Original British WWII British No 69 Grenade Dated 1940 - Inert Barrels with polished metal ends

with polished metal ends

The 4th AD cleared Bois de Serres

Some of the problems were traced to the magazine

They proved so effective that by the end of the war some 300

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Original British WWII British No 69 Grenade Dated 1940 - Inert Barrels with polished metal endsOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is an excellent original inert example of a very hard to find British ordnance piece from WW2! The British No. 69 was a hand grenade developed and used during the Second World War. It was adopted into service due to the need for a grenade with smaller destructive radius than the No 36M "Mills bomb". This allowed the thrower to use a grenade even when there was little in the way of defensive cover. In contrast,