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Parts ??- "Sight to be used in a nose cone only"

Posted: Sun May 08, 2011 7:43 am
by railnutrob
Hello:
So way back when my grandfather bought a ball turret gunsight, and another box marked only "Caution: This sight to be used in a nose cone only."
He got them thinking that if he ever needed a specific gear ratio for a project, it was probably in there somewhere.
I'm trying to identify the second one and what it is off of.
Pictures below.
Any idea what this is off of?

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I think I found what this is from, B-17 lower ball turret.

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Re: Parts ??- "Sight to be used in a nose cone only"

Posted: Sun May 08, 2011 11:44 am
by DryMartini
The K-4 is indeed a Sperry ball turret computing gun site.
A K-3 would be for the upper turret.

Re: Parts ??- "Sight to be used in a nose cone only"

Posted: Sun May 22, 2011 3:07 pm
by NickV
The "Sight to be used in a nose cone only" is for a K-11 gunsight, while the K-10 was for the nose turret. I believe these were used in later model B-24s and certainly in the B-32.
Nick