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Ralph Lovett


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I recently picked up a Russian non-recoil artillery sight in Latvia.  The sight likely is from the 1880-1918 period.  See attachment for the marking. 

I think the 3.3 is 3.3 inches or 83mm.  The problem is this does not correspond to a gun that I have notes on.  Any ideas about the markings or which artillery piece this goes to would be appreciated.

 

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Ralph Lovett



 



-- Edited by Ralph Lovett on Saturday 8th of February 2014 10:13:38 PM

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Hello, Ralph.
Your transcription doesn't mean a thing for me, you have to post some sort of photo.

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Well, I am not sure that the camera has picked up the detail well but I have attached the images.  I believe that the PDF image in my first post gives the most clear interpretation of the Cyrillic markings. 

The range scale is from 0 to 180.  Presumably this is from 0 meters to 1800 meters for this direct fire sight.  Of course this could be to 18,000 meters but that seems very unrealistic for a direct fire sight.

Any thoughts about which non recoil Russian artillery piece used this sight is greatly appreciated.

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Ralph Lovett



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