Original Russian Soviet WWII OSP-26 Model 1926 Flare Signal Pistol Japanese Edged Weapons South Dakota with the 17th

South Dakota with the 17th Bombardment Training Wing

Also included is a printed copy of Lt

72" caliber with a smoothbore barrel

We were put back on a truck and took us to a train terminal at Munster and placed on a train and were transported to Frankfurt

The areas where the nickel has flaked have developed a thickly oxidized brown patina with some minor surface roughness

Original Russian Soviet WWII OSP-26 Model 1926 Flare Signal Pistol Japanese Edged Weapons South Dakota with the 17thOriginal Item: Only One Available. The OSP 26 or Model 1926 Soviet flare gun was developed at the Izhevsk Weapons Factory (aka Izhevsk Arsenal) by lead designer V. Fedorov. The Izhevsk Triangle with arrow logo is marked on the top of this flare gun. The OSP 26 was in heavy use for more than 30 years and for a time was the most common signal pistol of Red Army in WWII. It was used in the Soviet Japan conflict, Soviet Finnish Winter War and during WW2.