Mk I n°36 grenade history

Mills grenade No. 36 was developed during the First World War by British industry and was called the "Mills Bomb". It had a delay time of 4 or 7 seconds depending on the version, and on the battlefields of the Great War, it occuried that the Germans had enough time to send back the British grenades.

For the Second World War, only 4-second versions were produced to equip the British army. Its jagged shape could produce a very large number of fragments during the explosion, causing a maximum of damage.

Mills grenade number 36, used in the British army until the 1960s, was nicknamed "pineapple" because of its jagged structure.

Mk I n°36 grenade sheet

Country creator/user: Great Britain
Name: Mk I n°36

Grenade type: defensive
Operation: pin
Time delay: 4 seconds
Exposive: 70 grams of TNT

Lethal radius of action: 35 meters

Weigth: 0,63 kg
Lenght: 96,9 mm

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