Produced by Chris Curnow, Paul Marshall and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) Transcriber’s Notes: Underscores “_before_” and after a word or phrase indicate _italics_ in the original text. Equal signs “=” before and after a word or phrase indicate =bold= in the original text. Small capitals have been converted to SOLID capitals. Illustrations have been moved so they do not break up paragraphs. Typographical errors have been silently corrected but other variations in spelling and punctuation remain unaltered. HAND GRENADES _A HANDBOOK ON RIFLE AND HAND GRENADES_ COMPILED AND ILLUSTRATED BY MAJOR GRAHAM M. AINSLIE _FIRST EDITION_ NEW YORK JOHN WILEY & SONS, Inc. London: CHAPMAN & HALL, Limited 1917 COPYRIGHT, 1917, BY GRAHAM M. AINSLIE PRESS OF BRAUNWORTH & CO. BOOK MANUFACTURERS BROOKLYN, N. Y. PREFACE The purpose of this work is to assist students of grenade work in acquiring a rapid and complete knowledge of the subject. If the student will refer constantly to the illustrations, which are accurate drawings of grenades now in use, this book may help to elucidate many points which are inadequately treated in any existing work. In compiling the book, the author has inserted only information absolutely necessary, and has arranged it so simply that a person with a very little previous knowledge of the subject may be able to grasp both the data given, and the principles, and methods herein explained and illustrated. This book is the result of practical experience in the present war. G. M. AINSLIE. CONTENTS PAGE INTRODUCTION 1 HAND AND RIFLE GRENADES 2 GRENADE ESTABLISHMENT 26 GRENADE SQUAD 28 CLEARING A TRENCH FROM A FLANK 29 FRONTAL ATTACK 32 TRENCH STORMING PARTIES 36 FOREIGN GRENADES. FRENCH 38 FOREIGN GRENADES. GERMAN 42 EXPLOSIVES USED IN GRENADES 51 FUSES, DETONATORS, ETC. 55 THROWING 59 HAND GRENADES