Russian modern tanks mk.4 tamk3/9/2024 ![]() ![]() Invented by Polish engineer Rudolf Gundlach in the mid-1930s for the 7TP tank, they were the first periscopes, which allowed the crewman to look behind their tank without turning around inside the turret. ![]() These periscopes have a very interesting history. MK-4 top prism right away identifies you as a fan of armoured vehicles and tanks.with help of some paper and a small mirror you can use it as originally intended, it’s a great fun, especially to kids.it’s lightweight, which means, that you can take it anywhere.This top prism has a few advantages for each fan of military vehicles: What could be a better tank related item, which you could get, if you’re a true tank fan? If there was one item, which could have been seen on every corner of the Earth during WW2, it would be the MK-4 periscope. From Poland in September 1939, through France in 1940, Barbarossa and everything, which came onwards to the hot and humid jungles of the Pacific. MK-4 periscopes saw service in almost every theatre of World War 2. Very similar in design devices also saw service in the British Crusader, Churchill, Valentine, and Cromwell and the American M4 Sherman tanks of the WWll period. These prisms are the top part of the MK-4 periscope, most famously known from the Russian T-34 Medium Tank. Probably the cheapest actual tank part, you could ever buy. ![]()
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