i need in information on a TEL.STG n 53 MK1

[kahmnen.b]

i would like to find out wen it was made and were would i get mounts for it to put it on a gun
thank you for your help

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[Peter Laidler]

It was made later in the last War and was used as the coaxial machine gun telescope for the BESA MG on the Mk7 and 8 Churchill gun tank and the early Mk1 Centurions that also had BESA's. Until common sense prevailed that is and they got rid of the BESA for the M1919 Brownings.... but I digress. When you say a 'gun' what do you mean? A 'gun' as in an anti-tank gun (wouldn't last 2 shots....) or a 'gun' as in rifle? The problem you face is that the tube is neither fish nor fowl as it is 1.018" diameter so a 1" mount will be too tight. Additionally, there is no inbuilt adjustment so all adjustment will have to be on the mount and this in my opinion as a bit-part Armourer is a recipe for total disaster. There are several graticle patterns too. The No53 Mk1/1 (with V5/OS 1099A on the tube) is the only one that will have a decent grat pattern for rifle shooting.

The only thing that these telescopes are any good for is as a fishing weight for someone you don't like or as spare parts for the optically similar No32 sniper rifle telescope. Even then, the front shade and the OG lens are not compatible with the Mk3 or L1A1 telescope and the ocular lenses are not compatible with the Mk1. No idea as to value but maybe someone else can elaborate on that. Next question.........