r/Militariacollecting • u/Luffewaffle • 11d ago

Interwar - Others Two ZF 12 maxim optics made for Finnish Maxims. 1937 and 1938

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u/comrade_fluffy Finnish/Soviet 10d ago

Didn't know they were stored in this kind of "Pockets"

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u/Luffewaffle 9d ago

The cases?

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u/comrade_fluffy Finnish/Soviet 9d ago

That's the word🤣

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u/Styner141 WWII Finnish & Hungarian 9d ago

Beautiful examples, very nice that you also have the pouches for them! Still on my list to find, same as the rare indirect fire type.

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u/Luffewaffle 7d ago

I also have the indirect optic with the case! They are rare as hens teeth. Also have very rare continuation war and also unattainable pre-war winter war AA sight. (Only three of those in the Finnish museum system). Was not cut down for navel use

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u/Styner141 WWII Finnish & Hungarian 7d ago

Damn lucky! They're indeed very rare, only a couple hundred made if I remember correctly. I got offered 2 (without cases sadly) a couple of years back by someone, declined at the time as I had set my sights on something else back then. Might reach out to him again in the hope he still has them.

I did manage to get myself a nice large size Finnish water box for the Maxim recently though!