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Fallschirm Leuchtpatrone für Kampfpistole: Illuminating Star on Parachute: Miscellaneous Pistol Grenades

Fallschirm Leuchtpatrone für KampfpistoleThis type grenade has the same general contours as the two others previously described. It has a black bakelite head and a screwed-on base plug which is perforated to hold a gunpowder pellet. Inside the grenade, directly above the plug is an illuminating star to which a parachute is attached. On firing, the flash from the propellant ignites the gunpowder pellet, which, after a brief delay, ignites the star. The bakelite head is blown off, and the star ejected. The grenade may be identified by the stencilling “F. Leucht. Z.” on the base of the cartridge case.

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