Comrades -
Coming off our discussion of the SU-76 and the panoramic optic scope (PG) that it uses, I'm offering up some more info.
Required reading. Based on 76mm regimental gun, but still appropriate.
Aiming the weapon:
http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/trurl_pagecontent?lp=ru_en&trurl=http%3a%2f%2fwww.artilleria.narod.ru%2fglava10.htm
Interestingly the panoramic sight has remained basically unchanged in over a century. It's a variation of a copied German design (Rundblickfernrohr) but the makers of the PG-1, PG-2, and PG-4 panoramic scopes, the "Novosibirisk" company, recently celebrate the 100th anniversary of the design. This description fits for the ZIS-3 type gun, as well. The optical reticle is different (slightly simpler) as it is the earlier design in this 1938 manual.
Laying the gun for artillery (including unseen targets)
http://babelfish.altavista.com/babe...rl=http://www.artilleria.narod.ru/glava11.htm
This is a good overview of the whole indirect fire discussion, like I said before, its hard to explain to gamers without them falling asleep, but this sort of provides a nice graphical view.
Gun Versus Tanks
http://babelfish.altavista.com/babe...rl=http://www.artilleria.narod.ru/glava12.htm
Super neat. This is the one everyone wants to see. Using your optics and the deflection of the artillery gun against a tank, and how to correct your shots.
Gun Versus Aircraft
http://babelfish.altavista.com/babe...rl=http://www.artilleria.narod.ru/glava06.htm
Oh, just read the whole thing, already!
http://www.artilleria.narod.ru/
(It's Russian, just pop the url into babelfish or your own favorite trans)
P.S. for gearheads: the reticle I posted before for the SU-76 is correct as I've recently gotten a russian manual that describes and displays the reticle for the PG-2 that went on the ZIS-3 for the SU's gun.
Coming off our discussion of the SU-76 and the panoramic optic scope (PG) that it uses, I'm offering up some more info.
Required reading. Based on 76mm regimental gun, but still appropriate.
Aiming the weapon:
http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/trurl_pagecontent?lp=ru_en&trurl=http%3a%2f%2fwww.artilleria.narod.ru%2fglava10.htm
Interestingly the panoramic sight has remained basically unchanged in over a century. It's a variation of a copied German design (Rundblickfernrohr) but the makers of the PG-1, PG-2, and PG-4 panoramic scopes, the "Novosibirisk" company, recently celebrate the 100th anniversary of the design. This description fits for the ZIS-3 type gun, as well. The optical reticle is different (slightly simpler) as it is the earlier design in this 1938 manual.
Laying the gun for artillery (including unseen targets)
http://babelfish.altavista.com/babe...rl=http://www.artilleria.narod.ru/glava11.htm
This is a good overview of the whole indirect fire discussion, like I said before, its hard to explain to gamers without them falling asleep, but this sort of provides a nice graphical view.
Gun Versus Tanks
http://babelfish.altavista.com/babe...rl=http://www.artilleria.narod.ru/glava12.htm
Super neat. This is the one everyone wants to see. Using your optics and the deflection of the artillery gun against a tank, and how to correct your shots.
Gun Versus Aircraft
http://babelfish.altavista.com/babe...rl=http://www.artilleria.narod.ru/glava06.htm
Oh, just read the whole thing, already!
http://www.artilleria.narod.ru/
(It's Russian, just pop the url into babelfish or your own favorite trans)
P.S. for gearheads: the reticle I posted before for the SU-76 is correct as I've recently gotten a russian manual that describes and displays the reticle for the PG-2 that went on the ZIS-3 for the SU's gun.
...but the manual is still elegantly written imo... 