The British No. 69 was an offensive grenade used during World War II. It was adopted into service due to the need for a grenade with more limited power then the No. 36M for when the operator did not have appropriate defensive cover. 1940 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... This article is concerned solely with chemical explosives. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... Mills bomb Nationality United Kingdom Date of design 1915 Service duration May, 1915 - 1970s Type Fragmentation Filling Baratol Detonation 7 seconds, later reduced to 4 Weight 773 g Filling weight 71 g Length 95. ...
Its shell was composed entirely of the hard plastic, Bakelite which shattered without producing fragments like a metal bodied grenade. Metal fragmenting sleeves were available to increase its lethality. Bakelite is a heat-resistant, thermosetting, chemically stable resin (polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride, the first plastic). ...
It used the same Allways fuze as the Gammon grenade.
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