My thought was high altitude photography. They had to presurize the cameras sometimes to get them to work right. The aiming devices to help in getting the photo from far away.
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I'm seeing chinese or japanese characters under the crank(?) handle. I'm guessing a camera of some sort for photo recon. What do I win if I'm right?
ReplyDeleteWin? An attaboy.
ReplyDeleteI have no idea what it is.
Well, it looks a lot like an automatic weapon. But, it also looks a lot like an old fashioned 8mm movie camera. An automatic weapon training camera?
ReplyDeleteMy thought was high altitude photography. They had to presurize the cameras sometimes to get them to work right. The aiming devices to help in getting the photo from far away.
ReplyDeletemortar. or tennis ball launcher. well, it's chinese... probably mortar.
ReplyDeleteIllidium P-32 Space Modulator.
ReplyDeleteWord is it is a Japanese Machine Gun Camera
ReplyDeleteThis is made in Japan. The characters on it are Japanese Kanji, not Chinese characters.
ReplyDelete八九式 -- Model number 89
活動寫真銃 改二 -- Moving Picture Gun
第7547號 Lot number 7547
六櫻社計劃製造 Designed and Produced by Rokuoh-Sha
I think it's an older version of a famous Japanese bull semen collection device.
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