Talk:Sight

Lens Sight Info
In WW1, the british created what was known as "Galilean Sights" which were mostly just magnifying glasses for the SMLE and CLLE rifles. If you observe this slide presentation  you will notice that all the various models of lens sight are referred to as "Galilean" which indicates that these sights had many different manufacturers and models. The specific model in BF1 is based off of the lens sight by Gibbs, but not exactly modeled after it as the Gibbs sight uses a volley sight aperture as a rear sight rather than the rear-leaf-sight-with-additional-magnifying-lens like in BF1. The Gibbs model of Galilean Sight is also interesting in that it provides alternate reticles of Red and Black color and a few of these reticle options appear in BF1. It should be noted that some models Galilean Sights did see field usage in the war, namely theLattey model which is nothing more than a 2x magnifying glass paired with stock SMLE ironsights. The 2015 movie "Galipoli" depicts an austrailian soldier using this type of galilean sight though literary sources do not specify if the Gibbs model or any similar "red reticle-d" galilean sights saw the same usage.