Comments by "Kevin Oliver" (@kevinoliver3083) on "American Viven-Bessières WW1 Grenade Launcher" video.

  1. If the rod bent in the barrel, and scrapped along it, the rifling would be worn more quickly. Also rod grenades originally had a spring clip behind the warhead, to stop the grenade being lost while moving. The launch impulse had to be sharp enough to overcome the clip's resistance.
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  2. ​ @sethrich5998 The P17 does exist. That was the British designation for the M 1917 rifle in WW2. To differentiate it from the M1917 machine gun and M1917 revolvers also issued to the Home Guard.
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  3.  @sethrich5998  Reading my grandfathers' training manuals when I was a kid.
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  4. Collateral damage. And with luck it hits the colonel.
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  5. On the Royal Armouries channel, with Jonathon Ferguson.
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  6. It was pointed in the direction of enemy. So any casualties caused by the spare bullet were a bonus.
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