A detailed description of British Mills Grenade of World War One.

Focus on the Number 5 Series of 1915-16 using examples from my collection

No. 5 Mk. III Mills

discussion of how they worked
lethality shortcomings and impact on grenade design to present day.

Also how to tell the difference between a Number 5 Mills, A Number 23 Mills and a Number

36 Mills Bomb

will update with references soon

Thanks