![]() ![]() Later in 1942 when there was a desperate need for scoped rifles, some of these early trial Geco mounts with Zeiss Nedinsco scope were used to fill that demand. This early Geco system was used on early prototype sniper rifles but never produced in significant numbers. For the PE, the Russians copied the body of the Emil Busch Visarfunf scope and combined it with the Zeiss nine lens design. Later this Zeiss designed scope was improved upon and would become the PE scope. It was the German optics company Carl Zeiss that supplied them initially. Several scope companies supplied scopes for the trials. This Geco mount would later be the basis for the Mod. ![]() It was known as the Geco system and was a large side mounting system. The first mounting system to show success was from the Gustav Genschow company. Initially, several different systems were considered and there was difficulty producing a sufficient scope and mounting system. Out of this development stage came the first M91/30 sniper rifles. The Russians began a sniper program in the late 1920s. It could be argued that as a result of the impact that Soviet snipers had on the early war years, the German Army put more time into their own sniper development. Nor did any country produced more sniper rifles or field more men and women as sharpshooters. During WWII no other country placed a larger importance on the use of sniper rifles then the Soviet Union. ![]()
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