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Mk. I Explosive Hand Grenade
The Mk. I was a US, malleable cast iron-bodied, defensive fragmentation hand grenade, which was filled with a high explosive (HE) and fitted with a detonating fuze Though the Mk I was the first modern US hand grenade, it had a very short service life, mainly due to numerous problems with the fuzing mechanism. Production of the Mk. I started in 1917 and ceased in August 1918. It was replaced by the Mk. II version, which incorporated several...
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