The Meeker herald., 1918-02-02
CRENADEs IN war
Terrible Weapons When Charged
With High Explosives.
MeRcILEss DEATH sPREADERs

They Are Made Now to Be Flung BY
Hand At cIoss Quarters, to b Shot
From . Hewjtxsr or 10 Be Planted 40
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plement OF war dates back nearly four
centuries, and this deadly weapon re.
main. ,oday. M In the sixteenth cen.
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kilosram ana contains Slo pu.'e's anu
a bursting charge weighing <'o slams
II can be thrown WIN inc uhno iol'
meters or WIN ho"i'Her wv thete's'
Tile 'howitzer u cohtr'fhnee laaae
OF cylinder ana "eiEhs tWe''e ki.o'
grams. IL may oe carrieo IKE = rine.
The bullets OF this erehh"e cove!
semicircular space VI at 'east eienty
square meters anu spread only 10 the
front and laternlly. but NOT 10 the rear
toward the thrower. TheS are. there
fore. OF especial value Tor hghting a.
close quarters. They are constructed
SO that they may be exploded only Art
er they have Travelled eight meters to
ward the target.
THE hand grenade weighs one kilo'
gram and contains 100 bullets weigh.
Ing "a grams and a bursting charge
weighing ITO grams. In contrast to the
above described 'howitzer' grenade the
bullets fly In every direction. so that II
IL onlv used for throwing from cover.