Flare guns

firearm that launches flares

type of flare pistol

The SPSh-44 (26-мм сигнальный пистолет СПШ-44) is a Soviet signal pistol.

type of flare pistol

thumb|Close up of the Nahverteidigungswaffe at German Tank Museum|Panzermuseum Munster The Nahverteidigungswaffe was a roof mounted, breech-loaded, single shot, multi-purpose, 360° rotating grenade launcher that could fire a variety of ammunition. It was typically found on German tanks such as the Panzer IV, Panther I, Tiger I, and Tiger II from 1944 until the end of the war and was intended to replace three previous devices: the Nebelwurfgerät, the Minenabwurfvorrichtung, and pistol ports.