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Yes, you must be right. The one on photo1 is likely to be a MG gunners pouch. Thanks for letting me know.

Yes, B of photo2 certainly has the ZF41 can, and I have been wondering the one on B of photo1 is also so or not. Photo 1 Photo 2 The can on Photo2 is a very early type with the hinges inside.

I happened to get these photos from a different place and at a different time. Photo2 is dated September 1942, and Photo1 seems to be a few years earlier assuming from the K98k configuration. I am wondering if these men, A, B, C and D, are same person. Please let me know what you think. Photo1...

Another war time Allied drawing, this one is showing ZF41 type1 scope. Sorry, I have no numerical data.

This time, I have made a video explaining my ZF41 database. Perhaps it would also be a guide for the major markings found on the mount.

I have a wartime US military document on the ZF41/1 (Type3 scope). Perhaps this might help.

Great work! Keep it going!

Thank you Absolut!

A great find!! ... ... ... It is a normal Type1 scope. Another picture of the same soldier from the Bundesarchiv.

Nice picture! I have seen it before. The scope seems to be made by ddv.

I am looking for every information concerning ZF41s, but as of now, I have no information of the ZF41 on KKWs.

Let me explain once again for someone new on the forum. I have started making a website on the German Rifle Scopes of WWII, mainly on the ZF41 scope, since 20th October 2003. http://zielfernrohr.b.la9.jp/ And have been gathering information on the subject. Now in the site are several...

As I have shown in my video, I have estimated the production number of ZF41s from the serial# of my database. Total number ZF40* and ZF40 I believe the actual production number of ZF41 would never be under 200k and the ZF40s be around 30k.

At last, I have managed to make another one. 100,000 ZF41 with 3,000 ZF40 are obviously too small.

Special thanks to Absolut, I have updated my ZF43(B) page of my website with his brilliant pictures. http://zielfernrohr.b.la9.jp/zielfernrohr_030.htm From my ZF41 database, I have found the ZF43(B) serial# range 143100 is right between ZF41 Type2 and Type3. 142911 Highest Type2 (ZF41)...

Thank you for your comments! Yes, being aware of your surroundings is beneficial when you are in battle fields. That is why the low powered LER scope now finds its way as a military scope rather than a hunting scope. I believe the use of ZF41 would have been ideal if mounted on...

Great information here! Thank you all for sharing! I had been wondering from where the idea of LER scope of ZF41 came. I have never thought it had such a history. I would like to know more about it. Since the LER scopes are not suitable for long range precise shooting (pure sniping), I have been...

In the old book “The German Sniper 1914-1945” by Peter R. Senich, “hap” and “kay” are listed as the manufacturer of ZF41. And Richard D. Law says in his book “Sniper Variations of the German K98k Rifle” that he could not find any example of those two makers. During my research, I have gained...

I have been saying this for years and explained it again in this video.

The scope is Type3 and not original to the gun. If you need more information, watch my video or visit my website. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGYfv-64TEa_s_-wPLtoBOQ