Handwriting help needed!

Second line: "a [something] has been received - a means of firing a rifle from a position below".

The closest I can get is Snipescope, which doesn't seem quite right.

Posted March 13, 2015 3:42 PM

I think Snipescope is correct. I have come across a reference to a Telescope Sight Rifle Scope. I think they were manufactured by Vickers Armstrong in WW1.

Posted March 13, 2015 5:10 PM

by ral104 moderator, scientist

Not sure what it says exactly, but I think it refers to a contraption similar to the one in this image:

http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205225547

Posted March 13, 2015 5:25 PM

by edinflo

Thanks for the photo - it's great to see these things in context.

Posted March 16, 2015 12:14 PM