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Old August 10th, 2010, 09:06 AM
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Default Re: Some Giro thoughts

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Originally Posted by Mobhack View Post
No USSR units that I know of used optical rangefinders - they went straight from stadia to LRF in the 70s on later model T-72 and 64 etc.
Andy
I have to disagree. Early T-72s were fitted with the TPD-2-49 coincidence rangefinder.




Notice the rangefinder ports on the turret roof near the sides. Early T-64s had a similar arrangement.
Naturally T-55/62 went straight to lase but as I said early production T-72/64 relied on optical units.
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