| Mills bomb |
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Mills Bomb Cutaway |
| Type | Hand grenade |
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| Place of origin |  United Kingdom |
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| Service history |
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| In service | May, 1915 - 1970s |
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| Production history |
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| Designed | 1915 |
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| Number built | 70 million + |
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| Variants | No. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970. Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year 5, No. 23,
No. 36, No. 36M |
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| Specifications |
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| Weight | 765 grams |
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| Length | 95. 2 |
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| Diameter | 61 |
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| Filling | Baratol |
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Detonation
mechanism | 7 seconds,
later reduced to 4 |
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Mills bomb is the popular name for a series of prominent British hand grenades. Baratol is an Explosive made of a mixture of TNT and Barium nitrate, with a small quantity (about 1% of wax used as a binder The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located
Overview
William Mills - a golf club designer from Sunderland - patented, developed and manufactured the 'Mills bomb' at the Mills Munition Factory in Birmingham, England in 1915. Sir William Mills (1856-1932 of Sunderland was the inventor of the Mills bomb which was developed and manufactured at his factory in Birmingham, England Sunderland (, or /ˈsʌn(dlən/ is a City in Tyne and Wear, England. Birmingham ( ˈbɜːmɪŋəm Ber -ming-um Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year The Mills bomb was adopted by the British Army as its standard hand grenade in 1915, and designated as the No. The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. 5. It was also used by the Irish Republican Army. This article deals with the Irish republican organisation opposed to the Anglo-Irish Treaty styling itself "Irish Republican Army" as it existed from the time of the Treaty
The Mills bomb underwent numerous modifications. The No. 23 was a variant of the No. 5 with a rodded base plug which allowed it to be fired from a rifle. This concept further evolved with the No. 36, a variant with a detachable base plate to allow for use with a rifle discharger cup. The final variation of the Mills bomb was the No. 36M, which was specially designed and waterproofed with shellac for use in the hot climate of Mesopotamia in 1917. Shellac is the commercial resin marketed in the form of amber flakes made from Lac, the secretion of the family of lac-producing insects though most commonly from the Mesopotamia (from the Greek meaning "land between the rivers" is an area geographically located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers largely corresponding Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year By 1918 the No. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common 5 and No. 23 were declared obsolete and the No. 36 followed in 1932. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar.
The Mills was a classic design; a grooved cast iron 'pineapple' with a central striker held by a close hand lever and secured with a pin. Cast iron usually refers to grey cast iron, but identifies a large group of Ferrous Alloys which solidify with a Eutectic. Although the segmented body helps to create fragments when the grenade explodes, according to Mills' notes, the casing was grooved to make it easier to grip and not as an aid to fragmentation. The Mills was a defensive grenade: after throwing the user had to take cover immediately. A competent thrower could manage 30 meters with reasonable accuracy, but the grenade could throw lethal fragments further than this. It could be fitted with a flat base and fired with a blank cartridge from a rifle with a 'cup' attachment, giving it a range of around 150 m.
At first the grenade was fitted with a seven-second fuse to accommodate both hand and rifle launch, but during combat in the Battle of France in 1940, this delay proved too long and was reduced to four seconds. In World War II, the Battle of France, also known as the Fall of France, was the German invasion of France and the Low Countries Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
The heavy, segmented bodies of 'pineapple' type grenades result in an unpredictable pattern of fragmentation. After the second world war Britain and the US adopted grenades that contained segmented coiled wire in smooth metal casings. The No. 36M Mk. I remained the standard grenade of the British Armed Forces and was manufactured in the UK until 1972, when it was completely replaced by the L2 series. The Armed forces of the United Kingdom, commonly known as the British Armed Forces or Her Majesty's Armed Forces, and sometimes legally the Armed Forces Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The M61 grenade is a fragmentation hand grenade used by the US Armed Forces in the Vietnam War. The 36M remained in service in some parts of the world such as India and Pakistan where it was manufactured until the early 1980s. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country Pakistan () officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia, Southwest Asia, Middle East and That the Mills bomb remained in use for so many years says much about its effectiveness.
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