Handflammpatrone

The hand is a flash cartridge ordnance, which was used from 1965 to 2001 by the Bundeswehr. Hand flame cartridges produce glare and fire effect, fire their body charge flames after the impact of lightning and develops intense heat and smoke.

Generally

Manufactured by Buck Chemical- Technical Werke GmbH, which used primarily in the local fight and in the fight for positions or developed to fight dismounted done (on foot) infantry, occasionally also in the fight against tanks or vehicles. When used against armored vehicles they are blinded and are not capable of fighting, under very favorable conditions this fall on fire.

The manual flash cartridge has a range of about 90 meters and consists of a yellow olive shell casing and fawn -off device, which are rigidly connected. The font of the live cartridge is strawberry.

The German Army also had a practice round. This corresponds in shape and weight of the original, but is distinguished by the light- blue marker the cartridge with fawn colored inscription and contains a representation of the body with Kalkfüllung for detecting a hit.

Both cartridges can be used only once.

Function

After pulling the trigger of the fire body of red phosphorus is ejected without delay and at high pressure. Does he beat after a flight distance of at least 8 m on a hard object, it bursts and releases the fire material freely or it will s ignited after 1.3 to 2.5 by a Zerlegesatz, then this corresponds to a flight distance of 50 to 90 m. The fire fabric is spread over an area of approximately 15 m wide and 50 m long and burns with a 1,300 ° C.