Mills bomb
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"Mills bomb" is the popular name for a series of British hand grenades which were designed by William Mills. They were the first modern fragmentation grenades used by the British Army and saw widespre
Mills bombs. From left to right : No. 5, No. 23, No. 36
An officer of the British Salonika Army demonstrates how to "lob" a Mills bomb during the First World War
A worker manufacturing Mills bombs during World War I
No. 5 Mk II Mills bomb
Jam tin grenade
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The double cylinder, Nos. 8 and No. 9 hand grenades, also known as the "jam tins", are a type of improvised explosive device used by the British and Commonwealth forces, notably the Australian and New
Mills bomb
…were incorporated into the Mills Bomb. Besides slow initial production rates, which forced the British to standardize improvised designs such as the Jam tin grenade and the Hairbrush grenade for mass production as a stopgap measure, the Mills bomb No. 5 also suffered from some design flaws, including premature…
Reproduction of a trench improvised explosive device in a milk tin, and a similar manufactured double cylinder grenade
Two ANZACs surrounded by empty cans cutting scrap metal to fill in Jam tin grenades