Original Japanese WWII 35mm Type 10 Flare Signal Pistol - Serial 6314 Display Guns & Parts Sets On 19 February 1942

On 19 February 1942

during the ramped up production at the beginning of the Civil War

and on 1 May 1945 the Marine division was moved south where it relieved the Army's 27th Infantry Division

17" across the Trunnions

Original Japanese WWII 35mm Type 10 Flare Signal Pistol - Serial 6314 Display Guns & Parts Sets On 19 February 1942Original Item: Only one Available. This is a very nice example of the Japanese 35mm Type 10 Flare Signal pistol, the mainstay of the Imperial Japanese Army during WWII. The designation comes from the year it was introduced, 1921, which the Japanese called Taisho 10 (the tenth year of the Taisho Emperor's reign, Hirohito's father). It is a single shot, single barrel, double action only unit that fires a 35mm flare. This was the second most common of