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  1. 05-13-2010 05:25 PM #1
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    Question mystery scope

    Can anyone help identifying a scope i just aquired. it is marked - telescope no78 mk1 2535/64 99-960-6970 Dr Wohler Kassel 2 x 17'. I suspect it may be ww2 Germanicon but would appreciate everyones collective wisdom. Photos to follow when I get back home from overseas.
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    Hi tarplett,

    Dr.Wohler Kassel Octamar was a maker of riflescopes and observer glasses for the Wehrmacht. He was supplier for the ZF 41 Makers Code is: clb, Dr. F. A. Wohler, Kassel.
    Here is a Link to an makers mark, it is the lower right one
    http://archiv.k98k.info/upload/up/zf41_code3e.jpg

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    A 03 Sry 4

    SgT Y0rK gave some solice in wwI, what thje L TA Germanicon,s don,t remembr. an yesah we still remember ur sAcrufice.
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    sorry hoopalingus, dont really understand your post!
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    hoopalingus brain is stuck in text mode, give it a thump and he'll feel betta in a minute.

    Anything marked no78 mk1, sounds like a terribly british military numbering code, did the good doctor defect?
    It sounds like an artillery or mortar scope ...
    I suggest do a google images search ...
    Photos are required ...
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    Hi RJW NZicon

    the numbering with MK was used in the Imperial german Army and for a short time in the Wehrmacht too. It is not only the Britishicon numbering. It changed later in war to only the makers Code and the "Ausführung" or "Modell".

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    Scope is for 84mm Charlie G

    Unfortunately this scope is for the recoiless anti tank launcher (84mm Charlie G in Britishicon Army parlance) and has a very short eye relief which means it could only really be used on a .22LR if put on a rifle (which is not what it was designed for).
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    As I recall, they're very heavy too.
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    Dr Wohler also made Germanicon military sniper scopes during WWII.
    This scope No 78 MK1 was used as a sighting telescope for the Carl Gustav M48 84mm recoilless Anti Tank launcher used by the Britishicon Military from 1961 to 1991
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