LP34 German Flare Pistol – Heer AYF 43

Product Description: What a lovely mint LP34 German Flare Pistol. We were very lucky to recieve two of these from the same veteran family. The LP34 German Flare Pistol is tooled aluminum alloy construction with short barrel, flare pistol with a protective black washed finish which is perfect and steel and Bakelite fittings. The pistol features a roughly, 6 inches long barrel, not including the breach, and a 30mm, diameter, tooled aluminum, alloy barrel with a hinged, octagonal shaped breach receiver end. The bottom edge of the receiver has a traditional, pull back, steel trigger with an integral, steel, trigger guard. The forward edge of the trigger guard has an additional, steel, push, finger lever which activates an internal barrel locking mechanism and also enables the barrel hinge to be folded forward to load the pistol. The trigger, barrel hinge and hammer all still function and are perfect. The pistol has perfecrt molded, dark brown, Bakelite grips with a repeating, embossed, diamond pattern for a secure grip and are secured to the pistol by a single, flush, screw headed bolt. The bottom edge of the grips have a small, extended, ball retainer with an inset, circular, lanyard ring. The pistol is well marked AYF 43 for ERMA with many Waffen-amts 280, (Ordnance Office, {Armorer’s Inspection Mark}), marks and a serial number, “8541n”. This LP34 German Flare Pistol is in mint conditon and is by far the nicest one we have ever seen.

Historical Description: Flare pistols were originally patented in the mid-nineteenth century. Germany adopted a flare pistol for their military in 1894. In WWI, they became indispensable weapons of war, used for signaling and providing illumination at night on the battlefield. The Central Powers flare gun used in WWI was a successful design, but had some drawbacks, leading to the design of a new type of flare gun by the Walther factory, which was patented and introduced in 1926. The “Leuchtpistole” was used by the military and also was marketed for civilian use. It was modified in 1934, with a shorter barrel, and this version went on to become the standard flare pistol of the Wehrmacht. In 1942, a new, stamped form of Leuchtpistole was introduced, the LP42, though the Walther 1934 model continued in production until 1943. During WWII, the flare pistol was widely issued and used on all fronts. Hundreds of thousands were made, but only a fraction of them still exist today.

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