarrows
though they’ve got more than just a hook
on them over the next six years over 400
wheelbarrows would be destroyed in the
line of duty presumably saving an equal
number of human lives number three many
techniques are used for bomb disposal
really elegant string of pearls
configuration
unfortunately incredibly unstable
because of that arms slash disarmament
race we just referenced many specifics
of the explosive ordnance disposal trade
are kept secret but we do know some
things contrary to popular belief modern
bomb technicians handled their business
remotely of course hands-on techniques
were used in both world wars but that
was mainly before the wheelbarrow came
along and while protective suits do
exist for technicians to execute
physical inspections distance is key if
everything looks ok when I get down
there I’m just gonna set it up and rip
it modern wheelbarrows are often
equipped with tools that allow bomb
techs to also use high pressure Jets of
water or acid to remotely dismantle
bombs of course before they go trying to
drown or melt every suspicious package
they find they’ll often use a portable
x-ray device to get a look inside number
two
Hollywood is a purveyor of bomb-squad
myths the bomb squad never gets here on
time ok anyway it’s 8 minutes and 31
seconds ROG please hollywood continues
to feature the red switchman in other
words if there’s a bomb in movies or TV
someone just has to get up close and
personal to cut the wire in reality they
would much rather deal with it from a
distance far no fire no firing now
they may even use the sniper rifle to
shoot a big hole through the thing they
also don’t work in heroic one-man teams
there’s a green one I can find your
green no there’s usually at least three
Tech’s working together plus ideally
others to watch the perimeter and
provide support what capture so why does
Hollywood continue to peddle these myths
when you can easily fact check this
stuff online probably for entertainment
value and possibly because the pyro
technicians and practical effects crews
on movie sets are not bomb techs
number one shrapnel is not the biggest
threat for technicians anyone who’s ever
played a first-person shooter game knows
the deadly part of a frag grenade is the
shrapnel so you might assume that
shrapnel is the bomb techs biggest fear
however they are 90-pound blast suits
made from Kevlar foam and plastic
protect pretty effectively in that
regard almost too well actually those
layers make it hot as hell for the tech
inside giving them as little as ten
minutes to do their work in extreme
conditions before the heat stress is
overwhelming
some suits have built-in cooling systems
but that adds to their weight even more
deadly than the heat is an explosion
shockwave the highly pressurized
supersonic blast wave can cause serious
internal injuries potentially collapsing
lungs or exploding other organs without
necessarily causing any visible external
damage it’s only in recent years that
bomb suits have started incorporating
various kinds of foam to deal with this
threat
so what fact surprises you the most
about bomb squads and do you know of any
movies that really get the facts right
did I say blue bricks you say – I meant
red you sure look Raj we can do it your
way if you like on my way I don’t have
to quiet for more 90-pound top tens and
unexploded top fives be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com
you can defuse it right you King this
crap wires in here and I get three wire
guy
you
has always been clear but over time
their techniques have evolved and media
representations of their trade have not
always been accurate well this is a
pretty shonky job I think I could
dismantle welcome to watchmojo.com down
the five most interesting things we
could learn about bomb squads number
five bomb disposal practices evolved
during World War one over the course of
the first world war munitions
manufacturing was a flawed process and
this caused major problems on the
battlefield many shells never detonated
on top of the sheer destruction and
chaos the Great War brought nobody quite
knew how to deal with the unexploded
bombs or UX bees that littered
battlefields so informal bomb disposal
units learn the appropriate skills
seeing how you XPS could actually be
more destructive than bombs that
exploded immediately during World War
two German forces dropped many bombs on
England that had delayed action fuses
Britain reacted by training large
numbers of bomb disposal personnel soon
after Germans implemented anti handling
devices into their bombs designed to
kill those personnel this was just the
start of a long-running battle between
bomb makers and bomb disposal experts to
stay one step ahead of each other today
in the 21st century the rise of global
terrorism has ensured that that race
continues number four the wheelbarrow
and robot originated in 1972 by 1971 the
irish republican army began to actively
engage british troops in northern
ireland planting various types of
makeshift bombs as a result the british
adapted with the creation of a
remote-controlled robot known as the
wheelbarrow it was so called because
Lieutenant Colonel Peter Miller
literally built the thing on top of a
motorised wheelbarrow the first model
was steered with ropes and had little
more than a grappling hook in the way of
tools bomb disposal robots used today
are often still known as wheelbarrows
though they’ve got more than just a hook
on them over the next six years over 400
wheelbarrows would be destroyed in the
line of duty presumably saving an equal
number of human lives number three many
techniques are used for bomb disposal
really elegant string of pearls
configuration
unfortunately incredibly unstable
because of that arms slash disarmament
race we just referenced many specifics
of the explosive ordnance disposal trade
are kept secret but we do know some
things contrary to popular belief modern
bomb technicians handled their business
remotely of course hands-on techniques
were used in both world wars but that
was mainly before the wheelbarrow came
along and while protective suits do
exist for technicians to execute
physical inspections distance is key if
everything looks ok when I get down
there I’m just gonna set it up and rip
it modern wheelbarrows are often
equipped with tools that allow bomb
techs to also use high pressure Jets of
water or acid to remotely dismantle
bombs of course before they go trying to
drown or melt every suspicious package
they find they’ll often use a portable
x-ray device to get a look inside number
two
Hollywood is a purveyor of bomb-squad
myths the bomb squad never gets here on
time ok anyway it’s 8 minutes and 31
seconds ROG please hollywood continues
to feature the red switchman in other
words if there’s a bomb in movies or TV
someone just has to get up close and
personal to cut the wire in reality they
would much rather deal with it from a
distance far no fire no firing now
they may even use the sniper rifle to
shoot a big hole through the thing they
also don’t work in heroic one-man teams
there’s a green one I can find your
green no there’s usually at least three
Tech’s working together plus ideally
others to watch the perimeter and
provide support what capture so why does
Hollywood continue to peddle these myths
when you can easily fact check this
stuff online probably for entertainment
value and possibly because the pyro
technicians and practical effects crews
on movie sets are not bomb techs
number one shrapnel is not the biggest
threat for technicians anyone who’s ever
played a first-person shooter game knows
the deadly part of a frag grenade is the
shrapnel so you might assume that
shrapnel is the bomb techs biggest fear
however they are 90-pound blast suits
made from Kevlar foam and plastic
protect pretty effectively in that
regard almost too well actually those
layers make it hot as hell for the tech
inside giving them as little as ten
minutes to do their work in extreme
conditions before the heat stress is
overwhelming
some suits have built-in cooling systems
but that adds to their weight even more
deadly than the heat is an explosion
shockwave the highly pressurized
supersonic blast wave can cause serious
internal injuries potentially collapsing
lungs or exploding other organs without
necessarily causing any visible external
damage it’s only in recent years that
bomb suits have started incorporating
various kinds of foam to deal with this
threat
so what fact surprises you the most
about bomb squads and do you know of any
movies that really get the facts right
did I say blue bricks you say – I meant
red you sure look Raj we can do it your
way if you like on my way I don’t have
to quiet for more 90-pound top tens and
unexploded top fives be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com
you can defuse it right you King this
crap wires in here and I get three wire
guy
you
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