Made by Oy Physica Ab in Helsinki the Physica 3x24 was a prismatic scope intended to be universal sight that could be used with both rifles and machineguns (Wacker, 2011). The scopes had a short eye relief (40mm).

Images



Seen with Finnish soldiers.



On a M27PH rifle.



On a M39PH rifle.



With carry case.




Reticle.



Serial Numbers

Serial	Images	Notes
57	2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15	Matched to M39PH rifle 53397, rifle possibly rebuilt from a M27PH.
125		Seen in Forgotten Weapons video.
164	2 3	Seen in Forgotten Weapons video. Rifle 79859 mount marked for scope 144 and then 189.
182	2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27	Recovered from battlefield heavily deteriorated.
183		Includes carry case
230		Scope only known due to M39PH rifle 59220 surviving. Its mount was first matched to scope #05 and later matched to scope 230.

VIDEOS

Video by Forgotten Weapons

References

Wacker, A. (2011). German Sniper Rifles. Propaganda Photo.

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