Imperial OPTICAL Equipment (excl bino's)

[MG1918]

Driven by the range of optical accessories there are relating to the German WWI MG or trench use I thought it might be useful to start this. There already exists a thread on WWI binoculars. Trench items, MG and even artillery sights incl rangefinders could be interesting.

First One the Enfernungsmesser 14 The EM14 MG range finder. Who has one!!!!!! :>) Lots of different accessories to this too.

 

[Snaffles]

First One the Enfernungsmesser 14 The EM14 MG range finder. Who has one!!!!!! :>)

I do! I will try and post some photos later.
Great idea for a topic.
All the best
Michael

 

[Snaffles]

I can’t take any photos today, so am attaching a couple of photos taken in the 80’s - apologies for the lack of quality! I bought the rangefinder when I was a student. Will post some better photos when I can.

Alll the best
Michael

 

[Snaffles]

Finally got some time to get the range finder out of its case. It must be a few years since I last had it on display.


The tripod -


The range finder -




“Justierelatte” -

 

[Snaffles]

……. and finally, a photo showing the larger tripod in use -

 

[Tony without Kaiser]

Love it. What a great piece.

 

[J.LeBrasseur]

Very cool piece!

James

 

[cptbob]

Awesome. Are the optics still clear?

 

[gino1]

They also used this rangefinder in WWII, the difference is that the WWII had 3 German letters of the maker, see photo

 

[Snaffles]

Awesome. Are the optics still clear?

Yes, they are still clear.

 

[John Josef]

Very cool pieces thanks for sharing

 

[MG1918]

For SNAFFLES - Sir a great piece. I would be very much interested now in the details as I have seen many RFs brought into Swiss service and modified, or I guess from the Swiss perspective modernised. I am also finding too, not just RFs but the SF taken into Finnish service post WWI and WWII. Originally German but with small modifications. Yours is lovely and now I will have to try and look at it in detail, but without much reference material.
Thanks for posting.
Mark

 

[MG1918]

Some images taken from MG postcards. Typical German ingenuity to fit the smaller tripod into the longer wooden legs. Such a great idea!