Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/11/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 07:18 AM 11/23/1999 -0800, Frank Fillipone wrote: >> > >Marc and others.... the military Cantaxes I had were marked with the >letters MF and 4 digits. Rather low key. >Were these the Kriegsmarine versions? Not necessarily. The "MF" merely means that it was procured through the Navy. ALL military Zeiss Ikon cameras ordered directly from the factory bear this mark, even if they were later used by the Luftwaffe or Heer. (In today's US military, similarly, the Army is responsible for buying all light weapons, including those used by Air Force guards and Navy landing parties, while the Navy orders the light boats the Army uses in riverine operations and the Air Force orders the Army's helicopters.) Marc