Airgun Manufacturers in Zella-Mehlis Germany

[DT Fletcher]

There's ocr in Adobe Acrobat Pro. I've used it. It does work but I had problems with a lot of ocr errors. Fortunately, most of the german I want to read is covered in Google Books; which has an amazingly good ocr engine.

[45flint]

There's ocr in Adobe Acrobat Pro. I've used it. It does work but I had problems with a lot of ocr errors. Fortunately, most of the german I want to read is covered in Google Books; which has an amazingly good ocr engine.

There are quite a few IPad apps that are ocr scanners? Be interesting to see how well they work.

[DT Fletcher]

There are quite a few IPad apps that are ocr scanners? Be interesting to see how well they work.

I've seen those but have never used one. Usually, when no ocr text is available, I end up typing it in. In the end, I found that searching for the ocr errors took more time than just doing it manually.

[45flint]

Well, I made it through the German Book Dealers internet site and 3 weeks later my book from Germany arrive. Very detailed lots of pictures and patent drawings. Many German airguns I never knew existed. Information on the Tell 3 model 75. Lots of info on East German guns made after the war.

[45flint]

IPad technology is pretty amazing. Got a free app that from a picture of the text from a page of the book can extract the text. I can copy the text into Google translate and read it. Not perfect but you get the idea. Here is an example on a portion of the text on the East German Model 75 - Tell 3




German:
3.1.8 Modell 75
Wie schon erwähnt, hatte nach 1945 die Fa. Manteuffel die LuftpistoleTELL MOD. 3" des V. W. W. O. Will als
Modell 75" in ihr Erzeugnissortiment übernommen. (. Etwas Geschichte; Fa. Reinhold Manteuffel& Co. ..)
Der visuelle Vergleich beider Modelle, einerseits anhand des Realstücks der ,TELL MOD. 3" (Prägestempel auf
Hülse) als auch andererseits des Bildmaterials zur Modell 75" - u. a. Firmenprospekt bzw. Ersatzteilliste , bestang
die weitgehende Ubereinstimmung beider Pistolen z. B. bezüglich Funktion, Form, Anzahl und Gestaltung der lele
/17/, (4.1 Ersatzteile-Listen; E 4).
(Davon kann sich auch ein eventuell zweifelnder Betrachter anhand solcher an sich unwichtigen Einzelheiten, wie
die hervortretenden Schraubenköpfe an den Stirnseiten des jeweiligen Griffblocks, leicht überzeugen.)
Wegen Nichtverfügbarkeit desModells 75" erfolgt die funktionelle Beschreibung anhand der TELL MOD. 3.
Die rein optische Patenschaft der 08-Parabellumpistole zum Modell 75" ist nicht zu verleugnen.
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English:

3.1.8 Model 75
As already mentioned, after 1945 the company Manteuffel had the air pistol TELL MOD. 3 "of V. W. W. O. Will as
Model 75 "in their product range taken over. (Some history, Fa. Reinhold Manteuffel & Co. ..)
The visual comparison of both models, on the one hand based on the real piece of, TELL MOD. 3 "(embossed stamp on
Sleeve) as well as on the other hand of the picture material for the model 75 "- among other things company prospectus and spare parts list, bestang
the broad agreement of both pistols z. B. in terms of function, shape, number and design of the lele
/ 17 /, (4.1 spare parts lists, E 4).
(This may also be a doubting observer on the basis of such unimportant details, such as
the protruding screw heads on the front sides of the respective handle block, easily convince.)
Due to unavailability of Model 75 ", the functional description is based on the TELL MOD.3.
The purely optical sponsorship of the 08 parabolic pistol for the 75 "model can not be denied