PAK 36 – Gun Sight ???

[Nigel Heather]

I have a PAK 36 to assemble, the Blitzkrieg variant, but I imagine they are all the same.

Trying to figure where the piece that has the gunsight and a couple of hand-cranks goes.

I know roughly the location, and I know that the gunsight should end in line with the sight hole in the shield. But where to attach it is the puzzle. I notice that the lower front has a little pip and there is an indent on the gun, so that is a candidate – but that would mean that it just attaches at the front and the rest is hanging in the air. Is that correct?

[Nigel Heather]

Just seen an assembly video on youtube and it goes exactly where I thought it might.

One other thing occurs to me though. One of the gunners is holding what looks like a hand-wheel for adjusting the lay of the gun. I wonder whether if you have him on the base you are meant to cut the wheel from the sight/control piece so that it is ‘replaced’ by the one in the gunner’s hand.

What do you think?

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