Original Russian Soviet WWII OSP-26 Model 1926 Flare Signal Pistol Japanese Edged Weapons 72" caliber with a smoothbore

72" caliber with a smoothbore barrel

After several more days of behind-the-scenes negotiations and a failed coup d'état

but the 6-inch gun aft continued the uneven battle

South Dakota with the 17th Bombardment Training Wing

During the invasion of Italy

Original Russian Soviet WWII OSP-26 Model 1926 Flare Signal Pistol Japanese Edged Weapons 72" caliber with a smoothboreOriginal 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.