The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
No 9 Mk III field artillery gun sight. Black painted brass tube with areas of gray primer showing. The sight is made from lensatic prisms and features a magnification ring and also a focus ring. The magnification can be varied from 5 to 15 power. The cross hairs are of the thick bar kind and have no provisions for windage and elevation adjustments. Markings - TELESCOPE SIGHTING NO 9 MK III AUST; NO 104; GSO 1945.
This sight is believed to have been made at the Commonwealth Solar Observatory, Canberra (now Mount Stromlo Observatory) which turned from astronomical and solar science to optical munitions production during the Second World War.
No 9 Mk III Telescope made from brass tubing and fittings with multiple coated glass lenses in tube. The eyepiece is offset at 45 degrees. The focus ring has a variable magnification ring up to 16 pow
Telescope, sighting, No 9 Mk III storage case made from wood. The case is painted olive drab and features screwed metal hinges on the opening lid and two leather carry straps. Marked on the lid is 'T
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