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By: - 20th August 2018 at 14:11 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
The simple answer is that a gunsight is a gunsight, i.e. the thing in its entirety (lamp unit, body and reflector plate, etc) whereas a Projector is the body and lamp unit only, to which a number of different Reflectors may be fitted. This gives rise to various Marks, e.g. Reflector Type I, Mk. I, with Projector, Type I, Mk. I.
It was an attempt to "tidy up" and re-organise the Reflector Sight range in late 1943 but I'm not sure it actually simplified things much at all!
By: - 21st August 2018 at 16:00 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Thanks Alan, that's interesting.
regards
Julian.
By: - 21st August 2018 at 16:26 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Oh dear, I must be getting old.....I can remember cased reflector gun sites for sale at £15.00 each!!!
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By: thedawnpatrol - 19th August 2018 at 21:24 - Edited 2nd October 2019 at 11:40
I picked up a couple of gun sights today, one is a Projector type 1 mark 1 and is dated 1944 but has the broard Arrow
The other is a Reflector Gun Sight Mk 2, dated 1943 and Air Ministry crown
My question is what's the difference, between Gun Sight and Projector ?