During the earliest days of the war the British and Empire armies were seldom issued grenades, but the need for such weaponry became apparent once it was clear to all that trench warfare was going to be the norm. The earliest grenades (improvised by both sides) were simply food tins that were jam-packed with an explosive mixed with nails, glass shards and bits of iron. By 1915 grenade production was in full swing and British historians have estimated that throughout the course of the war on the Western Front, British and Commonwealth forces had used fifteen million hand-grenades.
The following article concern a British shrapnel grenade that is of the heavy friction pattern.
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WW1 GrenadeWW 1 GrenadeWW 1 British Shrapnel GrenadeWW! GrenadesWW1 Shrapnel GrenadeCommon British Grenade circa 1915Grenade History WW1British Empire Army Shrapnel Grenade 1915 - 1918Shrapnel Bomb Drawing 1917Shrapnel Bomb Diagram 1917Schematic Drawing of WW1 Shrapnel GrenadeBlack and White Illustration of British WW1 Shrapnel GrenadeShrapnel Hand-Grenade Drawing 1917Magazine Article Concerning WW1 Trench Warfare
