British / German / Finnish Gun sight What is it ?

[Gspragge]

This is on Gunbroker, marked as British, copy of sight for German 7.7 96 N/a field gun, with SA on it and other
marks that look Finnish. Why the British designation ??? It certainly isn't a British dial sight !

 

[hangarman]

Hi Gspragg,
It looks like a British dial sight to me, but the Dial plate appears to be missing, though I am not an expert. They were used on QF 18 pdrs amongst others no doubt. Cheers Gary

 

[Tmine35]

Finland used a few types of British artillery in and after WW2. This type of British origin panoramic sight have been available in surplus sales here quite regularly.

 

[Gspragge]

But to me this a German design, not British at all ?

This image is the British sight -

 

[Tmine35]

German sights exist a large variety of different types - why not British?

 

[Quatermass]

I've looked in my handbooks and as hangarman says, IF it is No7 MK2, then its missing the dial plate, also the section with the scale graduation is non standard.

 

[kradman]

As Tmine35 has put you find alot of these sights in Finland marked with British ,Russian and German makers but normally the user text is changed to Finnish