Second-Lieutenant Graham Greenwell, 4th Battalion
"The German bombardment, for so it became after lunch, grew extremely violent; they were using some of their largest shells which shook the earth and sent splinters flying hundreds of yards away."

 

The Stokes Mortar

  • British

  • Smooth metal tube fixed to base plate

  • Bipod mount

  • 22 bombs per minute

  • 1,200 yard range

 

The Mills 5 Grenade

  • Developed in 1915

  • 7 second fuse

  • British

  • Used by the "bombing platoons" in each troop

  • Fuse lit when the pin was pulled

 

  

 

 

 

The 1915 German Stick Grenade

 

The 2 inch Medium Mortar

  • 2 inches was the size of the stick that went inside the tube

  • Used for cutting barbed wire

  • 60-Pound projectiles

  • Steel tube mounted on wood base with a bipod

 

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