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It has been a couple of years since I filled one out, but use the "implemements of war" section and for "name and address of manufacturer", put "Germany circa WWII." Then list the parts you want to get and the quantity. The ATF will stamp on the Form 6 "no firearms" and "not to include fully automat...

Well, I think it was made post-war by the french for their own use. It should have two words on it and it would be nice to know what they are. One seems to be "sitometre". Is there another word on it? Pretty neat item.

One more thing: this sight may in fact be post war. The writing on it is not in German, but appears to be French: "sitometre" if Iam reading it right. Also, the color is not correct for a German WWII sight. There were two optics companies co-opted to make MGz40 sights for the Germans in WWII: code L...

Code Nazis like me would like to know the three letter code on the sight.

I need two more codes to have at least one of each.

Yes, the bunker mounts are right hand, as are many of the armoured vehicle mounts.

Now you need the feed tray and you are good to go.

The code book by Heidler says ""Richard Herder, Stahlwaren-u. Werkzeugfabrik"

bmj was issued as a code in Feb 1941 and cxn issued as a code in March 1941

That is a nice rangefinder.

That's a nice setup. No, the rangefinder and tripod would not be from 1937 because three letter codes were not in use at that time. It really looks good. (bmj = Hensoldt )

railsplitter wrote:Actual auction listing
2529. German WWII Prismatic Optical Sight for an MG42 or MG1 Machine Gun. Sight attaches to the tripod. Overall condition is near new with all accessories. (02-1149 / BK / BS). Est. $ 600 - 1000

The initial decsription said it was post war. So, did you win it?

Uh oh, another one of those Cav guys

railsplitter wrote:Can anyone identify & date (approx) this , I'm guessing post war MG 42 sight (minty condition)?

That picture is from the web site of the Poulin Auction going on this weekend and the item description is wrong. it is not postwar.

Whoops. I know someone that told me about firing his mg34 from a lafette and there was a stoppage. He thought he cleared the weapon and then opened the top cover. He then removed the buttstock and main spring and worked on oiling the receiver or something. No top cover, mainspring, feedtray, buttsto...

eds, i am afraid i dont have pictures at hand eds. I have seen a few, and http://www.germanmilitaria.co.uk/mg34.htm seem to also think it is a ww2 object. Why do you discredit it to be post war, what have you been told and seen ? Tom Hello That is a nice web site. Please note that the wooden transi...

Gowert wrote:i am very sure i do know the difference i own a Mg34 myself

So show us the pictures. I would really like to see a post war attachement on in a mg34 in WWII.

The rubber eye cup from the artillery sight that I have does fit on the MGz40 sight, but the shape of my artillery sight is not 100% the same as the one in the pic. Also, I think the dimmers were issued with the EmR36 rangefinder, but they could be used with any optical equipment

Well, a little late, but I was there Thurs, Fri and Sat

tomcatshaas wrote:was there ever an inverted image version, like the old cameras, the image is upside down ??

TC

Well, I know what you have been looking at, and the answer I think is "no." I have 8 of these scopes, but none are the "rare" inverted image model. However, I could be wrong.

I have disassembled and cleaned the lenses and prism on my MGZ40. It's risky, since those little tiny screws are easy to strip out and destroy the slotted heads or the threads. I only attempted it since the screws were not corroded in place. Rust is not nice to tiny machine screws. After wiping the...