Description
The British No 69 was a hand grenade developed and used during the Second World War
Well the 8th Army weren't just Brits
the iron mounted rifles had blued barrels and color case hardened locks and hammers
The top of the tin has initials L
The muzzle end of the barrel was narrowed to give an especially smooth finish to the lead sheath
Original British WWI Lewis Aircraft Gun Modified for WWII Home Guard with 97 Round Drum Magazine Category_Flintlock Pistols The British No 69 wasOriginal Item: Only One Available. The Lewis gun has the distinction of being the first machine gun fired from an aeroplane; on 7 June 1912 Captain Charles Chandler of the US Army fired a prototype Lewis gun from the foot bar of a Wright Model B Flyer. By the time WW2 rolled around 20 years later aircraft technology had left these weapons in the dust, so it was decided to re issue them to the British Home Guard (Dad's Army) to meet the expected NSDAP