Mills bomb incorporated into the Mills Bomb. The Mills bomb was adopted by the British Army as its standard hand grenade in 1915, and designated the No. 5. The Mills bomb underwent numerous modifications. The No. 23 was a variant of the No. 5 with a rodded base plug which allowed it to be fired from a rifle. This concept evolved further with the No. 36, a variant with a detachable base plate to allow use with a rifle discharger cup. The final variation of the Mills bomb, the No. 36M, was specially designed and waterproofed with shellac for use initially in
Telephone numbers in Brazil with the lower ranges of "9 (91-95)", then "8", and so on. As a consequence, in the beginning "9" was more commonly assigned to mobile operators that used older technologies such as AMPS (analog), TDMA and CDMA, while for some time "8" was specifically reserved for all new GSM licenses. Now GSM is universally adopted by Brazilian mobile operators and, combined with number portability and the inclusion of a ninth digit to the left (see below), this distinction is no longer observed or meaningful. Brazilian mobile phone numbers always have nine digits now, but seven digits were usual in the