what kind of scout scopes are these?

[eltorro]

what kind of scout scopes are these? A buddy took this picture and I can't find any info on them... Did they ude scout scopes in WWII?

 

[steve1973]

Yes, those are German Zf41 scopes, which was an early 1.5x scout scope used by the Germans. Not much of a sniper scope with the low power and poor light gathering due to a small objective lens, it was still issued in large numbers as a 'sharpshooter' rifle. Search the net for Zf41, lots of info like this site, unfortunately not entirely in English:

http://homepage3.nifty.com/zielfernrohr/zielfernrohr_013.htm

Also, in book form, check out Peter Senich's The German Sniper or Richard Laws Sniper Variations of the K98 for even more info.

 

[eltorro]

thank you.... lots of info, I just didn't look where I was supposed to...