No36M MkI Mills bombs

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Hi guys,

Not a rifle but I think it fits in the Milsurp. Anyway, they are my last acquisition.

I have found many Internet references but I would like to know if there is any reference books about these grenades? In the three grenades you'll see, one is totally matching REVO Grenade, made by Revo Electric Co Ltd. on Tipton Street, UK.

The two others, seem to be canadian. The levers are marked FW for Frost and Wood Company, in Smith Falls, ON (correct me if I'm wrong!) but the bodies don't bear the good markings. One seems to have a "C" and the other one is a "M". For both of these markings, I can't find anything related.

If you know more about them, please, feel free to share.



















 
I have one of those, same paint markings also. I have seen some similar on Collectors source website for $295 If I remember correctly.
 
Nice find - you will notice the grenades have been lacquered and painted with a green and red stripe. These were marked this way as they were only used for practice and not to be confused with active grenades. Many hours were spent by training soldiers throwing, retrieving and placing fuses in the grenades. In practice, grenades were only fused when near battle. Indeed, grenades and their fuses often traveled separately and this often introduced delays in getting them to the troops. Many were fused while traveling over in ships and there are numerous documented stories of accidents that resulted. I learned all this from my father who was in a pioneer battalion and said they often hand painted them as part of trades training.
 
Wilbur1005 said:
Nice find - you will notice the grenades have been lacquered and painted with a green and red stripe. These were marked this way as they were only used for practice and not to be confused with active grenades. Many hours were spent by training soldiers throwing, retrieving and placing fuses in the grenades. In practice, grenades were only fused when near battle. Indeed, grenades and their fuses often traveled separately and this often introduced delays in getting them to the troops. Many were fused while traveling over in ships and there are numerous documented stories of accidents that resulted. I learned all this from my father who was in a pioneer battalion and said they often hand painted them as part of trades training.
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No. Green paint indicates type of explosive fill and the Red Xs indicate it is useable in tropical climates. Fuses came separate from the grenade but in the same box as the grenade itself and it was the end users responsibility to prepare their own grenades.
 
The red Xs are filling marks indicating the grenade has been filled (i.e. with explosive), the green band indicates it has been filled with a high explosive. Grenades came packed 12 to a wooden box along with the primers which were in a sealed metal can. One had to clean all the preservative out of the grenades (it was like bees wax or cosmoline) and then open the can to get the primers out and insert them. Each wooden box had a wrench that fitted into the two holes on the base plug for tightening or loosening the plugs.
 
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