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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Binastro" data-source="post: 3617531" data-attributes="member: 111403">Post 73.As usual with claims of the world's biggest whatever, this binocular certainly isn't.Japanese 180mm binoculars were used on Capital ships.There is a 250mm Japanese binocular in a museum.There were many 150mm Japanese binoculars, admittedly shorter focal length.I think there was a superb Clark 6 inch binocular long focus.Ross made a 6 inch binocular for fortress Malta. I couldn't afford the £250 asked.Zeiss made 3 30cm binoculars on altazimuth mounts, which don't survive now. Weighed several tons each.The APM/LZOS 304mm f/7.5 binocular is very much larger. 400kgs, total weight with mount 2000 kgs.There are larger aperture binocular telescopes.Unfortunately newspapers are not reliable sources of information.</blockquote>