Posted 11 years ago
Chubbles23
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I know this is a long shot but I am hoping you can help. My father gave me a WWI era viewing scope he "liberated" in Germany in 1944 and brought back to the US. On the top is an inscription that says Carl Zeiss JENA along with some other words I cannot make out. On the side is an inscription that says Gesichtsfeld 10 and Verga 4X. Also there is an inscription that says L264 1913. Please let me know if you can assist or if you can direct me to someone who might. Thank you.
German flak artillary gun sight. The Rbl. F. Flak is used with heavy antiaircraft guns for indirect fire against ground targets and for reciprocal laying. A modified type is designed for use with the predictor. When mounted in their respective sockets with the azimuth scales set to zero, the line of sight of the panoramic telescope on the predictor is 180° from that of the predictor telescope. The reason for the eyepiece of the gun sight being 90° from the axis of the gun is for convenience as the operator can stand at the right side of the gun and look into the sight at right angles to the axis of the gun.
The German word for it is Rundblickfernrohr.
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Thank you so much! Do you have an idea of when this was manufactured?
No sorry, you need to continue the research, figure out the model number, and you will have your answer ;)
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I gave the U.S. equivalent away about 2 yrs ago. Mine had the soft rubber accordion eye shield. Very precise instruments.