Name | Usage | Method | Use Model | Note | |
Photograph no | C-4 | Fighter | Bar type sight | A-12 P-26 |
front and rear sights |
Lynn-Type 3 | Fighter | Reflector | P-38J P-38S P-51D P-61B |
Photo:Yoichi Shimoda | |
N-1 |
Fighter | Reflector | XP-6H | N-1 was tested on the XP-6H |
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N-2 | Fighter | Reflector | B-25 B-26 T-6 |
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N-2A | Fighter | Reflector | P-35A P-40D P-40N |
Used around 1936 Classification indistinct |
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N-2B | P-35A P-38 P-39C |
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Photograph no | N-2C | Fighter | Reflector | P-39 | |
The short one was used for flexible gunnery in Martin upper turrets, where
there was not much overhead space. The tall one was used on fighters. |
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N-3A | Fighter Gunner |
Reflector | P-38 P-39 K/L P-40 P-47B P-47D P-51A/B B-17 B-24 B-26 B-25 P-61 |
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N-3B | Fighter Gunner |
Reflector | P-38 for F-5 to J-5 P-39 P-47D20 P-51B/C B-25G B-25J-15 T-6 texsan SNJ-4(AT6C) |
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N-3C | Fighter Gunner |
Reflector | P-38 P-39K-1/L-1 P-40 P-51 T-6 B-25J-5 B-26 |
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N-6 | Gunner | Reflector | B-17G upper turrets nose turret P-61 |
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N-6A | Gunner | Reflector | B-17G upper turrets nose turret B-24 B-25 B-26 P-61 |
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N-8 | Gunner | Reflector | B-17 B-25 Late B-26tail turret |
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N-8A | Gunner | Reflector | B-17 B-25 |
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N-9 N-9-1 |
Fighter Gunner |
Reflector | P-51D/K, P-63 A/B-26 B-17/25W P-47 |
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MK-8 | Fighter | Reflector | P-38 P-47D20 to D35 P-51(extremely rare) P-61? |
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K-3 | Gunner | Reflector | B-17 | ||
Photograph no | K-4 | Gunner | Reflector | B-17 B-24 |
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Photograph no | K-7 | Gunner | Reflector | Unkown | |
Photograph no | K-8 | Gunner | Reflector | Unkown | |
The K-8 was the K-4/K-4 type repackaged to fit in the Martin upper turret. | |||||
K-9 | Gunner | Reflector | B-24 | ||
K-10 | Gunner | Reflector | B-17 tail gun position B-24 nose gun position B-25J-15 tail gun position |
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K-11 | Gunner | Reflector | B-24 nose gun sight B-32 nose gun sight |
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K-13 | Gunner | Reflector | B-17G B-24S |
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The K-13 was used mostly for waist guns, but also in the Martin upper turret. | |||||
K-14 | Fighter | Reflector | P-51D P-47D40 |
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K-14A | Fighter | Reflector | P-51D | ||
K-14B | Fighter | Reflector | P-47D P-51D F-80 |
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K-14C | Fighter | Reflector | P-51D F-80 |
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K-15 | Gunner | Reflector | B-17 | ||
Photograph no | K-15A | Gunner | Reflector | B-24 | |
K-17 | Gunner | Reflector | B-17 B-24 |
The K-17 was used in the lower ball turret | |
Des165D | Gunner | Reflector | B-29 | ||
The Des 165 refers only to the optical unit, not the entire sighting station. | |||||
A | Gunner | Reflector | B-29 | ||
C | Gunner | Reflector | B-29 | ||
D&F | Gunner | Reflector | B-29 | ||
Photograph no | D-8 | Bomber | optic | B-25 B-26 |
Middle and low altitude |
T-1 |
Bomber | Reflector | B-24D B-25 C/D |
Different versions. | |
Norden |
Bomber | optic | B-17 B-29 etc P-38J |
(MX-8 Norden bomb sight) |