Gorgosaurus Posted December 18, 2017 at 09:00 PM Report Posted December 18, 2017 at 09:00 PM First time user. Came across some war relics from the mid to late 20th century. This is the first one, I believe it is an anti-aircraft sight for an unknown weapon. Any help would be appreciated...Thanks! Quote
陳德聰 Posted December 18, 2017 at 10:35 PM Report Posted December 18, 2017 at 10:35 PM On the far left: “Target Speed m/s” Quote
Lu Posted December 19, 2017 at 09:12 AM Report Posted December 19, 2017 at 09:12 AM I've never seen that character in the top on the right before. Is it from the second round of simplifications perhaps? Quote
Jim Posted December 19, 2017 at 09:34 AM Report Posted December 19, 2017 at 09:34 AM 28 minutes ago, Lu said: I've never seen that character in the top on the right before. Is it from the second round of simplifications perhaps? I tried looking and zdic seems to suggest it's a variant form of 形: http://www.zdic.net/z/8d/js/22488.htm Not sure what 缩形 would mean as a compound if that's true but you can imagine possibilities that might fit ETA Checking again I see it's also a second-round simplification of 影 and 缩影 seems to be used for aircraft silhouette which would fit. 1 Quote
roddy Posted December 19, 2017 at 11:09 AM Report Posted December 19, 2017 at 11:09 AM 缩影 - at a guess it's 'shrunken silhouette'? - the silhouette appears 1/4, 1/2, etc, the size of some reference silhouette. Combine that with speed and it tells you how far ahead of the target to shoot? Quote
Gorgosaurus Posted December 23, 2017 at 02:37 PM Author Report Posted December 23, 2017 at 02:37 PM Thanks for all the input thus far, it's really appreciate it. Are there direct translations for each specific character that could be provided? Thanks! 1 Quote
陳德聰 Posted December 23, 2017 at 07:44 PM Report Posted December 23, 2017 at 07:44 PM 5 hours ago, Gorgosaurus said: Are there direct translations for each specific character that could be provided? 目标 Target 速度 Speed 米 m 秒 s 1 Quote
Gorgosaurus Posted December 29, 2017 at 04:19 PM Author Report Posted December 29, 2017 at 04:19 PM Thank you very much for all the help! 2 Quote
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