Description
The pistol consists of a brass body, a steel striker, and a safety cap. The upper part of the body has six notches to receive the stop pin of the safety clip. The lower end is of reduced diameter to fit into the detonator. There are twelve depressions around the pistol body to hold the tab locking device. The striker is threaded on the upper end to take the pressure plate, while the lower end carries a blunt firing pin. An aluminum shear wire passes through the striker and pistol bodies, and holds up the striker. The steel safety cap is slotted to receive the safety clip, which goes through these slots and under the pressure plate. Under the safety cap is the safety-cap spring, which serves to throw the cap free when the safety clip is removed. The safety pin passes through the ends of the arms of the safety clip.
The Pistol No. 29 is like the No. 34 except that it has no holes in the top of the vane cap, and it has a bronze shear wire. The No. 29 is an obsolescent pistol and is being converted to the No. 34 because its spring cannot push the safety cap off under certain circumstances. Later issues of Pistol No. 29 Mk I have holes cut in the safety cap, making it identical to Pistol No. 34.
Functioning
No information about functioning.
See Also
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Source(s)
OP 1665, British Explosive Ordnance (1946)
