A close-up view showing the protective casing being clipped into place around the glass flask of a sticky bomb at a workshop, somewhere in Britain. The casing is held in place by a narrow metal band around the neck of the flask. Once this clip is released, the two halves of the casing fall away, exposing the adhesive surface of the bomb.
The original MoI 'background story' caption for this sequence of photographs reads: One of Britain's latest weapons to come off the secret list is the sticky bomb, successfully used in the North African campaign. This series of photographs shows how the glass flask which constitutes the body of the bomb is fitted with a woollen jacket, treated with special adhesive, and put into its protective casing ready for dispatch to the filling factory. When the live bomb is thrown at a tank, after removal of the casing, it sticks to its target and detonates a few seconds later. The No 74 ST Grenade was an anti-tank grenade used by the British Army in North Africa and also by the Home Guard.
