One of the most useful and important pieces of field gear for combat is the field glass, or binocular.
Tying in to my interest in rifles with optics is my interest in binos and such. I would liketo build a collection of these.
As you likely know, they evolved from commercially marked, and later had three letter codes for the manufacturers (e.g, blc, cag, etc.) Materials, finish, and configuration changed over the course of the war, but the design remained largely consistent.
The presence of a rangefinding/direction reticle is marked externally with the 'H/6400' marking, denoting angle increments in mils (360 degrees equals 6400 mils, a more accurate system which is used in artillery plotting primarially)
Please post your German military binos, I think it would be a nice compliment for this forum.
In that spirit, here is a set of E. Leitz, Wetzlar 6x30 Dienstglas binos with the H/6400 markings. Aluminum objective, leather grip, and bakelite eyecups. (one of which is cracked, anyone have a replacement set?) Great optics, Lietz has a longtime reputation for quality optics.
Jeff
The first models of this binocular - rln, under about 85 000 serial numbers were painted black, and did not have coating on the lenses. Around 88 000 manufacture the color on the body and objective tubes was dark gray and on the top and the bottom plates and objective rings was painted black. Carl Zeiss Jena blc, Dienstglas 10X50 Manufacturer/Model: Carl Zeiss Jena, Dienstglas 10X50. Field of View: 7.3 deg = 128 m/1,000 m; APFOV 51 deg. Weight: 891 gr. Exit Pupil: 5 mm. Serial #/Year of Manufacture: 15906 = 1943-1944. Notes: The blc marking on the right prism plate is the German wartime code for the manufacturer, Carl Zeiss Jena.
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