H48851 MG34/42 OPTICAL PERISCOPE FIRING SIGHT. (Periskop) 

BACKGROUND: Among other restrictions, the Treaty of Versailles banned Germany from developing any type of heavy machine gun. To circumvent this German development of an all purpose machine gun were secretly being done in Switzerland in the early 1930's. By 1934 designer Louis Stange of the Rheinmetall armaments factory had made improvements to the secret machine gun developed in Switzerland and the MG34 was introduced as an all purpose selective fire weapon. In spite of the relatively high production cost the MG34 was accepted by the Wehrmacht Ordnance department and deliveries of the MG34 began in 1936. The MG34 came equipped with a wide variety of accessories including assorted optical enhancement devices. 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Magnetic sheet metal construction, two power magnification periscope sight. The sight consists of a roughly 4 5/8" long, 1 1/2" wide, 1 7/8" tall, central body with a 1 1/8" diameter, 2 5/8" long, extended ocular arm to one side and a 1 1/4" diameter 7/8" long, extended objective arm to the other side. The objective arm is adjustable and has a wingnut tightening bolt. The objective arm fits snugly on to the ocular end of the MG ZF34 and MG ZF40 sights enabling the operator to keep a lower profile. The optics are still quite crisp and clear. The sight retains about 75% of its original field-grey paint, with small spots of wear revealing the reddish primer paint and the base metal with light to moderate surface spotting. The sight is well marked with black inkstamped waffen-amt and manufacturers code that appears to be, "fvs", indicating manufacture by, Spindler & Hoyer Mechan. u Optische Werkstätte K.-G. Interesting MG optical accessory.

GRADE ***1/2                             PRICE $750.00

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