sep 23, 1914 - These simple, hand-thrown weapons had been invented hundreds of years before, but had not been widely used since the
Napoleonic era. Reinvented by the requirements of trench warfare, the first grenades in 1914
were often hand-made, consisting of old cans filled with nails and bits of metal
and packed with gunpowder.
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