Reason for offset German sights?

[Von_G]

Originally Posted by KOM.Nausicaa

...I will translate the last sentence: "The position and the angle of view of the target marker representing a illuminated circle with integrated target pointers are independent of the position of the eyes: lateral changements of the eye-position, or a too great distance towards the gunsight will only cut off the circle..."

You also have to understand that IL2 (as many other flightsims) gives a poor representation of how close the head of the pilot towards the instrument panel actually was, and how tiny the cockpit was:
http://home.arcor.de/nsu-binder/nsu-...w190/fw190.htm

Considering how the reflective gunsight REVI (Reflektions Visier) works, the head of the pilot was always inside the cone of projection of the gunsight. It was thus very easy, by leaning forward, turning the head a little to the right, or closing the left eye, to get a full view through the REVI...
Hope this helps

Yup, KOM, that is a big help. Its pretty clear that the offset is entirely functional, although I still dont see it as giving any significant advantages either. If it had, all other manufacturers would have copied this innovation.

Love your pics of the 190 pit though. Is that you, and which museum is that?
Would love a chance to sit in a FW myself!