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Re: Id german optical equipment

Postby Sturm78 on 04 Mar 2012 15:37

Thank you for your images, Arto O

Here, a german soldier with an Entfernungsmesser 34 (EM34) 0.7M rangefinder

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Re: Id german optical equipment

Postby Sturm78 on 26 Mar 2012 08:56

Hi all,

Two images more: Entfernungsmesser 34 (EM34) 0.7M rangefinder on large and on small tripod

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Re: Id german optical equipment

Postby Sturm78 on 24 Apr 2012 14:44

Hi all,

Does anyone know the correct designation and purpose of this optical equipment?

See also Pag.2 of this thread. viewtopic.php?f=20&t=146903&start=15

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Re: Id german optical equipment

Postby Clive Mortimore on 24 Apr 2012 20:39

Sturm78 wrote:Hi all,

Does anyone know the correct designation and purpose of this optical equipment?

See also Pag.2 of this thread. viewtopic.php?f=20&t=146903&start=15

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Hi Sturm

I have just google translated Leitrichtgerät stellung and the best translation is Guidance directional position device. Could it be for tracking the shell burst and so that corrections could be made. The director and height finder were for tracking the emeny aircraft.

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Re: Id german optical equipment

Postby Sturm78 on 30 Apr 2012 18:36

Hi all,

cinetheodolite:

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Re: Id german optical equipment

Postby Sturm78 on 10 May 2012 21:17

Hi all,

Another cinetheodolite:

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Re: Id german optical equipment

Postby Sturm78 on 11 May 2012 10:44

Hi all,

Optical sight of a German artillery piece. I think an 15cm sFH18 howitzer: Zeiger-Zieleinrichtung 34 ?

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Re: Id german optical equipment

Postby Sturm78 on 17 May 2012 10:45

Hi all,

Rare binoculars:

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Re: Id german optical equipment

Postby Sturm78 on 06 Jul 2012 11:06

Hi all,

I think Entfernungsmesser 36 (EM36) 1M rangefinder but I am not sure

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Re: Id german optical equipment

Postby Dragons Hunter on 02 Aug 2012 12:05

Sturm78 wrote:Hi all,

Not german but.... :roll: Can somebody identify this italian equipment? Purpose?? :?

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Hi Sturm,
this is a "Telegrafo Ottico Faini Triulzi", an optical telegraph for MORSE signals.
It could be used without knowing the morse code.
you can see it in this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRTxMPIA4TE&feature=plcp
The video is shooted near Genoa in 1940
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Re: Id german optical equipment

Postby Sturm78 on 04 Aug 2012 11:27

Thank you very much for your help, Massimo. :D

Very interesting video!

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Re: Id german optical equipment

Postby Sturm78 on 22 Aug 2012 10:52

Hi all,

Any idea about the purpose of this device??

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Re: Id german optical equipment

Postby Carl Schwamberger on 23 Aug 2012 23:38

My first guess is it is a sight for a howitzer of long range gun, removed and set on the tripod for training purposes. We had small "subcaliber" guns that could be fired from a tripod to train cannon crews in the drill for indirect fire. The trough like device on the right side might a the mount for a similar item. It might also be a mount for a direct fire sight, or a alignment device. We had mounts for calibrating these sights, but they were mounted on work benches, not flimsey tripods.

It might be a artillery survey device, but it looks like none I've seen, and the upper optical section the soldier is looking at is very similar to the indirect fire sight on most cannon.

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Re: Id german optical equipment

Postby Sturm78 on 01 Sep 2012 19:19

Thank you for your reply, Carl.

Can anyone identify this rangefinder?

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Re: Id german optical equipment

Postby Sturm78 on 30 Sep 2012 19:45

Hi all,

German portable binoculars. Model ??? :?

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