Category Archives: British Grenades

The Rifle Grenade Part Seven – The British No. 22 ‘Newton Pippin’ Rifle Grenade & the Newton 6-inch Trench Mortar

Posted on December 1, 2025 by Magicfingers

We looked at British rifle grenades in some detail recently, and here we have the only  example of a British rod grenade in my collection, the No. 22 ‘Newton Pippin’.

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British Rifle Grenades of the Great War – A Brief Pictorial Overview

Posted on November 13, 2025 by Magicfingers

Two examples of British rifle grenades ‘in action’ during the Great War. 

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British Hand Grenades of the Great War – The Mills Bomb

Posted on August 29, 2021 by Magicfingers

It would be remiss of me not to include the ubiquitous Mills Bomb in this series of posts about Great War hand grenades, although I am not a collector of British grenades per se, and wouldn’t pretend to know as … Continue reading →

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