Sold: rangefinder canadian 1942

[WayneR]

Hi Eric

What is it off of?


Thanks
Wayne

[NORTH-SHORE(CANADA)]

Originally Posted by WayneR

Hi Eric

What is it off of?


Thanks
Wayne

I am French Canadian and i don't know what you mean by this

[NORTH-SHORE(CANADA)]

Make me a offer !

[WayneR]

What was the range finder mounted to if anything? I am trying to figure out what unit or trade would have used it?

[NORTH-SHORE(CANADA)]

Hi,
I don't know a bypode maybe???? i found it like that!

[horsa]

The short black backlite parts are handles. This pattern could be hand-held or mounted in the centre to a tripod as needed since it is only three feet long.

[NORTH-SHORE(CANADA)]

Originally Posted by horsa

The short black backlite parts are handles. This pattern could be hand-held or mounted in the centre to a tripod as needed since it is only three feet long.

Hi,
sound right !

[Tony Smith]

Originally Posted by WayneR

What was the range finder mounted to if anything? I am trying to figure out what unit or trade would have used it?

The 1 metre model has a range scale to 20,000yds. There was also a 80cm version to 15,000yds.

In Aust service, they were commonly used by the Machine Gun Battalions and the Anti-Tank Regiments, but could have equally been used by Field Artillery Batteries or Cavalry Units. They had fallen from practical use by the time of the Pacific theatre.

[horsa]

That's a very nice cased set!

[WayneR]

Thanks for the description Tony.

Wayne

[Bruce Parker (RIP)]

The Canadian ones made by REL came in either a fiberglass tube or a wooden chest without all the nice accessories. The white marks on the lid of the box are for calibrating the thing.

All previous info is accurate to my knowledge about who used them and how (anybody have a spare tripod I could buy?)

Somebody should buy this off Eric. It looks like a nice example save the chipped handle.