Excerpt from Notes on Grenade Warfare: Compiled From Data Available on February 15, 1917 Army War College
After being obsolete for a century, the use of hand grenades was revived by their employment in large quantities by both sides in the russo-japanese war, especially in fighting at close quarters and in assaults on the various forts around Port Arthur. Many of the grenades used in the early part of this war were improvised on the field of battle, but the success obtained by their use led to the invention of many new standard types and their subsequent adoption by all modern armies, ih cluding that of the United States.
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