Canadian Clinometer Sight, Mark IV – 1943 Dated (Vickers MG & Artillery Use) Edged Weapons This construction and hardware is

This construction and hardware is consistent with South African Defence Force (SADF) field webbing components used in the Border War era (often grouped by collectors under “Pattern 70/77” webbing)

Based on construction

Associated with reconnaissance and special operations field use during the Rhodesian and Portuguese Colonial War era

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Manufactured by Parker-Hale of Birmingham

Canadian Clinometer Sight, Mark IV – 1943 Dated (Vickers MG & Artillery Use) Edged Weapons This construction and hardware isA wartime Clinometer Sight, Mark IV, dated 1943, manufactured under contract in Canada and marked R. E. L. Canada (Research Enterprises Limited, based in Leaside, Ontario). This precision optical mechanical device was employed with the Vickers Medium Machine Gun as well as various artillery pieces, enabling accurate calculation of elevation and depression in indirect fire roles. Constructed in brass with a brown protective finish, the instrument is