1) In modern times, for at least the last 25 years or more, it is a pen flare launcher.
2) In olden times, flare pistols were a component of most if not all armoured vehicles. If you look at the kit stowage for most of the Cdn armour, you will see either the 1" flare pistol holster stowed, or (I think I have seen) a hole for the 1-1/2" pistol lugs.
As to wandering threads, that is a trait of an MLU thread. I am almost surprised, that after a chain of 8 response in a thread, we have not migrated to weather or English vocabulary by this point.
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