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Please help identify. Probably late 19th and early 20th centuries, Austria Hungary, found at the location of coastal artillery.



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One way to get a indication of the weapon these were designed for, it to look at the maximum range indicated on the sight; then compare to all the 9cm guns in Austro-Hungarian service.  Can you give the maximum range on the sight?

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Photos of two different gun sights (scale on one face in two rows with a shift of 1 mm, on the other in one row) 

1. The inner tube:  front side 56.5, right side 25. The outer tube: the front side 60, right side 46

2. The inner tube:  front side 56.5, right side 25. The outer tube: the front side 60, right side 46



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These appear to be sights for the Austro-Hungarian 9cm M75 field gun.  There are good detailed photos in Artyleria austro-węgierska w latach 1860-1890 by Łukasz Chrzanowski  printed in 2008, on pages 71, and 77 of sights of this type.

This is a link for a place to order the book:

http://www.poczytaj.pl/ksiazka/artyleria-austro-wegierska-w-latach-1860-1890-seria-architectura-et-ars-militaria-tom-16-lukasz-chrzanowski,68753?sesja=39538025257

 

Hope this helps.

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Thanks allot for your help. I was looking for gun sights usen in XIX century on the Internet, but did not find any pictures or descriptions. 



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There is also a lot of information and images of the Austro-Hungarian 9cm M1875 in this recent book (in English or German language) 

http://www.militaria.at/Book.aspx?book=476476&Language=en

Hope this helps

 

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Thank you Ralph.



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