Hey all, going through my archs and poking around other places I shouldn't, I found these, in case anyone needed.
First off, This is a 1939 Maxim wheeled MG manual that discusses the optical gunsight fitting for the model 1932 ПП-1 optical sight and it's reticle. Wheeled maxims had optical sights, who knew?
Shows the fitting of the ПП-1 model 1932.
More description and the reticle (more about this later on):
Adjusting the rotation of the lenses (degree and azimuth/angle settings at scales) for a panoramic field of view (you throw down the locking lever to rotate the head):
And the associated reticle view against an infantry target:
The round circular edge is not existent in real life, it's only part of the a diagram to show the extent of the field of view, in reality you would only see the vertical lines and the "V", not a round circle at the edge like seen in many of the rets you encounter in RO .
Example of a model 1937 (looking straight down on it):
Closeup of the marks:
And it's reticle:
At this point you're probably saying, "Hey isn't that a German reticle??" Well, it is similar but if you look closely at the angle of the "V" , it's distance from the vertical lines, and the length of the "V" it is a teeny bit different.
The German MG ZF40:
I'm not 100% sure but I believe the Field of View is much better in the German MG ZF34 and ZF40s which the ПП's were probably copying, or vice versa.
Also be aware that this reticle design had been in place for many years before the start of WW2. For just one example, In the 1920s, Zeiss had a contract with the U.S. to supply the 1928 Model 37 Water-cooled Browning MG with what Zeiss called a panoramic 8A sight, and the reticle was of the exact same design. It was also evident that Russian and Germany were probably keeping close industrial eyes on each other's technology developments through the 1930s as well.
Next: The 45mm AT gun version of this optic.
First off, This is a 1939 Maxim wheeled MG manual that discusses the optical gunsight fitting for the model 1932 ПП-1 optical sight and it's reticle. Wheeled maxims had optical sights, who knew?
Shows the fitting of the ПП-1 model 1932.
More description and the reticle (more about this later on):
Adjusting the rotation of the lenses (degree and azimuth/angle settings at scales) for a panoramic field of view (you throw down the locking lever to rotate the head):
And the associated reticle view against an infantry target:
Example of a model 1937 (looking straight down on it):
Closeup of the marks:
And it's reticle:
At this point you're probably saying, "Hey isn't that a German reticle??" Well, it is similar but if you look closely at the angle of the "V" , it's distance from the vertical lines, and the length of the "V" it is a teeny bit different.
The German MG ZF40:
I'm not 100% sure but I believe the Field of View is much better in the German MG ZF34 and ZF40s which the ПП's were probably copying, or vice versa.
Also be aware that this reticle design had been in place for many years before the start of WW2. For just one example, In the 1920s, Zeiss had a contract with the U.S. to supply the 1928 Model 37 Water-cooled Browning MG with what Zeiss called a panoramic 8A sight, and the reticle was of the exact same design. It was also evident that Russian and Germany were probably keeping close industrial eyes on each other's technology developments through the 1930s as well.
Next: The 45mm AT gun version of this optic.