H/4x60 Kahles on M39-43

[Thorne]

Last night while looking around on SA-Kuva I came across a photo with a sniper team during last parts of the continuation war.

What intrigued me was what is almost certain to me was a H/4x60 Kahles scope with the saddle focus adjuster, with less iconic silhouette of a german ajack scope traditionally found on m39-43.

I have seen odd vague posts of people with other forms of kahles scopes in collections on theses snipers but without photo proof always just assumed it was placeholder scopes.

Any thoughts or knowledge would be appreciated.

 

[Dave Roberts]

You are 100% correct about the scope in this photo . Very interesting photo . I heard that the Finns did use these scopes but never had I seen photographic proof until now . Thank You for sharing this photo . As you I am interested to hear what Finn collectors have to add .

 

[mdarnell19]

Very cool to see. The M39/43 is a super cool rifle. I'll share this photo with a couple of my Finn collecting buddies to see what they say. Not sure if they come here often. Thanks for sharing

 

[Thorne]

Appreciate the insight, definitely something that draws interest to me on how much of a role kahles played in supplying scopes to the finns when ajacks were no longer available.