Sherman periscopes

Robert E Morey · Post by **Robert E Morey** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 3:48 am

Does anyone have any of the following dimensions for american periscopes? I making one for my Sherm (in commanders hatch) and have good photos but no measurements. Any info would be appreciated! Thanks, Bob

Tom Schulze · Post by **Tom Schulze** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 9:50 pm

Hi Robert
I have a pariscope from a sherman i will get the measrements you
need to night
Tom

leesellars · Post by **leesellars** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 9:59 pm

Hello Robert

Dave at armorpax does the periscopes in white metal and also the gaurds For the tops.

Lee

Adrian Harris · Post by **Adrian Harris** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 10:26 pm

I have a vague memory that there are two lengths of periscope, but I cannot for the life of me remember why I think this or where I would have read it.

My 1943 dated Sherman periscope is:

6 1/2 inches wide
1 3/4 inches deep
14 11/16 inches long - from the furthest ends of the prisms.
The body is 9 1/2 inches long.

This is just the periscope part, not the sheath.

As Lee says, Armorpax do a periscope in sheath and with the circular plate already attached. I've not compared it to a real one but Dave isn't one to scrimp on the research.

Adrian.

Robert E Morey · Post by **Robert E Morey** » Wed Sep 16, 2009 12:40 am

Thanks everyone for the information. The price of the Armorpax version is cetainly reasonable. Does anyone know if it has the upper prism part included? All I can see is the bottom half of the p-scope. I need a couple other bits as well - wire cutter for the Panther.

Lee are the gaurds really white metal? They look great, but I'd be worried they'd get smushed easily. I was hoping they were brass or alum?

Has anyone used the stencils? Really like those as well, I'm not looking forward to making all the little number stencils for the Sherman.

Adrian I agree the detail of Daves' work is fantastic.
thanks again guys.
Bob

Adrian Harris · Post by **Adrian Harris** » Wed Sep 16, 2009 8:24 am

> Does anyone know if it has the upper prism part included?

The one I have which came with a Shermna is just the parts showing under the hatch, so from the round disc downwards.

> I was hoping they were brass or alum?

John Grima at East Coast Armory does ready-made brass ones but they must be pretty easy to knock up from brass rod and a little silver soldering.

Adrian.

Derek Attree · Post by **Derek Attree** » Wed Sep 16, 2009 8:59 am

Hi Bob
I have used the stencils on my Panther and they work great and are
very good quality etch Brass.
They will last a life time if you look after them.
The cutters are good too.

Derek

Dave Dibb (Armorpax) · Wed Sep 16, 2009 9:26 pm

Hi Bob,

Hope the pics below help. I do make an open top section with the top half of the scope but its in the Stuart Hatch set, maybe I should do them on their own

Cheers

Dave

Robert E Morey · Post by **Robert E Morey** » Wed Sep 16, 2009 10:05 pm

Hi Dave, thanks for the great info. Are your dims off by a factor of 10? Should be 400mm instead of 40mm? No worries I can decipher it! I have Adrians dims for comparison. Thank you to all who provided info!

Dave how sturdy are the white metal periscope gaurds?

Derek thanks for info on the stencils and cutters. Brass photoetch will indeed last forever - I will run out of tanks to paint before they ever wear out!

Happy tanking.
Bob

Adrian Harris · Post by **Adrian Harris** » Wed Sep 16, 2009 10:12 pm

Bob - I think Dave has given the figures in 1/6th ...

Adrian.

Dave Dibb (Armorpax) · Wed Sep 16, 2009 10:14 pm

Hi Bob,

They should be the actual size at 1/6th taken straight off mine, if I got them right

.

As to the guards probably better asking the guys who have used them as I'm biased

Cheers

Dave

Robert E Morey · Post by **Robert E Morey** » Wed Sep 16, 2009 10:23 pm

Doop of course, I didn't think of that (dims in 1/6). I'm such a Homer sometimes. Thank you guys.