1918 - 1945 Archives - Page 5 of 6 - Sniper scopes from 1900 to 1945

Ground dug ZF.4 scope & mount

Ground dug ZF4scope and mount. The “ddx” marking is still visible on the scope, corresponding to the manufacturer Voigtlander sohne AG in Braunschweig. Some of the rifle serial numbers are still visible on the mount.

Snipers with P14 & Periscopic Prism Co. LTD Mod. 1918

Snipers training at a sniper school in a French village, using P14 rifles with Periscopic Prim Co. Ltd Mod.1918 scopes (27 July 1944).

British Sniper with Enfield No.4 T rifle

Lance Corporal A P Proctor, 56th Division, cleaning his Enfield N°4T rifle. Italy, 24 November 1943.

Z.F.41 Oculus, Spezialfabrik Ophthalmologischer Instrumente, Berlin (ddv)

ZF41 coded “ddv” (Oculus, Spezialfabrik Ophthalmologischer Instrumente, Berlin)

USSR PEM sniper scope

1937 (Progress) PEM scope

Ground dug PEM sniper scope and mount

Ground dug Russian PEM sniper scope with its mount. Adjustement turrets still work, view through the scope is still possible and reticle remains perfect.

ZF41/1 Etablissement Barbier, Bénard et Turenne, Paris (kov)

ZF41/1 coded “kov” (Etablissement Barbier, Bénard et Turenne, Paris)

ZF41 Carrying case with WaA542

Type II ZF41 Carrying case with WaA542 and feldgrau paint. The corresponding K98k serial number

Complete list of PU variants list by Alexander Yuschenko

PU scope covers variations for SVT40 and Mosin 91/30 use

British No.32 Sniper Scope

During WWII, British snipers used the No.32 as main scope on the Lee Enfield rifle. Variations from MKI to MK IV were made and used even after 1945. This late one was manufactured by Alex Kershaw & Son in 1945.–