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Detail Info
Object ID
1998.122.034
Access Number
1998.122
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Sight, Military
Other Name
Vickers Gun Clinometer Sight Mk III
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FIREARMS & ORDNANCE
ARMES À FEU ET MUNITIONS
Vickers Gun Clinometer Sight Mk III
Sight, clinometer, Mk III, for Vickers .303". Also noted as a Vickers MMG level.
There may be a second sight that has not been accessioned and labelled. IT MAY HAVE A RADIATION TAG #008123 ON IT.
Used for sighting long range fire or a fixed line of fire for a Vickers .303 inch machine gun. The top of the clinometer sight contains a spirit level and at each end there is a brass and steel winder that can depress or elevate the clinometer from minus twenty degrees to plus twenty degrees. The brass scale is graded in five degree units. A dove tailed steel base plate has been fitted to allow attachment to a Vickers machine gun.
CONFIRM - RETURNED TO DONOR - POSSIBLY IN 2011

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