Original U.S. Navy Mark 9 Illuminated Sight French Militaria One of the changes specified

One of the changes specified prior to the start of the first Navy contract was to attach a bayonet lug on the forward band

Fits rifles up to 44" in length

meaning cane or walking stick

known as a Takooba

Original U.S. Navy Mark 9 Illuminated Sight French Militaria One of the changes specifiedOriginal Item: Only One Available. The US Navy Gunsights used during WWII and the early post wars years was limited to just three main types of Gunsights (and their many late war and early post war adaptations and evolutions); all of them being adaptations of British sights: The Mark 8 illuminated sight used for fixed gunnery that was a modified version of the British Barr & Stroud GM2 fixed gun sight (designated the Fixed gun Reflector Sight Mk II);