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Miscellaneous => Scopes/Optics/Mounts/Peep Sights/etc => Topic started by: montigre on July 26, 2017, 08:02:29 PM

Title: USSR compass bearing optic
Post by: montigre on July 26, 2017, 08:02:29 PM

Since I've gotten back into boating, thought I'd share this interesting new toy.  It is a PGK-2, used by the Soviet Navy to to find the compass bearing of an object with respect to a coastal landmark and/or a celestial body. This item was last calibrated in 1992.  I purchased it from a milsurp dealer in the Ukraine who got it from a former naval officer's private collection. 

(http://preview.ibb.co/dajk0Q/USSR_Heading_finder.jpg) (http://ibb.co/fmu7Ek)

(http://preview.ibb.co/bOyCfQ/USSR_Heading_finder_1.jpg) (http://ibb.co/hn3dLQ)

(http://preview.ibb.co/d8uUS5/USSR_Heading_finder_2.jpg) (http://ibb.co/iPGyLQ)

(http://preview.ibb.co/kD4k0Q/USSR_Heading_finder_3.jpg) (http://ibb.co/cV6yLQ)

Title: Re: USSR compass bearing optic
Post by: Phosphorus32 on July 26, 2017, 08:16:45 PM

Well that's something you don't see every day...or ever  :o  :))

Neat bit of naval navigation equipment  thumb1

Title: Re: USSR compass bearing optic
Post by: spongemonkey on July 27, 2017, 08:26:38 AM

Very neat, thanks for sharing!   thumb1

Title: Re: USSR compass bearing optic
Post by: carls sks on July 27, 2017, 09:01:36 AM

neat, thanks for sharing.  thumb1

Title: Re: USSR compass bearing optic
Post by: montigre on July 27, 2017, 03:45:21 PM

Thanks, it is a really cool piece of kit and easier to use than a standard sextant. 

Title: Re: USSR compass bearing optic
Post by: Phosphorus32 on July 27, 2017, 05:06:01 PM

пеленгатор оптический = Optical Direction Finder

Title: Re: USSR compass bearing optic
Post by: Loose}{Cannon on July 27, 2017, 06:20:46 PM

Neat.   How in the world do you use that thing?  Are you going to use it....or was it replaced by androids?