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The primary roles for the Leuchtpistole 34 were signaling, illumination, target marking, or concealment with a smoke grenade.Later during World War II, explosive rounds were developed to give German troops a small and lightweight grenade launcher for engaging targets from close range which could not be engaged satisfactorily by infantry weapons or artillery without endangering friendly troops.
The purpose of the Fallschirm Leuchtpatrone was for battlefield illumination with a secondary signal flare role. The projectile had a light alloy shell case, with a threaded insert in the base for a percussion cap, inside the case was a propelling charge, delay fuze, parachute, illumination star, and bakelite nose cone. When fired the ...
The parachute is designed to create a seven-feet-per-second descent, while the flare itself has a 40-second burn time. [2] The XM695 was never standardized. Also, because of the development in the United States military of complex night-fighting tactics, an illumination cartridge for use with night vision equipment, that illuminates in the ...
Flares may be ground pyrotechnics, projectile pyrotechnics, or parachute-suspended to provide maximum illumination time over a large area. Projectile pyrotechnics may be dropped from aircraft, fired from rocket or artillery , or deployed by flare guns or handheld percussive tubes.
Illumination/signal flare, cluster star [15] (white flare) Grenade containing five nose-ejected, free-falling pyrotechnic star pellets used for signaling. [15] Missing image M661 Illumination/signal flare, parachute star [14] (green flare) Flare grenade with parachute for illumination and signaling. [14] Missing image M662 Illumination/signal ...
Its design is typical of commercially available flare guns, with a high-visibility red casing. A single-shot, 26.5/25mm flare gun manufactured by Patel Ballistics. It is chambered in a different caliber from the Orion flare gun. A flare gun, also known as a Very pistol or signal pistol, is a large-bore handgun that discharges flares, blanks and ...
The Leuchtpistole 42 was a single shot, break action, smoothbore, flare gun that was a successor to the earlier Leuchtpistole 34. The Leuchtpistole 42 which was made from stamped mild steel components, was galvanized to stop corrosion and used bakelite for the pistol grips. The focus of the Leuchtpistole 42 was to reduce the consumption of ...
The L118 light gun is a 105 mm towed howitzer. ... L43 illuminating. Provides a parachute flare base ejected by time fuze (L81) at about 400 m (1,300 ft) above the ...