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Looking at our previous posts #s 210 & 213, we can see two "gun sights." According to Westburg's drawings, the larger scope is the telescope protruding through the windshield with a soft rubberize (?) eye piece to allow the pilot to place his face against the telescope ( my guess ).

Whereas Westburg drawings suggests that the smaller scope outside of the windshield & much smaller in diameter is the actual gun sight. That's what so puzzling…
 
Looking at our previous posts #s 210 & 213, we can see two "gun sights." According to Westburg's drawings, the larger scope is the telescope protruding through the windshield with a soft rubberize (?) eye piece to allow the pilot to place his face against the telescope ( my guess ).

Whereas Westburg drawings suggests that the smaller scope outside of the windshield & much smaller in diameter is the actual gun sight. That's what so puzzling…


The gunsight seen in the pic is the collimator Mk.II one. It was offset slightly right. The item more on the right is the bead mount of the collimator sight.

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F4B-3-USMC.jpg

F4B-4-USMC.jpg

the pic source: the net.
 

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