Soviet 82mm M1938 Mortar Sight

**Woolgar** · 02-17-2020, 08:47 AM

This example is dated 1939.

I believe the 82mm Mortar was used in WW2 and the Korean, Vietnam and Afghan wars .

Nick

**Espenlaub Militaria** · 02-17-2020 08:47 AM

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**Adrian Stevenson** · 02-18-2020, 07:32 AM

Hi Nick, hard to find item here.

My mate owns a mortar.

Cheers, Ade.

**Woolgar** · 02-18-2020, 08:28 AM

Thanks Ade

I bet its even harder to find the mortar, lucky guy !

Nick

**kradman** · 02-18-2020, 01:52 PM

Is this not a Russian Artillery compass ?, I have found the same in Finland taken from the Russians as War booty and have a tripod somewhere for this model of compass

**Woolgar** · 02-18-2020, 02:53 PM

Perhaps it is... It was listed as a Mortar sight but you could be right.

I will research

Thanks

Nick

**Woolgar** · 02-18-2020, 02:59 PM

Here is a thread from 2016..

Soviet WWII artillery compass

Nick

**sargetom** · 02-20-2020, 12:42 AM

As a former US Army mortarman it looks to me like it might possibly be an aiming circle which would have been used to be sure that the sights of the four mortars in a section are operating from the correct azimith. Nothing worse than an incorrectly sighted mortar dropping rounds where you don't want them!!

**Marcel Banziger** · 02-20-2020, 07:37 AM

Really cool Nick. Now you need to find the mortar to go with it

**Woolgar** · 02-20-2020, 09:20 AM

by sargetom

As a former US Army mortarman it looks to me like it might possibly be an aiming circle which would have been used to be sure that the sights of the four mortars in a section are operating from the correct azimith. Nothing worse than an incorrectly sighted mortar dropping rounds where you don't want them!!

That makes sense Tom, thank you