# Melting glacier reveals WW1 ammo

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**Created:** [September 8, 2012, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/melting-glacier-reveals-ww1-ammo/634092 "2012-09-08T14:35:44Z")\
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[Link](http://lightbox.time.com/2012/09/07/pictures-of-the-week-august-31-september-7/#16)

Every year WW1 shells kill farmers in France. Now they are showing up in Italy.

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Mountain howitzers?

> **[Mountain gun](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_gun)**
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> Mountain guns are artillery pieces designed for mountain warfare and other areas where wheeled transport is not possible. They are generally capable of being taken apart to make smaller loads for transport by horses, humans, mules, tractors, or trucks. As such, they are sometimes called "pack guns" or "pack howitzers". During the American Civil War these small portable guns were widely used and were called "mountain howitzers".
> The first designs of modern breechloading mountain guns with recoil ...

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> Mountain guns are artillery pieces designed for use in mountain warfare and areas where usual wheeled transport is not possible. They are similar to infantry support guns, and are generally capable of being broken down into smaller loads (for transport by horse, human, mule, tractor, and/or truck).
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> Due to their ability to be broken down into smaller “packages”, they are sometimes called pack guns or pack howitzers. During the U.S. Civil War these small portable guns were widely used and were called “mountain howitzers.”