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In Reply to: RE: see my post and attachment above. posted by Timbo in Oz on July 03, 2017 at 18:56:13
See here on Fairey Swordfish ..... Same thing, well, similar thing .....
Cheers,
John K
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Vals had fixed bomb sights mounted to the cowl directly in front of the pilot. Actually a rather well-made optical device. Not sure why the Kate or Jill didn't get one?I believe it's made by Nihon-Kogaku Optics (old triangle symbol) --- which made Nikon cameras and lenses, after the war.
Edits: 07/03/17 07/03/17
See the link -
A lot of WWI aviation gun sight history - Check out The Hutton Sight about half way down - interesting and gives ideas where the funny shapes might come from.
Cheers,
John K
It's surprising how little info there is on the internets regarding Imperial Japanese Navy cowling mounted sighting devices :-)
There could be an opening there for somebody to gather what little there is together.
Cheers,
John K
Unfortunately, the Japanese did not keep as good records of their weapons and unit histories --- as the Allies and Germany did. Prolly about as confusing and undocumented as the early Soviet units and armor of WW2.
The first good books on Japanese IJA armor tactics and airplane engines just came out, in the last year or two. It takes a lot of research to write these books.
is the Val has two forward firing 7.7mm MGs in the cowling. So, the optic sight was used to line up airborne and well as land (or sea) targets.
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