Pl. 29
Plate 29 of 87 · Class IV, Grenades & mortars
Mills bomb
The standard British hand grenade, designed in 1915 by William Mills, with a segmented iron body and a fuse of a few seconds. Its serrated casing earned it the nickname "pineapple".
Mentioned in
- Chapter IV Deadlock §1 Why the Trenches? Firepower and the Shell Crisis
- Chapter IX In the Trenches §3 No Man's Land: Patrols, Raids and Wiring Parties
- Chapter X The Machinery of War §9 Flames, Grenades, Mortars and Clubs