1918 to 1945

1937 PEM sniper scope with straight top mount for Mosin Nagant 91/30

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M84 sniper scope, used on M1D Garand

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1939 PEM scope with Tula made side rail mount for Mosin Nagant 91/30

P. Köhler Police scope with matching numbers SSR mount

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Karl Kahles, Wien, 4×60 “cad” on high turret mount

Opticotechna Dialytan 4x dow

Hensoldt Wetzlar Dialytan 4x “bmj” , used with single claw mount

Dr.W.Gerard M4x scope with unit markings still engraved

Ground dug ZF4 (ddx) scope and mount

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

Lance Corporal A P Proctor, 56th Division, cleaning his rifle, 24 November 1943.

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

1937 (Progress) PEM scope

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

ZF41 Carrying case with WaA542

Complete list of PU variants list by Alexander Yuschenko

No.32 MK III made by Alex Kershaw & Son

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Carl Zeiss Jena Zielvier 4×81 “ZF39”

Early model used by the Reichswehr from 1927

I.O.R. 4,25 X 28 scope used on VZ24 rifle

Ground dug ZF41. Some markings are still visible on the mount and carrying can.

ZF41/1 coded “dow” (Opticotechna G.m.b.H., Prerau, Czech)

ZF41/1 coded “gkp” (Rufs & Co, Kassel)

ZF41/1 coded “cxn” (Emil Busch A.-G., Optische Industrie, Rathenow)

Early ZF41 with flat rollers mount

“K.F.” (Kältefest) indicates that the scope was lubricated with cold-resistant grease “Invarol”

I.O.R. scope on VZ 24 sniper rifle

Aldis Scope with Alexander Martin mount for the P.14 rifle

Only 421 of these rifles were made

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

ZF41/1 coded “cxn” (Emil Busch A.-G., Optische Industrie, Rathenow)

The “M” marking meaning remains unknown

Dialytan 4x on high turret mount

“dkl” was the code of the manufacturer Josef Schneider Optische Werke in Bad-Kreuznach

ZF39 Leather protection caps

Romanian Sniper with VZ24 rifle and I.O.R. scope

1939 (Progress) PEM scope

1943 (Progress) SVT40 PU reworked for Mosin Nagant 91/30

Reichswehr Dr.W.Gerard Charlottenburg M4x

LSR K. Kahles Wien “cad” 4×60

1939 Kharkov Machine-Building Plant (FED) PEM

I.O.R. 4,25 x 28 used on VZ24

I.O.R. is the acronym for the name of Întreprinderea Optică Română (Romanian Optical Enterprise).

This major optics company established in 1936 in Bucharest, Romania

W.R. WEAVER CO. MOD. M73B1

PFC Edward Foley with the 36th division (Italy 1944)

USMC – J. Unertl

ZF41 Carrying Case (Type 4)

SSR Hensoldt Wetzlar Dialytan 4x

LSR Schneider Kreuznach Dialytan 4x dkl

C.Reichert 4x Carrying Case

1943 (GOMZ) PEM

Rare PEM scope made in 1943, during the siege of Leningrad. Note the simplified Smirnskiy mount, expedient canvas lens covers and brass tube, roughly made of loose parts due to the lack of materials during the siege.

1943 (Gomz) PEM

Rare PEM scope made in 1943, during the siege of Leningrad. It still has its original expedient canvas lens caps and cover. Izhevsk side rail mount

SS Dienstglas Ajack 4×90

Société Belge d’optique (Gand) for Belgian Mauser 1935 or 1936

1938 (PROGRESS) PEM

W.R. Weaver Co. Mod. M73B1