Pl. 87
Plate 87 of 87 · Class IX, Kit & field equipment
Trench periscope
A simple device for looking over the top of a trench without exposing the head to snipers: a case with mirrors set at 45 degrees at each end, sometimes with two simple lenses added. Some were fixed to rifles, so that a soldier could aim and fire from safely below the parapet.
Mentioned in
- Chapter IV Deadlock §1 Why the Trenches? Firepower and the Shell Crisis
- Chapter IX In the Trenches Overview§2 A Day in the Line: Stand-To, Rum and Relief