10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MILLS BOMB»
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Command Or Control?: Command, Training and Tactics in the ...
5 Mills bomb, accepted for service in May 1915.107 ByJuly, 16,000 had been
delivered and 11,484 were available at Loos. Although production of the Mills
bomb was to reach 800,000 per week byJuly 1916,108 it was well into 1917
before it ...
2
Articles on Grenades, Including: Molotov Cocktail, Smoke ...
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3
Landscapes of the Western Front: Materiality During the ...
The Mills bomb was the most prominent of these weapons, and from its
introduction it was associated with different values by the General Staff and the
soldiers. For the soldiers, the Mills bomb held contradictory meanings as it
represented a ...
4
Articles on World War II British Infantry Weapons, ...
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5
Soldier from the Wars Returning
It was thrown, not bowled, to a longer range than our Mills bomb, with less
accuracy and with much less killing-power when it arrived, though it made a loud
intimidating noise. It was safe and easy to operate but large and clumsy, and the
...
6
World War I Trench Warfare (1): 1914-16
Leon Roland, which inspired the British Mills bomb. Only a court case would sort
out the issues of ownership of the ideas involved. (Musee Royal de I'Armee,
Brussels) Ht*a of SfnJrer' Oaltrtuy Cb/> Chamber' * Safety Fuxm. until at least the
...
7
Vimy Ridge: A Canadian Reassessment
the battlefields of the Great War brought innovations in weaponry, however, and
as new weapons like the Lewis gun (an automatic rifle), Stokes mortar, Mills
bomb (grenade) and rifle grenade became available, the number of men carrying
...
Geoffrey Hayes, Andrew Iarocci,
2007
8
A History of the World in 100 Weapons
5 “Mills” bomb, designed by William Mills. The grenade had a basic pineapple
outline, made from cast iron but with the surface serrated to produce
fragmentation upon detonating. To use, the operator withdrew a safety pin
securing a ...
9
The Battle of Fromelles
The 'Mills Bomb' was a simple, rugged and effective hand grenade and arguably
the best known of all those used in World War One. At the start of the war, Britain
lacked an effective grenade and troops often resorted to the use of homemade ...
10
Churchill and the Strategic Dilemmas Before the World Wars: ...
'This, Prime Minister, is the inefficient Mills bomb', he replied, 'issued to the British
infantry . . . Now I have designed an improved grenade, which has fewer
machined parts and contains a fifty per cent greater bursting charge.' Churchill
was ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MILLS BOMB»
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Mills bomb is used in the context of the following news items.
Watch explosion at Greenwich as Second World War grenade is …
... discovery at around 8pm on Sunday, June 14, at Enderby Wharf and contacted officers who arrived to make the 70-year-old Mills Bomb safe. «The Wharf, Jun 15»
The Sunderland man's deadly invention which took hope to our …
Scores of Sunderland soldiers lost their lives in May 1915 - mainly at the Second Battle of Ypres - but the invention of the Mills bomb provided a ... «Sunderland Echo, May 15»
Radio hacker avoids prison over Gurnee Mills bomb threat
A Waukegan man was sentenced Tuesday to 18 months of periodic imprisonment after admitting he hacked into security guard radios used at ... «Chicago Daily Herald, May 15»
Live grenade uncovered in Black Country garden
The grenade is more commonly known as the Mills Bomb and the device Mr Greasley found still had the pin attached, although it was heavily ... «expressandstar.com, May 15»
Staffordshire war training camp diary tells tale of one man's heroic act
On April 19, 1918, one of the recruits, Rifleman 63475 John Archibald McCurdy, pulled the pin from his Mills bomb and dropped it in the ... «expressandstar.com, May 15»
Defendant in Gurnee Mills bomb threat case loses mental health …
Lake County Sheriff's Office photo. Arrest does not imply guilt, and criminal charges are merely accusations. A defendant is presumed innocent ... «Chicago Tribune, Apr 15»
The tale of Gallipoli's final five
He fired a shot and I threw a mills bomb and we got away as quickly as possible, but all the time being reasonably quiet because the Turks ... «Waikato Times, Apr 15»
Waukegan man pleads not guilty to Gurnee Mills bomb threat
Raymond J. Kelly of Waukegan was charged Feb. 25 with giving a false bomb alarm, a Class 3 felony, for allegedly communicating a false ... «Chicago Tribune, Apr 15»
Edward Tardent, who was killed during WWI. Source: Supplied
Eight days later, Ted was hit by enemy bullets as he hurled a Mills bomb at a machinegun post. It was an act of courage he might have known ... «The Australian, Apr 15»
WW1 overseas Victoria Cross recipients honoured
... stormed a sniper's post in July 1918, forcing the enemy to surrender after punching one of them and threatening the others with a Mills bomb. «BBC News, Mar 15»