by
HARRY THE MOLE
A nice example... as an aside, when I was at the ranges in Mourmelon le Grande in 1970 with my regiment, we used the Mills bomb - each man responsible for priming his own grenade. They were painted in a translucent brown protective lacquer substance and came in a case possibly six or eight grenades either side of the tin of detonators in the centre... I can't remember the exact number. It was rather disconcerting to hear the baseplates from exploding grenades whizzing over your head as you lay down and awaited your turn in the throwing pit.
A tip for pushing up the plunger... insert a screwdriver, place on a flat surface with the base of the screwdriver on the flat surface, and then push the grenade down and position the lever with the free hand.
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