Tank machine guns

[Pibwl]

Originally Posted by jp10

You notice in the M4 he is looking out the periscope well above the gun and must observe his burst to correct on target.

However, some BMGs had a telescope sight, like Besa (at least newer mountings), Soviet DT (in T-34 at least - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/F...tyaryov_DT.JPG) and Polish wz.25 of TKS tankette (but not the one in TK-3 tankette). There was of course a limited field of view, but it's not a matter of range, I think.

BTW: Polish TKS tankette had wz.25 MG in the same mounting as turret mounted TMG in wz.34 AC, which has bigger range. However, weapon #228 in Polish OOB 7.92 wz.25 TMG has probably too high range 30 - should be 24 for such caliber TMGs. Unless we consider telescope sights...