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World War I
In World War I
(1914-1918) both sides only had small pre-war stocks of grenades. As an
interim measure, the troops often improvised their own, such as the Jam Tin Grenade. These were replaced when manufactured versions such as the Mills bomb,
the first modern fragmentation grenade, became available to British
front-line troops. The Mills bomb was developed at the Mills Munitions
Factory in Birmingham,
England and was described as the first 'safe grenade'. 75,000,000
grenades were made during World War I. It was an explosive-filled steel
canister with a triggering pin and a distinctive deeply notched
surface. This segmentation was thought to aid fragmentation
and therefore increase the grenade's deadliness. Later research showed
that the segmentation did not improve fragmentation in any way at all.
Improved-fragmentation designs would later be made with the notches on
the inside, but at the time, this would have been too expensive to
produce. The external segmentation of the original Mills bomb was
retained, since it did provide a positive grip surface. This basic
"pin-and-pineapple" design is still used in some modern grenades. On
the other hand, the U.S. M67
fragmentation grenade has a smooth exterior. which is much more
suitable for being rolled into a room or being thrown in a flat arc
like a baseball.
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