Bond, A. Russell (Alexander Russell), 1876- · New York, The Century co. · leaf 51
ssile was thrown,it was seized in the hand so that the lever washeld down. Then the safety-pin was removedand when the grenade was thrown, the leverwould spring up under pull of the spring A. 30 INVENTIONS OP THE GREAT WAR This would cause the pin B to strike the per-cussion cap C, which would… … FlQ. 4. Details of the Mills hand grenade tions. The shell of the grenade was indentedso that it would break easily into a great manysmall pieces. There were some advantages in using gre-nades lighted by fuse instead of percussion,and also there were many disadvantages. Iftoo long a time-fuse were…
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