While humanity has long used hand thrown explosive devices in war, the British "Mills bomb" developed during WWI would become the first modern _____.

Answer Grenade

People have been throwing bombs and incendiary devices at each other for centuries, but the British Mills bomb was the first mass produced grenade that wasn't highly likely to kill its user. It was developed as a way to clear out enemy trenches.

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