In 1936, Germany put out requests to optical companies to manufacture large observation binoculars to be easily used on land and at sea....

Shop now Little has been written about the invention and development of the 20 X 110 Russian BMT binocular and how they were used by the...

Germany became a leader in optical design, technical innovation and manufacturing of optical instruments during the 1940’s, specifically...

German Optical & Precision Instrument Three Letter Codes 1940 During hostilities, the German Government tried to hide the names of the...

World War II Naval Optics: Kollmorgen 20x120 A brief history of Kollmorgen Frederick Kollmorgen was a German skilled in optics who, after...

On the 25th of July, 1917, three leading optical manufacturers (Fuji, Tokyo Keiki Seisaku Sho and Iwaki Glass) joined together to form...

The 10x80 Flak binoculars are large observation binoculars made by Germany during the Second World War. They have a 45 degree angle...

History of Japanese Big Eye Binocular production. 15x80 binoculars through 180mm binoculars

An outline of Japanese binocular production In 1873, Matsugoro Asakura traveled to Austria for Japanese government sponsored study of...