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Ralph Lovett


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I have found an Ottoman/Turkish direct fire sight with the Arabic-Indic numbers "8,7cm" at the top and a maximum range of 4,200 meters indicated in Arabic-Indic.  The sight post will fit the German 9cm C/1873 and the Prussian export version of the 8cm C/1864.  The maximum range is a bit short for the 9cm C/73 and even though the range makes sense for the 8cm C/64 the "8,7cm" marking seems to preclude this possibility.  Any ideas about what this sight could be for? 

 

 



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It seems that the Ottoman Army also acquired 8.7cm Broadwell field guns in the 1880s? The Broadwell guns seem to have used

a similar sight to the Krupp field guns. The Ottomans also built 8.7cm field guns under license before WW1.

The fairly short maximum range on the sight may indicate a fortress mounted gun.

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-- Edited by CharlieC on Saturday 10th of January 2026 11:31:08 AM

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Thanks Charlie.

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