Mills bomb Britain adopted grenades that contained segmented coiled wire in smooth metal casings. The No. 36M Mk.I remained the standard grenade of the British Armed Forces and was manufactured in the UK until 1972, when it was completely replaced by the L2 series. The 36M remained in service in some parts of the world such as India and Pakistan, where it was manufactured until the early 1980s. Mills bombs were still being used in combat as recently as 2004 e.g. the incident which killed US Marine Jason Dunham and wounded two of his comrades. The Mills bomb was developed into a
Media in Birmingham Media in Birmingham The city of Birmingham, England is home to an evolving media industry, including news and magazine publishers, radio and television networks, film production and specialist educational media training. The city's first newspaper was published in 1732. The first known Birmingham newspaper was the "Birmingham Journal", which was published by Thomas Warren from 1732 and whose early contributors included Samuel Johnson. The most notable of the town's early newspapers however was "Aris's Birmingham Gazette", which was founded in 1741 and continued publishing until 1956. Birmingham has two main local newspapers—the "Birmingham Post" and the "Birmingham Mail"—as well as