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Defence Backtracks: Training Weapon in Hiking Area 'Very Unusual'

Summary by Omroep Brabant
The large training weapon that Jos Willems (71) from Best found on the Oirschotse Heide on Tuesday should not have been lying there. A spokesperson for Defence stated on Monday that the discovery of such a weapon is not unusual, but retracted that statement on Tuesday. "This carelessness is not expected of soldiers." Willems found the so-called Panzerfaust 3 on the Oirschotse Heide, where he often walks, at a time when Defence was still conducti…
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The large training weapon that Jos Willems (71) from Best found on the Oirschotse Heide on Tuesday should not have been lying there. A spokesperson for Defence stated on Monday that the discovery of such a weapon is not unusual, but retracted that statement on Tuesday. "This carelessness is not expected of soldiers." Willems found the so-called Panzerfaust 3 on the Oirschotse Heide, where he often walks, at a time when Defence was still conducti…

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Omroep Brabant broke the news on Tuesday, May 5, 2026.
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