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
M26 grenade
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The M26 is a fragmentation hand grenade developed by the United States Armed Forces.
Mills bomb
…it could be used as a rifle grenade, it was no longer used as such in 1945, but not declared obsolete until 1962. Replaced in the late 1960s by the L2A1 grenade, though it remained in British service as a training grenade until remaining stockpiles were expended Blast attachment Mk I − A can almost twice the…
M61 grenade, a M26A1 fitted with a safety clip
M61 showing the additional safety clip
A British L2-A2 fragmentation grenade
Ethiopian Soldiers from the Kagnew Battalion, 7th Inf. Div., in Korea, 1953