Long branch snipers

[Peter Laidler]

Yes, the Warminster Infantry collection Mk4 scope does match the rifle/bracket. It was the rifle shipped to the UK to be evaluated. It was good, but no cigar due to the fact that by the time it was there, we were well supplied with a standardised sniper rifles/telescopes. Unlike the Lyman scoped LB rifles........ Well, they didn't get past the first hurdle for many reasons. And there's not enough time left in the world to explain them all!

[Cantom]

Sam's Sloppy Sniper Section - Korea 1951 - 1952
By Don B. Urquhart
ISBN - 0 9782333-0-1

There are several pictures of Ts with the C 67 used by the PPCLI in Korea.

I was able to pick this book up recently! The sniper rifles mentioned in the book I believe were all C67 rifles.

I was also peripherally involved in uniting a loose C67 scope with a rifle that lacked one recently.

[Lee Enfield]

I was able to pick this book up recently! The sniper rifles mentioned in the book I believe were all C67 rifles.

I was also peripherally involved in uniting a loose C67 scope with a rifle that lacked one recently.

Actually, contemporary photos related to the book, and Canadian sniping in Korea show C.No67, No32TP and C.No32mk3 scopes in use concurrently, and mixed within the same unit(s).

[Peter Laidler]

I'd certainly like to see a photo of a No32TP in use, on active service, post war. We had documentary evidence that most of them were disposed of to the needy newly emerging Western European armies being reformed after the war.

[Surpmil]

Korea:

[browningautorifle]

Pics of my old regiment in the field...nice.

[Peter Laidler]

Yep....., clearly posed, but you can't get better than that! Quite how the Lyman coped with the atrocious conditions heaven only knows. It didn't fare well in the UK. Mind you, the rain in the UK is what we call '...lazy rain'. It doesn't bother going round you - it just goes straight through you!

Would be interesting to find out how many were disposed of to the European Armies. Presumably they went in chests. The Brens did, i crates marked as European Aid - or was it Marshall Aid. Anyway. Thanks Robert.

[jawes]

Colin Stevens has/had a number of copies of this book at reasonable prices.

His website is:
www.captainstevens.com www.captainstevens.com

Cheers, jim

[browningautorifle]

clearly posed

Of course...as you know a sniper can't be seen when he's afield, just ask any of them...Gil?

[Surpmil]

Pics of my old regiment in the field...nice.

The second chap's a Van Doo actually: - Veteran Stories - The Memory Project

The Lyman Alaskan was also used by the Americans on the Garand in Korea. Not sure if they had any problems with them or not.

John George used one on a Model 70 Winchester in the South Pacific without any reported issues according to his book "Shots Fired in Anger".

It would be interesting to know what the SOP was in regard to the caps on the drums/knobs. Take the caps off on the C67 and you have knobs much like the No32 Mk3, but on the Alaskan you have to pull the rifle back from a firing position and look at the top face of the knobs to see the markings.

I wouldn't be surprised if the snipers often held over for range rather than removing the caps and adjusting the drums/knobs. By that I mean when they got into a position where the general range of the enemy was known, they could set to that range and then just hold over for individual shots a bit below or above that setting. Targets of opportunity would perhaps make that more or less obligatory anyway, since their time of exposure would be often be so short that ranging and adjusting settings would be impossible.