Date:1915 - 1918 (c.)
Description:This grenade section of a Mills Bomb exposes the interior parts - striker, firing cap, fuse and detonator: when the pin was released the spring forced down striker, which set off the firing cap which lit the fuse, which burned for 5 seconds before igniting the detonator to explode the main charge.
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This First World War hand grenade is one of the original ‘Mills Bombs’ manufactured at the Mills Munitions ...
This grenade section of a Mills Bomb exposes the interior parts - striker, firing cap, fuse and detonator: ...
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Image courtesy of: Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery
Donor ref:BM&AG: 2000.L00023.1 (89/1876)
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