Just wondering why very little history is known about Askania optics . Very few binoculars seen .
http://www.hermann-historica.de/aukt...db=kat67_r.txt
http://www.hermann-historica.de/aukt...db=kat67_r.txt
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Askania still exists. Seems they only make watches now. You might write to them...they might have some info in their files.
http://www.askania-berlin.de/index.php/de/
http://www.askania-berlin.de/index.p...akt/askania-ag
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You gave me a heart attack. I thought I had overlooked that one.... until I saw it was 2013. Then I saw the hammer price, and that cooled it completely.
Still...very nice but not one I would except to get, ever.Comment
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Yep that happens to me from time to time when browsing around the internetOriginally posted by Mikedenmark View Post
A bit more of their background:
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Askania_Werke
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I've never had an Askania binocular but do have a very nice Askania 12x60 monocular from a cinetheodolite. Here's one at White Sands;
http://www.nicap.org/images/askanB.jpg
I also have a Bamberwerk binocular from around WW1 - not Askania but certainly linked to them.Comment
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Yes I know . I did asked earlier about some info about a tripod with krank elevator . But they didnt have much info in their files from the old days .Originally posted by me6_130 View PostComment
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I may get a heart attack later this week . I will visit a collection of optics .Originally posted by Mikedenmark View Post
3 10x80 -20
3 10x80 -80
1 KM asembi
1 UDF
1 8x60 MSS
1 8x60 KM for RZA
1 Goertz 10x50
1 small RZA
All these 11 optics + 1 rza was bought some years ago at a total price less than 8000 $.Comment
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Serial- and issue numbers of the 8x60-ies would be nice, for the list here. Especially the MSS.
Depending on survival, and owners accept, of course.Comment
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The 8x60´s is a nice ones . I do already have photoes of theme .
If I remember correctly its this MSS
Last edited by zeissasembi; 11-02-2016, 02:14 AM.Comment
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Great, the grey one is the B.N.Z.A Brücken Nacht Ziel Apparat.
According to Peter de Laet´s text, rare. Something of an understatement.
With that one, it would be interesting to see the reticle.
Please do not get a heart attack !.. Okay, probably goes without saying.Comment
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Here is a BNZA WITH UDF , but it is marked TUZA2aComment
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I don´t quite understand how a BNZA can be a TUZA ?
(TUZA 2a that is.)
Turm Unterseeboot Ziel Apparat, I suppose ? A UDf on a TUZA makes sense.
And a TUZA must be able to withstand water, if it is intended to dive outside the hull of a uboat. A BNZA would not have to be as rugged.
I don´t know if the BNZA was intended for, or used, on uboats.
To me, it sounds more like something for an E-boat (S-boot)
Even though they may have similar functions.
Very nice photo btw.Comment
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Info sofar is that this wasnt in use on an uboat . Its too big and then it was used as a BNZA on other boatsOriginally posted by Mikedenmark View PostComment
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If you study the photo you will see 2 UDF in the case and 1 small rza + 4 raintubesOriginally posted by Mikedenmark View PostComment
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TUZA= Torpedo-Uboot-Zielapparat. The 2a type case carried 2 UDF with two sets of rain guards, but no RZA. The BNZA type 2 shown here was (pre-1945) never fitted to a TUZA, nor part of a U-Boot or S-Boot fire control system. The set (BNZA 2 on TUZA 2a) shown above is a combination which stems from the time when it was used by the Norwegian Naval/Coastal Forces. UDF and BNZA are interchangeable on either type of TUZA. Such is possible because the part with the smallest diameter on the UDF hinge is identical to (and as long as) that of the BNZA (and a few others).Comment
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