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Originally Posted by Cole

Well, back in the day, the rounds weren't as stable as they are now. When I was doing my basic arty course, my det commander took a 105 round out of the packaging, fumbled it, dropped it and watched as we all started to run away then laughed his ass off.

Was 105s yes and that was about all we had back then. Even back to ww1 they were pretty much stable as far as shocks and impact went. Now heat or electrical charges were a whole different ball game. That really hasn't changed much to this day though.