The Carl Zeiss Lotfernrohr 7 (Lot meant "Vertical" and Fernrohr meant "Telescope"), or Lotfe 7, was the primary series of bombsights used in most Luftwaffe level bombers, similar to the United States' Norden bombsight, but much simpler to operate and maintain. Several models were produced and eventually completely replaced the simpler Lotfernrohr 3 and BZG 2 bombsights. The Lotfe 7C, appearing in January 1941, was the first one to have gyroscopic stabilization.[1]
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The Carl Zeiss Lotfernrohr7 (Lot meant "Vertical" and Fernrohr meant "Telescope"), or Lotfe 7, was the primary series of bombsights used in most Luftwaffe...
Norden was not as secret as believed; both the British SABS and German Lotfernrohr7 worked on similar principles, and details of the Norden had been passed...
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bombing techniques. A small number of bomb-aimers were to use their Lotfernrohr7 bombsights on individual flares to increase the accuracy of the attack...
used. Later in the war, Luftwaffe bombers used the Carl Zeiss Lotfernrohr7, or Lotfe 7, which had an advanced mechanical system similar to the Norden...
outlined for use at different altitudes and operational conditions. Lotfernrohr7, a similar German design of late-war vintage Due to the clouds of smoke...
operation often attributed to KGr 100—then proceeded to bomb visually using Lotfernrohr7 bomb sights. The Gruppe was predominantly equipped with He 111P-4s;...
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