Hebel Model 1894

Hebel Model 1894
Hebel flare gun marked FL (Fritz Langenhan factory in Zella-Mehlis)
Type	Flare gun
Place of origin	German Empire
Service history
In service	1894-1945
Used by	German Empire Austria Hungary Belgium^[1] Nazi Germany
Wars	World War I World War II
Production history
Designed	1893?
Manufacturer	Greifelt, Fritz Langenhan, J. G. Anschütz^[2] and many others^[3]
Produced	1894-1918
Variants	Length varied from factory to factory
Specifications
Weight	1.8 kg (4.0 lb)^[3]
Length	36 cm,^[4] 23 cm

Caliber	26.5 mm (1.04 in)
Action	Single action
Feed system	Break action
Sights	Iron sights

Hebel Model 1894 was a flare gun used in both World Wars by various countries.

References

↑ http://www.dws-xip.pl/encyklopedia/hebel-b/ (in Polish)
↑ http://www.forumeerstewereldoorlog.nl/wiki/index.php/Hebel_Model_1894 (in Dutch)
1 2 http://www.flaregunforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=12
↑ Uwe Feist; Robert Johnson; Kurt Rieger (31 January 2009). Die Wehrmacht, Volume 2. Battle Born Books. p. 13. ISBN 978-0-615-22233-2.

Austro-Hungarian infantry weapons and equipment of World War I

Side arms

Revolvers	M1870 Gasser (Limited) Gasser-Kropatschek M1876 (Limited) Rast & Gasser M1898

Pistols	Roth-Steyr M1907 Steyr-Pieper M1908 Steyr-Pieper M1909 Frommer Stop Steyr M1912 Mauser C96 (Purchased) Dreyse M1907 (Purchased)

Rifles

Domestic	Werndl-Holub M1867 (Limited) Mannlicher M1886 Mannlicher M1888 Mannlicher M1890 Carbine Mannlicher M1893 Mannlicher M1895 Mannlicher-Schönauer Gewehr 1888 Mexican Mauser M1912

Foreign	Berdan rifle (Captured) Ottoman Mauser (in Ottoman Empire) Mosin-Nagant M1891 (Captured) Carcano M1891 (Captured) Type 30 (Captured) Type 38 (Captured)

Hand grenades

M15 stick grenade
M17 egg grenade
M17 stick grenade

Machine guns

Domestic	Salvator-Dormus M1893 Schwarzlose M.7 Škoda M1909 Schwarzlose M.7/12

Foreign	Perino M1908 (Captured) Maxim M1910 (Captured) Fiat-Revelli M1914 (Captured) Villar-Perosa M1915 (Captured) Madsen (Purchased)

Helmets

M16 Stahlhelm
M17 Stahlhelm
Berndorf helmet

Other equipment

Hebel M1894 flare gun

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