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| Picture No | 10490349 |
| Date | 1915 |
| Description | Types of grenades in WWI |
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The Marten Hale hand grenade, which can be also fitted to any type of service rifle. Hale time grenade, bomb is thrown, the ignition of the time-fuse does not occur until the grenade reaches a distance equal to the full length of the line, causing the line to pull out the friction-tube. French bracelet grenade, which hooked around the wrist with a strap, jam or beef tins filled with explosives and fitted with a fuse, effective work at short range.
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| Source | Illustartion by W. B Robinson in 'The Illustrated War News', 15 December 1915, page 39 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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