Rangefinder

Rangefinder
The picture shows an E-Messmann (range taker) of the German Luftwaffe with telestereoscopic rangefinder Em 1m R36 serving a 2 cm FlaK-Vierling 38 by ESCI.

Rangefinders, are used at long distances and on all occasions where accuracy in shooting is required, to determine the elevation angles for a particular shot at a projected range. For field use, the micrometer telescope is most convenient, because it requires neither time nor preparation. S. Micrometers and Measuring Instruments.

Military Rangefinders

  • Enfernungsmesser Em 0,9m R.
  • Enfernungsmesser Em 1m R36
    • Flak-Gunners of the Luftwaffe (DAK), 1:35 Tamiya 35343
    • German Anti-Aircraft (AA) Crew, 1:72 CAESAR H089
    • 2 cm L/112,5 FlaK-Vierling 38, 1:72 ESCI 8366
  • Scherenfernrohr für Fußartillerie 10×, Carl Zeiss Wien
  • Distanzmesser 11×70 M. 15 Z., Carl Zeiss Wien
  • Winkelfernrohr 15×60 3,3° M. 17 Z., Carl Zeiss Wien
  • Scherenfernrohr 10×50 S.F. 14.Z.Gi. H/6400
  • Kleines Scherenfernrohr 8×24 HUET PARIS H/6400
  • Scherenfernrohr 8×24, SRPI Puteaux
  • Scherenfernrohr 10×45 ACT/AST, UDSSR/NVA
  • Winkelfernrohr 15×60 18 M. Szögtávcső, MOM – Magyar Optikai Művek
  • Winkelfernrohr 15×83 35 M. Szögtávcső, E.P. GOERZ Wien
  • Rangefinder, Infantry, № 2 (№ 12), Barr & Stroud
  • 1-meter Coincidence Range Finder 15× M1916, US Army
  • Range Finder T37
  • Range Finder M12 (M47 Tank)
  • Range Finder M13 (M48 Tank)
  • Range Finder M17C (M60 Tank)

Civilian Rangefinders

Ultrasonic rangefinder.
  • GT-UDM-07 Ultrasonic Distance Meter (Sonomicrometry), Workzone

Source: Rumpf, H. F.: Allgemeine Real-Encyclopädie der gesammten Kriegskunst (Berl. 1827)

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