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Originally Posted by LukeFF
The only evidence (that I've seen) of the ZFR's use in combat is from Franz Oswald of 13.(Pz)/SG 9 who noted "that the ZFR 3B telescopic gunsight made target acquisition difficult." (Quote taken from Martin Pegg's Hs 129 book).
How that applies to the entire production run of the B-3, I don't know.
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Thats the very same only evidence of the ZFR, that we had (you know, we used your collection). Manuals might be somewhat misleading, as they were produced prior to the delivering of planes to the flight groups. So the reference about this installation is veeeery weak and was regarded as not (yet) worth the effort. Furthermore, it wouldn't be possible to simulate a zoomed periscope view outside the canopy (the pilot couldn't press his eye on it). It would be somehow modeled wrong anyway.
The modeling of the ZFR was already begun, so if there eventually come up new references (I doubt it), I think, it would be a nice small addition.
01-12-2011, 12:22 PM
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