Pyrotechnic pen-type pistol/discharger, from miniflare signal kit 16mm No.1 Mk 3, 1985 (c).
The kit consists of a spring-loaded pen-type pistol/discharger, a green plastic case with holes for eight catridges and three blank cartridges. 
Collected by Hugh Pierson while serving in Germany.

These miniflares are mostly used as distress flares. But in Germany, they were also used as a substitute for the main armament of an armoured vehicle, being ‘fired’ at opposing vehicles as British Forces ‘battled’ each other in training.

Associated with British Forces Germany (1945-), British Army of the Rhine (1945-).