The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
RbF 16 Artillery Dial Sight. Black exterior finish. Sight is marked Gesichsteld 10 (field of view degrees) and Verg 4 x (magnification) Marked C P Goerz, Berlin. It is also engraved L 65 B Converted by F Esmail and Sons Sydney 1941. The sight is contained within an Allied brown leather dial sight case. Under the flap of the case is marked 'Case No 7 Dial Sight No 4 Mk1.'
This dial sight is a panoramic telescope which was originally fitted to a German artillery piece, and was used by the crew to aim their weapon at an unseen target using compass directions. It was souvenired from a captured German '5.9 inch' (150mm) gun, abandoned at Razak, after severe aircraft attack.
During the Second world War, items of military use held by the Memorial were re-issued to the defence Department. This sight was converted by E Esdaile & Sons in Sydney in 1941 for use as training equipment on Australian artillery. The sight was returned to the Memorial after the War.
The dial sight comes with leather case. It is dated 1918. The sight was made by C.O Goerz Berlin, serial no 41006.
Brass and steel dial sight, converted from a German Rbl.F. 16 sight, captured during the First World War. The lower viewing aperture is missing the rubber eye rest but the sight is otherwise complete.
The Rbl.F. 16 is a panorama sight (Rundblickfernrohr ) which consists of a short telescope bent at right angles and surmounted by a moveable head. The head is fixed on a horizontal graduated table and
The Rbl.F. 16 is a panorama sight (Rundblickfernrohr ) which consists of a short telescope bent at right angles and surmounted by a moveable head. The head is fixed on a horizontal graduated table and
The Rbl.F. 16 was a panorama sight (Rundblickfernrohr ) which consisted of a short telescope bent at right angles and surmounted by a moveable head. The head was fixed on a horizontal graduated table
Optical artillery sight for use on First World War German field guns. The sight is made from machined steel, brass and optical quality glass. The sight components are screwed together using slotted he
600 mm long artillery dial sight bracket, onto the end of which is fitted a Goerz Panorama ferhnrohr dial sight. The device is covered with light corrosion. The dial sight number is illegible. Turkis
