great big GERMAN scope (CARL ZEISS JENA) tank?arty

mrmike08075

1. 28" long * 3 1/2" diam
2. brass / steel / iron construction
3. at least 50 pounds in wieght
4. DATA PLACK:
CARL ZEISS
JENA
P. Sch.Z.C/47
4-(DIV.SIGN)20X(DIAMOND SIGN)17.5(DIV. SIGN)3,5(DEGREE SIGN)
"STYLIZED EAGLE"
M
12.7 cm S.K.C/34
M.P.L.C/34
No.101R

5. adjusting knobs:
Farbglas=
Wechsler

VergroBerung

Sehscharfe

yellow tinted lens(also red, and clear...)
crosshair with bottom line having an arrow top (looks like a bottom open triangle pointing towards were the hairs cross in the center of the lens

4-20 power (when you turn the "VergroBerung" knob the numbers visual through a window go from 4-20)

what the heck is it???
i will try to post pics later....
can anyone id this from the data plack???
an arty sight???
tank sight???
navel gun sight???

best regards, mike.

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1KYDSTR

This is a bit of a stab here but it COULD be the sight for a self propelled gun called the Hummel. It was the further developement of the original SP version, the Nashorn. The Nash used the long barreled 88 and the successor used a 127mm gun(I think!). Somewhere in the Placquard I saw 127 and that is where I base the guess; that and several other abreviations look like the ones for tank and gun. Hope someone else has a more definate idea!

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