British WWI Hales No. 3 Mk II Rifle Grenade Original Machine Guns which it closely resembled

which it closely resembled

but one size

tougher canvas on the elbows

this example may never have been issued

British WWI Hales No. 3 Mk II Rifle Grenade Original Machine Guns which it closely resembledNew Made Item: This is a full size steel and resin replica of the 1915 No. 3 Mk II Rifle Grenade. The Hales Grenade was the solution to the common problem of the grenade exploding in front of the rifleman. If the grenade flopped out of the gun in front of the soldier, instead of being launched towards the enemy once it had been primed, there was nothing he could do to stop it from exploding. Frederick Marten Hale, in 1915 designed a fuse that could