Gunners Quadrants

[spotter]

!??!

Royal Army

What WOULD Colour Sargent Bourne have done with you, I wonder.

On a more serious note, if you see one of those on sale somewhere, keep me in mind.

RA= Royal Artillery

 

[kz11gr]

hello

i've seen this in a forum

but what is this ? artillery or not ?

:tinysmile_shy_t:

 

[Birdseye]

It look artillery, note the feet which are very similar to the ones already illustrated.

Any chance of getting a picture of the flip side?

 

[MissingSomething]

Any markings on it?

Looks to be missing the "leveling" part on the degree bar.

 

[Birdseye]

Any markings on it?

Looks to be missing the "leveling" part on the degree bar.

Looks like there are two screw holes on the bottom part of the bar, hole that are empty!!!!!

 

[kz11gr]

Sorry , only this picture without anything else.

 

[Howitzer155mm]

Hi all.

I got interested in collecting these things since I got #1 because of it's Hotchkiss mark. It is a Clinometer for a machine gun.

n.b. All of these things work on the same principle, you set an angle or range on the thing, you rest it on the cannon barrel, you raise the barrel until the bubble level shows "level". If you know the ballistics of a barrel/cartridge, the projectile should fall whare you want it to.​

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#2 Is an instrument that is marked (Upsidedown "V) P 920 with a funny "C" overlaying an "A" in a circle.

#3 is a classic design, French manufacture in this case. It has the inspection stamp of Col. Anus. Seriously. The exact one appears in the Am Ord catalog of 1894.

#4 is French by J. Carpentier. Made after 1888.

Nice collection of French clinometers:

1. Niveau de Pointage Mle 1918 - Hotchkiss machine gun clinometer
2. Unknown Model
3. Niveau de Pointage 1888-1900 - Artillery clinometer
4. Niveau Carpentier Mle 1916 - Mortar clinometer