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Hello together,

I'm looking for close up pictures of a 7,5cm Leichtgeschütz 40 /LG40 (pls see attached picture).

I found some pictures in the internet and in the German "Waffen Revue", but they are more or less showing an overview of the weapon and not providing any details.
I need pictures which are showing details, for ex. the aiming adjustment, sight attachement assembly, breech lever etc.

It would be great if someone could help me out with some close up pictures.

Many thanks in advance.

AlexHH

p.s.: pls. send me a pm if you have pictures. I will send you my e-mail adress in return.

Hi Alex -
Actually, you've already got a terrific picture right there of the sight assembly/zieleinrichtung for the LG.

Basically if you look at your profile picture that you provided (and also at the rear view at : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:75mm ... ong%29.jpg ) you'll see what amounted to the standard conventional light howitzer tube fitting attached to the range drum selection unit and the elevation/trunion gear controls. These fittings normally received in the tube an artillery-type indirect fire panoramic sight (called a rundblickfernrohr). In the tube fitting (missing in the wikipedia photo) shown in your b&w photo is placed the adapter that was made up of a channel groove holder where the telescopic sight Z.F 1 x 11 was slid into. You can see the Z.F. 1 x 11 at the very top as installed. (it's that little black tube). the little bump you see on the top of the tube is the fitting for a small bulb for illumination of the reticle inside.

The telescope had a field of view of 11 degrees and a magnification of 1x (some references say 3x). The reticle aim marks inside the telescope were a simple affair of longitudinal marks and an upside down v at the bottom marking the distance of 1200 m. Each mark ticked off the number of meters to aim the weapon at for 200, 400, 600 m, and so on. The Ordnance School "Foreign Material Vol. 3, OS 9-61 (1943) will give you all you need on the Z.F. 1 x 11. It was used on pretty much any anti-tank gun with a caliber under 50mm. Except in this case the LGs had a higher caliber, but as the weapon was much lighter and was designed for much more close-in fighting, the ZF 1 x 11 was a good choice for an aiming optic.

The pic you have is quite terrific actually!

Thanks and let me know if you need more.