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Mills bombs were still being used in combat as recently as 2004, for example in the incident which killed US Marine Jason Dunham and wounded two of his comrades. [6] The last major operator of the Mills bomb was India who only replaced it in August 2021 with a new Multi-Mode Hand Grenade (MMHG). [7]
William Mills was born on 26 April 1856 in Wear Street, Southwick, Sunderland.He was the son of David Mills, a shipbuilder, and his wife Sarah Ann Kirkaldy. [4] [5]The Sunderland historian James Watson Corder recorded that David Mills had an interest in the Sunderland-based Mills shipbuilding firm, however it was run by his brothers George and John.
Mills N°36 rifle grenade, with its gas check disk for use with cup-launcher. By 1915, Hales had developed the No 3, which is commonly known as the Hales rifle grenade. [6] The Hales grenade was improved throughout World War I to make it more reliable and easier to manufacture. However, production of the grenade was slow.
The grenade has a smooth surface, unlike the Mk II series "pineapple" casing. The M67 was part of a similar PIP and is identical to the M33, with the exception of the additional safety clip for the spoon of the grenade on the M67. [8] Early M33 grenades were also more of an oval shape before transitioning over to the more spherical shape of the ...
Beschrijving : A bombing officer "lobbing" a Mills grenade Annotatie : De Britse stijdkrachten te Saloniki. Britse officier werpt een Mills handgranaat Datum : {1914-1918} Locatie : Griekenland, Saloniki Trefwoorden : eerste wereldoorlog, fronten, handgranaten, officieren Fotograaf : The Press Bureau Auteursrechthebbende : Public Domain logo
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The No. 15 was first widely used in the Battle of Loos. [3] Tacticians envisioned that the No. 15 would be useful in breaching German defenses and trench clearing. [8] The No. 15 was used because production of the No. 5 "Mills bomb" was running seriously behind planned figures, and not enough of them could be supplied before the start of the Loos campaign.
The Church of Scientology prevented a woman from seeking mental health treatment before she took her own life, a lawsuit states.. The woman, Whitney Mills, 40, was a high-level Scientologist who ...