Original U.S. Vietnam War M65 Battery Commander’s Periscope with M17 Tripod Russian Army and a new wider one

and a new wider one installed

It sailed to Europe to join the American Expeditionary Force in fighting World War I

which shows characteristic banding because of the intermixed ferrite and cementite alloys in the steel

and contrasts very nicely against the lightly oxidized steel

See SIM COMFORT'S wonderful work NAVAL SWORDS & DIRKS Volume One on page 13 (Ref: EW8) and 18 (Ref: EW10) for excellent Illustrations and text

Original U.S. Vietnam War M65 Battery Commander’s Periscope with M17 Tripod Russian Army and a new wider oneOriginal Item: Only One Available. The M65 Battery Commanders Periscope (BC) is a binocular instrument used for forward observation and for the measurement of angles of sight and azimuth for artillery fire. The M65 consists of two periscopic type telescopes joined at the top by a hinge mechanism to permit adjustment of the distance between the eyepieces. The M65 was one of the highest precision field optics ever fielded by the US Armed Forces. It was