Canadian Clinometer Sight, Mark IV – 1943 Dated (Vickers MG & Artillery Use) Edged Weapons retaining its original trip wire

retaining its original trip wire wrapped around the device

Associated with reconnaissance and special operations field use during the Rhodesian and Portuguese Colonial War era

Based on construction

Manufactured by Parker-Hale of Birmingham

Length 32-34" Long

Canadian Clinometer Sight, Mark IV – 1943 Dated (Vickers MG & Artillery Use) Edged Weapons retaining its original trip wireA wartime Clinometer Sight, Mark IV, dated 1943, manufactured under contract in Canada and marked R. E. L. Canada (Research Enterprises Limited, based in Leaside, Ontario). This precision optical mechanical device was employed with the Vickers Medium Machine Gun as well as various artillery pieces, enabling accurate calculation of elevation and depression in indirect fire roles. Constructed in brass with a brown protective finish, the instrument is