Austria-Hungary Periscope for A-H 3,7-cm Infanteriegeschutz M.15

[Iver]

Friend has found this "piece" at home... should be periscope for Austro-Hungarian trench gun 3,7-cm Infanteriegeschutz M.15..

original colour, marked:

C. Reichert

WIEN

№ 1096

UK – (Austrian eagle and Hungarian coat of arms)

22 1 17

..unfortunatly (for me), he wants to sell it...

[Iver]

...and here it is "in action" during WWI... (photo from internet)

[Guest IMHF]

WWI had some very interesting mechanical wonders, this is the first time ever seeing one of these Austro-Hungarian trench guns. What was the max range of one of these weapon systems do you have any examples of the rounds it fire?

Thank you for sharing your information;)

Lorenzo

[Iver]

WWI had some very interesting mechanical wonders, this is the first time ever seeing one of these Austro-Hungarian trench guns. What was the max range of one of these weapon systems do you have any examples of the rounds it fire?

Thank you for sharing your information;)

Lorenzo

Lorenzo: ...here are some basic informations: http://www.landships.freeservers.com/37mm_infanteriegeschutz_m15.htm

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It talked about the periscope systems having problems, did they manufacture a second type to fix the issues? If they did is the one you posted the original first manufactred in 1916 which makes it more valuable or they just never made any changes to it..

Thank you for the link very good information to know;)

Lorenzo

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Out of curiosity if you still have this what does the recticle look like?