Was this similar to binoculars which I came across in WW2 reading?
2007-09-22 13:21:23 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
YES SAME THING DIFFERENT NAME.
2007-09-27 08:14:03 · answer #1 · answered by Loren S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They mean virtually the same thing, but field glasses (the earlier expression) didn't have prisms in them, as modern binoculars usually do, so save weight and increase efficiency.
2007-09-22 13:38:31 · answer #2 · answered by Bryce 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, binoculars.
2007-09-22 13:27:47 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Binoculars. It's what they used to call them.
2007-09-22 13:36:50 · answer #4 · answered by cas1025 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The ones my father brought home were German and, had yardage and, windage marked in them, they were also stamped with a German insignia on them.
2007-09-22 16:45:03 · answer #5 · answered by cowboydoc 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The same thing.
2007-09-22 13:26:52 · answer #6 · answered by Jeff R 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋