Image:Periscope rifle Gallipoli 1915.jpg

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Australian sniper using a periscope rifle at Gallipoli, 1915. He is aided by a spotter with a periscope. The men are believed to belong to the Australian 2nd Light Horse Regiment and the location is probably Quinn's Post.

Photographer: Lt. Ernest Brooks
Imperial War Museum catalogue number Q 13427
Australian War Memorial collection number H10324

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