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<p>[QUOTE="springfld.arsenal, post: 111173, member: 54"]About 6 x 12 inches, about two lbs, I'm sure it came in some wonderful case but I didn't get that. Got it from a PA militaria dealer at a show about 20 years ago and never investigated it till now. Has many moving parts, it moves in every way you can imagine. Made by Buchi in Bern (yes U should have umlaut, too lazy to look up that code today.) Should be ca. 1930 by way mfg stamped company name, they were around from 1871 till recently, a family company which made a lot of items for Swiss military. I already posted on a specialist forum, British Ordnance Collector's Network, asking ID. Since the important "operator" marks are in English, perhaps made for UK or US military? I know this is a computer for indirect artillery firing, but don't know the exact purpose. The circly thing probably held a magnifying lens at one time, that must be where you read the result of the equation this device solves. ???</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://springfieldarsenal.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/img_1624.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://springfieldarsenal.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/img_1613.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Less important photos:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://springfieldarsenal.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/img_1612.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://springfieldarsenal.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/img_1612.jpg" rel="nofollow">https://springfieldarsenal.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/img_1612.jpg</a></p><p><a href="https://springfieldarsenal.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/img_1611.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://springfieldarsenal.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/img_1611.jpg" rel="nofollow">https://springfieldarsenal.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/img_1611.jpg</a></p><p><a href="https://springfieldarsenal.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/img_1615.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://springfieldarsenal.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/img_1615.jpg" rel="nofollow">https://springfieldarsenal.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/img_1615.jpg</a></p><p><a href="https://springfieldarsenal.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/img_1616.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://springfieldarsenal.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/img_1616.jpg" rel="nofollow">https://springfieldarsenal.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/img_1616.jpg</a></p><p><a href="https://springfieldarsenal.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/img_1617.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://springfieldarsenal.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/img_1617.jpg" rel="nofollow">https://springfieldarsenal.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/img_1617.jpg</a></p><p><a href="https://springfieldarsenal.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/img_1618.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://springfieldarsenal.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/img_1618.jpg" rel="nofollow">https://springfieldarsenal.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/img_1618.jpg</a></p><p><a href="https://springfieldarsenal.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/img_1619.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://springfieldarsenal.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/img_1619.jpg" rel="nofollow">https://springfieldarsenal.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/img_1619.jpg</a></p><p><a href="https://springfieldarsenal.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/img_1627.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://springfieldarsenal.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/img_1627.jpg" rel="nofollow">https://springfieldarsenal.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/img_1627.jpg</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="springfld.arsenal, post: 111173, member: 54"]About 6 x 12 inches, about two lbs, I'm sure it came in some wonderful case but I didn't get that. Got it from a PA militaria dealer at a show about 20 years ago and never investigated it till now. Has many moving parts, it moves in every way you can imagine. Made by Buchi in Bern (yes U should have umlaut, too lazy to look up that code today.) Should be ca. 1930 by way mfg stamped company name, they were around from 1871 till recently, a family company which made a lot of items for Swiss military. I already posted on a specialist forum, British Ordnance Collector's Network, asking ID. Since the important "operator" marks are in English, perhaps made for UK or US military? I know this is a computer for indirect artillery firing, but don't know the exact purpose. The circly thing probably held a magnifying lens at one time, that must be where you read the result of the equation this device solves. ??? [IMG]https://springfieldarsenal.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/img_1624.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]https://springfieldarsenal.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/img_1613.jpg[/IMG] Less important photos: [URL]https://springfieldarsenal.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/img_1612.jpg[/URL] [URL]https://springfieldarsenal.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/img_1611.jpg[/URL] [URL]https://springfieldarsenal.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/img_1615.jpg[/URL] [URL]https://springfieldarsenal.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/img_1616.jpg[/URL] [URL]https://springfieldarsenal.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/img_1617.jpg[/URL] [URL]https://springfieldarsenal.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/img_1618.jpg[/URL] [URL]https://springfieldarsenal.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/img_1619.jpg[/URL] [URL]https://springfieldarsenal.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/img_1627.jpg[/URL][/QUOTE]
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