The ZF G3 was an evolution of the ZFK 43/1 and ZF 4x scopes. The design of the scope was owned by the West German government post WWII.

Images



With German Army HK G3 rifles.




Seen on MP5 with early West German GSG-9 members.




Seen with a Greek soldiers.




With Swedish Army G3/AK4.




Swedish police across from the Kreditbanken bank on Norrmalmstorg square in Stockholm 24 August 1973.




Reticle.



Manufactuer Marks

Steiner-Optik GmbH

Hensoldt & Söhne GmbH

Karl Kaps GmbH & Co. KG

Schmidt & Bender GmbH & Co. KG

Serial Numbers

Serial	NATO Stock Number	MM/YY	Maker	Model	Color	Language	Images	Notes
K1913	1240-12-144-0714	illegible	Karl Kaps	1	Black	German	2 3	Has German acceptance sticker "BWB 1346"
K2184	1240-12-144-0714	illegible	Hensoldt Wetzlar	1	Black	German	2 3 4 5	Has German acceptance sticker. Hard to read "BWB 1474"? Mount has a rifle serial number, 280?
K3217	1240-12-144-0714	JUL? ??3	Karl Kaps	1	Black	German	2 3 4 5 6	Has German acceptance sticker "BWB 1294"
K3263	1240-12-144-0714	illegible	Karl Kaps	1	Black	German	2 3 4 5 6 7
K4493	1240-12-144-0714	FEB? ???	Karl Kaps	1	Black	German	2 3 4 5 6	Has German acceptance sticker "BWB 1266"
42433	1240-12-144-????	09/75?	Hensoldt Wetzlar	1	Black	German		Has German acceptance sticker. Hard to make out sticker, "BWB 1436"?
47230	1240-12-144-0714	09/76	Hensoldt Wetzlar	1	Black	German	2 3 4 5 6 7 8	Has German acceptance sticker, "BWB 1436".
illegible	1240-12-144-0714	09/75	Hensoldt Wetzlar	1	Black	German	1 2 3 5	Has German acceptance sticker. Hard to make out sticker.
5086	NA		Steiner	1	Green	German	2 3 4 5 6 7 8
7434	NA		Steiner	1	Green	English	2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14	Marked T.C. J.Gn.K.liği (Jandarma Genel Komutanlığı) along with a crecent and star.
8183	NA		Schmidt & Bender		Black	English	2 3 4 5
defaced	1240-12-156-6181		Hensoldt Wetzlar	1	Black	Turkish	2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14	Marked T.C.. JKND-34329 added to side of tube.
33676	1240-12-156-6181		Hensoldt Wetzlar	1	Black	Turkish		Marked T.C. and 1973.
38540	1240-12-156-6181		Hensoldt Wetzlar	1	Black	Turkish	2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9	Marked T.C. and 1974. Came on a mount for a G41.
defaced	1240-12-156-6181		Hensoldt Wetzlar	1	Black	Turkish	2	Marked T.C. and 1980.
57003	1240-12-144-0714		Hensoldt Wetzlar	1	Black	English	2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9	Danish Crown, "HTK", and "Nr. 0356" on scope body and mount. Mount is a Tokyo Marui copy of a ARMS mount. Faked mount? Scope?
60996	1240-12-156-6181		Hensoldt Wetzlar	1	Black	Turkish	2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10	Marked T.C. and 1984. Also has a unit mark 98666.
69336	NA		Hensoldt Wetzlar	1	Black	German	2 3 4 5 6 7 8	Scope body marked ZF MP5.
73125	1240-12-179-7120		Hensoldt Wetzlar	2	Black	German	2 3 4 5 6 7 8	Has no STANAG mounting points, would require rings to mount.
76338	NA		Hensoldt Wetzlar	1	Black	German	2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11	Scope body marked ZF MP5, BDC turret marked MP5SD.

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