Weapons #9: Grenades, Vol. 3

Bombs and Hand Grenades: British, French and German
A commercially published work on the grenades in use by Capt. Bertram Smith, a Captain in the Canadian Army.  Contains many line drawings and specifications on foreign grenades.

Ecole des Grenadiers, Stage des Oficiers et Sous Oficers, Emploi du Temps
Original French language schedule for the French 2d Army Grenadier’s School.

Grenadier’s School, Officers’ and N.C.O.’s Course, Schedule of Work
English language translation of the schedule for the French 2d Army’s Grenadier’s School.

Student’s Notebook from the British Bombing Course
Actual student’s notebook from Lance Corporal Meulen, who graduated from the Bombing Instructor’s Course at Lyndhurst, England on February 8, 1919.  Outstanding contemporary source that reflects the state of grenade training at the close of the war.  Includes 21 plates that are professionally done, and represent some of the most accurate grenade diagrams ever produced.

Notes on Turkish Bombs and Mines
Extremely scarce single page memorandum issued by British forces in 1916, translated from a captured Turkish document.

 

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