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Vintage illustration of the bomb. #211162646
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Harmworth`s Universal Encyclopedia 1940s. Bomb - Bomb throwing in the Great War. When the front-line trenches ran close to each other, hand-grenades formed an important offensive missile. In attempting to fight through enemy trenches, or to defend against attack, all armies came to rely heavily on grenades. ... Reinvented by the requirements of trench warfare, the first grenades in 1914 were often hand-made, consisting of old cans filled with nails and bits of metal and packed with gunpowder.
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