From May 2nd Bloomington (Il) Pantagraph.
Leave it to the pigs to find the truffles, er, weapons. "German police say a couple of hungry pigs digging for food came nose-t0-nose (well, snout-to-metal) with a long-buried World War II anti-tank weapon."
They found a single-shot "Panzerfaust" on private land southwest of Dresden.
Their owner secured it, locked them in their stalls and called police who removed and destroyed it. The Panzerfaust was inexpensive and easy-to-operate and used much in the defense of Germany.
Panzerfausts were small, pre-loaded, recoilless weapons which fired a high-explosive warhead. In late war in-town actions, about 70% of Allied tanks were destroyed by these.
I have written about World War I and II bombs and mines that are often found in Europe, but according to the article, such finds as this are still common even 65 years after the war.
A Real Pair of Hero Pigs. --Cooter
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