Unusual German MG34 AA sniper sight

[Svet]

I can't I.D. and I can't set the price of an unusual MG34 sniper sight.
Need to know more about this item, its status on the collector's market and its price, of course.
Searched the hell out of the Internet but couldn't find anything like this.
Also the guys on several other WWII militaria forums were unable to I.D. the item.
It seems that no one has information about this kind of adjustable sniper sight.
Apparently the thing is for Anti-Aircraft use. I looked for Zwillingssockel 36 sights but they are different.
I want to know more about this item's history. Maybe it was a prototype sight for the Zwillingssockel??? Or maybe it served a special purpose as an infantry MG34 sight???
If you have seen anything like this before and you have info about it, about its rarity (I bet that it is VR to ER) and about its average price on the collectors' market, please share.

Here are three photographs of the thing:





Thanks!

[FestungSpanien]

Hi and welcome to the forum
It reminds me that of a ZB37 sight ,except for the attaching method
Let's see what others have to say
Cheers
Ace

[Svet]

Thanks Ace,
at first I thought that too. But it seems not to be for a ZB.
I might be wrong, of course.

This thing is puzzling me.
Share your opinions, guys.
Thanks!

[Svet]

Guys?

[gew98]

Where do you get this sniper description ?. That's goofy to use it here. It's obciously a quadrant type AA sight, other than that - dunno , but I do know it's not a damn sniper anything.

[Tim G]

Re sight

Hi thier ,

Sight is AA sight for ZB GUNS , ZB39 post war copy of bren for overseas sales
to..i believe ....a south american buyer. .303 brit cal to make and take advantage of the massive amount of ammo going cheap at that time,

Also the ZGB prototypes , for runners of the bren gun had the fitting to take this type of sight ( Page 99 of the bren gun saga, note the machined ring to locate the sight at the small of the butt , just to the rear of the reciever)

this was deleted as the brits did not want this feature ( a mistake really as when they developed the drum mag for the bren you could not see the sights and had to aim by watching your tracer)

Gimme a shout if you dont want it

Regards
Tim

[Svet]

Where do you get this sniper description ?. That's goofy to use it here. It's obciously a quadrant type AA sight, other than that - dunno , but I do know it's not a damn sniper anything.

I've seen people calling them "sniper Anti Aircraft sights".
Maybe because they resamble the image of a real optic sniper sight.

I am interested in this thing's history.
It's not for a ZB, it fits on an MG34 and it comes from WWII.
That's all I know about it.

[Tim G]

ref your sight

Hi Svet me again......sorry to bug you but once again your sight is for a ZB 39

Get a copy of the bren gun saga and look at page 46 It is showing EXACTLY
what you have in your photo, even the serial number is in the same place and the locking mech is exactly the same.

It is not for an MG34......

The sight unit is issued in a flat wooden box with a sliding lid. The arms of the sight are spring loaded so you can store it flat

the ZB 39 is a contract gun for the BULGARIANS ( Approx 100 deliverd )It was taken from the Czech
weapon the Lehky Kulomet Bren . This was an offshoot of the brengun development between BRNO and the UK .The only known deliveries were to Iraq prior to the outbreak of ww2.
As stated prior to this the sight was also fitted to the .303 variant produced post war for sale to argentina.
Hope this helps

Regards
Tim
PS If your sight has waffens etc it is more than possible that the germans were using the kit as they captured the factories.

[Svet]

Hi Tim,
I am Bulgarian and this kind of explains things. Shame on me that I didn't know anything about this item.
Hmm... only 100 pieces?! Man this thing seems to be rare.
Yes, the thing is for sale, along with tons of MG34 items. And I mean tons.
Unfortunately, i cannot post my offer due to the forum restrictions.

[Svet]

This one was sold.