The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Artillery dial sight, 13 degrees x 3 magnification with cross level and flat bar dovetail guide. Numbers on azimuth scale are in arabic,while those on the dovetail correspond to '333-334' - possibly the gun numbers. Maker's name and place of manufacture is inscribed on the upper optic, together with 'Panorama Fernrohr 18233' and 'DRP 156039'. The latter number corresponds to a patent number. The maginification and angle of view is incribed on the other side. The sight is finished in dark grey, with bright finished brasswork.
This sight was found in Palestine, and would have been used for laying a gun for indirect fire by means of an auxiliary aiming point. The style was copied in later years by the Japanese and used with the Type 92 howitzer. Model number of this sight is not known.
Panoramic 3 power sight for artillery weapons. Markings: Impressed into dial plate "1488A", left side of upper prism holder "3 x 13 degrees/NIKKO/ No.21028/ JES (screw in Japanese) The sight incorpror
Artillery panoramic sight, inscribed with the manufacturer's details: 'San Giorgio S.A.I Genova -Sestri' and serial number: 'Ma 2252(7)?' Two sighting mechanisms marked 'Parallellismo' and 'Direzion
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.
French 155 mm gun dial sight (goniometer). Inscribed with 'No A403'. Item is 250mm in height, with a cylindrical stem, which mounts in the sight holder. Rotation of the device is achieved using a v
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