firing pin

English

Cut-away view of an M14 antipersonnel landmine, showing the integral firing pin

Noun

firing pin (plural firing pins)

(firearms) the part of the firing mechanism which strikes the cartridge's primer to ignite the gunpowder.

Translations

part of the firing mechanism

Bulgarian: ударник (bg) m (udarnik)
Danish: slagstift c
Dutch: slagpin (nl) m

Italian: percussore (it) m
Japanese: 撃針 (gekishin)
Russian: уда́рник (ru) m (udárnik)

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