Developed during WW1 for the British army (potentially infringing on the pattern of a Belgian design), the Mills Bomb quickly became the official grenade of the British army in both WW1 and WW2. It was devised as a defensive grenade, meaning it was meant to be thrown from cover, with a range of about 15 to 25 meters (the fragmentation being dangerous up to about 90 meters). Like most defensive grenades, it was used both deffensively and offensively with no discrimination.
The checkered pattern in the body was not made for fragmentation, but rather to strenghten the grip around the grenade
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