tank periscope

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tank periscope [′taŋk ¦per·ə‚skōp]

(optics)

A periscope permitting a tank occupant to observe without being exposed to bullet fire; employs a pair of plane, parallel, reflecting surfaces (either mirrors or prisms) so arranged in a mount that the path of light through the instrument forms a letter Z.

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