Trench Sniper Periscopes
AS trench warfare became standard in WWI armies of all sides developed methods for their soldiers to safely attack enemy Trench positions. Called a number of names from sniperscope, sniper periscope, rifle periscope, Trench rifle
Aug 29 1916 At Pont-Arcy, France, a French photographer takes this photo, IWM Q 49094, of a #Poilu using a periscope attachment fitted to the butt of his rifle. The image has been colourized by recolor_ww1
Aug 31 1915 IWM Q 49078 shows a sniper periscope, near Fort de la Pompelle, Rheims, France. 31 August 1915.
July 10 1915 Omaha Daily Bee New French periscope gun allows snipers to shoot at the enemy from the safety of their trench
Poilu operating a periscope rifle, colourized by Irootoko Jr.
Jul 27 1916 Soldiers of the Austro-Hungarian Empire on the Italian Front use an Imperial Austro-Hungarian Trench Sniper Periscope
GIPFELSTELLUNG am VRSIC. Aufgenommen am 27. Juli 1916.
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This film clip, IWM IWM 207, released #OTD Mar 13 1916 shows an Irish Guard sniper using a sniperscope or rifle periscope to fire at the enemy.
March 13 1916-03-13
In a trench near Quinn's and Courtney's Posts, this photo, IWM Q 13427, shows a sniperscope when the Marine and 1st Naval Brigades of the Royal Naval Division reinforced the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (Anzac). The Australians improvised these trench periscopes from Marine periscopes and looking-glasses sent ashore from transports.
