This is a really nice souvenir piece and coming from the most famous gun of the war whatever it's actual role in the sighting / obs system i like it !!
This is a really nice souvenir piece and coming from the most famous gun of the war whatever it's actual role in the sighting / obs system i like it !!
The gates of hell were opened and we accepted the invitation to enter" 26/880 Lance Sgt, Edward Dyke. 26th Bn Northumberland Fusiliers , ( 3rd Tyneside Irish )
1st July 1916
Thought shall be the harder , heart the keener,
Courage the greater as our strength faileth.
Here lies our leader ,in the dust of his greatness.
Who leaves him now , be damned forever.
We who are old now shall not leave this Battle,
But lie at his feet , in the dust with our leader
House Carles at the Battle of Hastings
Still no luck on determining this optics true purpose!
I have been told that few examples of it are in Eyes Of the Wehrmacht by Stephen Rohan, but the book is no longer being printed!
Also, could a mod kindly change the title of the thread to "Flak 88 monocular"?
Thank you kindly walkwolf!
The lack of a reticule isn't necessarily odd- I have a definite gunsight from a Sturmgeschütz (and other vehicles) that doesn't have one- it was removed, perhaps to 'de-mil' it. In my case the reticule is marked on a separate little piece of glass, so it's possible that was the case here too.
And since the actual 8,8cm cannon-armed Tiger's sight, the TZF9b, had a maximum magnification of only 5x, I would wonder if this doubly-powerful 10x telescope was normally for engaging ground targets- it seems excessive. Since it was a secondarly purpose, I'd think it more likely this scope was for its usual antiaircraft function; afterall, ground targets are engaged at maybe 1000m, while air targets would regularly be at 9000m+, so you need a powerful telescope to see them...
Ohhhhh- pillage then burn...
Has anyone seen something similar? .... has about 10-13 cm ... "AUSSEN ENDE"
is not found in an abandoned airport, is found between two functional airports, a few miles between airports, those airports was often Luftwaffe bases, around is filled with cartridges, ID tag and other pieces of aluminum ... full of USA cartridge/ tube .... from B24 Liberator ....
... is the protection cap for the cable roll from FLAK 88 , or Flak-Scheinwerfer ???
... POSSIBLE a bomb head protector during transport? ... a lavatory cistern valve from a JU2??
Thank You !
uhh, what is the purpose of posting a non pertinent question a thread regarding my 88 monocular?
yes ... I thought I found some experts in FLAK 88 ... or artillery ... because there is little posts on FLAK 88 .
I'll open another Thread .
sorry about that!
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