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Periscope facts for kids

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British trench periscope Cape Helles 1915
British soldier in World War I using a periscope to see from a trench
Periscope simple
Design of a persicope. The model on the left uses mirrors, the one on the right uses prisms

A periscope is an optical instrument that is used to watch a scene from cover. The classical design uses a number of mirrors or prisms, and is used in tanks and submarines.

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  • Periscope rifle Gallipoli 1915

    Australian Light Horse troops using a periscope rifle, Gallipoli, 1915. Photograph by Ernest Brooks.

  • An Auxiliary Periscope for Submarines (cropped)

    An Auxiliary Periscope for Submarines from The Electrical Experimenter, Vol. IV, No. 38., 1916

  • Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-198-1363-29A, Russland, Artillerie-Beobachtung

    A team of German artillery observers using periscope binoculars, 1943

  • Periscope made by R & J Beck, 1918

    A First World War periscope made by R & J Beck Ltd in 1918

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