An Orion-brand single shot, breech loaded, 12 gauge flare gun. Its design is highly typical of commercially available flare guns.

A flare gun is a gun that shoots flares. They are a common item in rescue kits. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1024 × 768 pixel, file size: 107 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) An Orion-brand single shot, breech loaded, 12 gauge flare gun. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1024 × 768 pixel, file size: 107 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) An Orion-brand single shot, breech loaded, 12 gauge flare gun. ... Please wikify (format) this article as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... Breech from Russian 122 mm M1910 howitzer, modified and combined with 105mm H37 howitzer barrel An interrupted screw style breech plug in the M109 howitzer An animation showing the loading cycle for a large naval breech-loader. ... The Gauge or bore of a shotgun is a unit of measurement used to express the diameter of the barrel. ... A World War I-era parachute flare dropped from aircraft for illumination. ... Rescue refers to operations that usually involve the saving of life, or prevention of injury. ...

Flare guns are sometimes called Very pistols (and misspelt as verey pistol), this term was named after Edward Wilson Very (1847–1910), an American naval officer who developed and popularized a single-shot breech-loading snub-nosed pistol that fired flares. Modern varieties are frequently made out of brightly-colored, durable plastic. A World War I-era parachute flare dropped from aircraft for illumination. ...

The older type of very pistol, typical of the type used in the second world war, are of one inch bore. Newer models fire smaller 12-gauge flares. In some countries, such as the United Kingdom where possession of fire arms is strictly controlled, the use of very pistols as emergency equipment on boats is less common than, for example, the USA. The Gauge or bore of a shotgun is a unit of measurement used to express the diameter of the barrel. ... Gun politics in the United Kingdom, in similarity with gun politics in Australia, places its main considerations on how best to ensure public safety and how deaths involving firearms can most effectively be prevented. ...

Flare guns may be used whenever someone needs to send a help signal. The flares must be shot directly above, making the signal visible for a longer period of time and revealing the position of whoever is in need of help. Look up help in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A distress signal is an internationally recognized means of obtaining help by using a radio, displaying a visual object or making noise from a distance. ...

While not intended as a weapon, they have been used as one in emergencies. In 1942, at Pembrey Airfield in Wales, a German pilot mistakenly landed at the field. The Duty Pilot, Sgt. Jeffreys, did not have a conventional weapon; he grabbed a Very pistol and used that to capture the German pilot, Oberleutnant Arnim Faber. Pembrey Airport is located in Pembrey Carmarthenshire, in Wales. ... Oberleutnant is a rank of the German military which dates from the early 19th century. ...

Flare guns have also been used in fiction as weapons. In the movies Captain Ron and Sahara, they were used to shoot at boats, and in Sahara, an automobile. In the film version of From Russia with Love, James Bond, while being chased by boat, uses one to ignite floating fuel to deter those chasing him. In the film Hackers, Angelina Jolie's character fires a flare gun to distract a security guard, referring to it as her 'subway defence'. In the Tim Dorsey novel Florida Roadkill, a man was accidentally shot and killed with one. In Season 2 of the television series 24, Jack Bauer shoots a terrorist in the chest with a flare gun from a plane's wreckage. In The Breakfast Club, the character Brian states that he is in Saturday detention because a flare gun went off accidentally in his locker. He admits that he was contemplating using it to commit suicide. in the first episode of supernatural dean kills a wendigo with one. In the video game TimeSplitters Future Perfect, the flare gun is featured as a powerful one-shot weapon and in The Ship it is used as a weapon to ignite quarries (Uses the same model as picture). In the PC game Blood the flare gun is the first ranged weapon the player encounters and a staple throughout the game, capable of igniting enemies with a single hit (though this does not kill them immediately). In the classic Erich Maria Remarque novel All Quiet on the Western Front, the narrator's classmate and friend Mueller is killed when he is shot point blank with a "Verey light," causing him to suffer in great pain before his death. Captain Ron is a 1992 film starring Martin Short and Kurt Russell. ... “Car” and “Cars” redirect here. ... For the video game, see From Russia with Love (video game). ... “007” redirects here. ... Hackers is a 1995 film that follows the misfortunes of the young hackers Dade Murphy (Crash Override/Zero Cool, played by Jonny Lee Miller), Kate Libby (Acid Burn, played by Angelina Jolie) and their friends. ... Angelina Jolie (born June 4, 1975) is an American film actress, a former fashion model and a Goodwill Ambassador for the UN Refugee Agency. ... Tim Dorsey (born 1961) is an American novelist. ... Cover of US paperback edition of Florida Roadkill Florida Roadkill is the first book in the unnamed series of books by Tim Dorsey which were centered on his character Serge Storms. ... 24 (twenty four) is a current U.S. television action/drama series, produced by the Fox Network and syndicated worldwide. ... The Breakfast Club is a 1985 teen film widely considered as the definitive work in the genre. ... For other uses, see Suicide (disambiguation). ... Look up Supernatural in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The Wendigo (also Windigo, Windago, Windiga, Witiko, and numerous other variants)[1] is a malevolent cannibalistic spirit into which humans could transform, or which could possess humans, appearing in Algonquian mythology. ... TimeSplitters Future Perfect is a first person shooter video game developed by Free Radical Design and published by EA Games for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, and GameCube video game consoles. ... Wardour St hostelry used by musicians in 1960s 70s and 80s; now a gay pub. ... Blood is a PC game developed by Monolith Productions and distributed by GT Interactive. ... Erich Maria Remarque (June 22, 1898 – September 25, 1970) was the pseudonym of Erich Paul Remark, a German author. ... For the films, see All Quiet on the Western Front (1930 film) and All Quiet on the Western Front (1979 film). ...

In the Deep Purple song Smoke on the Water (which refers to a real event), a Swiss fan of Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention shot a flare gun into the ceiling, causing a fire. This article is about the rock band. ... Smoke on the Water is a famous and influential rock song by British rock band Deep Purple. ...

External links

• History of the Very pistol with many examples
• Pembrey Airfield History