The No.36 or Mills Bomb was one of the longest serving grenades, developed during the First World War, it was manufactured across the British Commonwealth during the Second World War and after.
In this video we’ll use some brilliant newsreel footage from New Zealand to examine how the Mills Bomb (or No.36 Grenade) was manufactured during the war. We also take a look at the design and history of the No.36 which served for over 50 years.
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In the Palestinian village of Bilin – near the West Bank city of Ramallah – residents have planted flowers in hundreds of spent Israeli tear gas grenades collected after clashes with Israeli security forces.
The garden is “meant to show that life can spring from death.”