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I think that you can safely assume that your grenade is empty!

Talking of split rings... I came across the one that I kept to use as a keyring, it was in a box with my I.D disks and certificate of service. I too rest my case! Obviously, both types of ring were...

Brodie, you cannot remove the inner assemly if the grenade is still full of explosives, the assembly would not turn foŕ starters! There is a method that squaddies used when they 'lifted' a grenade as...

Providing you remove the detonator and leave the pin in place, it will not go off. Removal of the filler plug will tell you if it is inert. I can't remember the all-up weight of the Mills 36, but you...

I've seen relic WW1 grenades with the split rings... and these were fresh out of the ground. As for the Mills 36... the ones we used were 1939 stock, they had a coating of hard wax besides the...

With regards to the type of rings used on the Mills bombs, I can absolutely assure you Brodie, that the rings on the Mills 36 grenades we used on the ranges in France in 1969 and 1970 were of the...