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Gun sight to be ID'ed
- Thread starter doppz92
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I just happened to chance across the same sight on Ebay. It is a telescope, panoramic, M12(?), for the 105mm Howitzer. Cheers, Bruce.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/105MM-Howi...111560?hash=item48e33d9e48:g:Bj0AAOSw6rFej5eV
https://www.ebay.com/itm/105MM-Howi...111560?hash=item48e33d9e48:g:Bj0AAOSw6rFej5eV
Thanks bacarnal, definitely M12, but I think quite likely an earlier model, as used during WW2.
After some internet research I found that it could be the M12A2, but impossible to tell since the markings were erased for some reason.
Interestingly, this panoramic telescope is still manufactured:
https://www.seilerinst.com/divisions/manufacturing/products/fire-control-products/m101-m102/m12a7/ in the US but also in Brazil: http://www.ares.ind.br/new/en/optical/panoramic-sight-m12.php
After some internet research I found that it could be the M12A2, but impossible to tell since the markings were erased for some reason.
Interestingly, this panoramic telescope is still manufactured:
https://www.seilerinst.com/divisions/manufacturing/products/fire-control-products/m101-m102/m12a7/ in the US but also in Brazil: http://www.ares.ind.br/new/en/optical/panoramic-sight-m12.php