Japanese Telemeter

[R.R]

Hi,


A friend offer me this telemeter as a Japanese WWII item, please I'd like to have some infos about it:

- Is this a Japanese WWII era telemeter?

- What is it's model and maker?

- It's painture is original from periode?

- One idea about it's value in actual condition?











Thanks and Regards,

Ricardo

[Papa Nambu]

It looks proper IJA WW2 and original Japanese Army brown paint. I don't know that manufacturer.

[Battery Command Post]

It's a nice looking thing, but just by it's design, I don't think it's likely to be a telemeter. The whole point of a telemeter is that the two scopes need to be set apart some distance in order to form the base of a triangle that can be used to calculate the distance to the object.

It looks more like a set of periscope binoculars to me, either general purpose or designed to fit to enother piece of equipment or a vehicle. I don't know enough about Japanese equipment to ID it properly.

I really do like it though.

Rob

[zwerge]

That is Tokyo Army Arsenal.

[zwerge]

This pic was labelled as a captured Japanese trench periscope.