FUKUSHIMA – The Ground Self-Defense Force announced Monday that insufficient safety checks and an incorrect amount of gunpowder may have caused the accidental firing Friday of a 155 mm howitzer shell over a hot spring resort in Fukushima Prefecture.
The errant shell may have been fired with five rods of gunpowder loaded in its cartridge, according to Northeast Area Army officials. The correct amount is two rods.
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