Bren indirect fire sight

Wilke of OGT has this listed for sale on Gunnutz as a Bren sight for $695.

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Bren, indirect fire/rotary line sight with all accessories complete in steel carry case. $ 695.- *sold*

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So what is it? It doesn't look like the plessey sight I'm used to seeing. I know that other British weapons of that time period used the same dovetail. Is this a mortar sight? I'm also used to the Bren sight being housed in a wooden case which fits in to the binocular web case. This one is in a tin box.

Ya got me - I've never seen one before.

Its for the Vickers MG, It is an indirect fire sight. The plessey was used on the Bren but you could use the indirect fire sight if you put down stakes and laid the gun...

Heres some pics of mine and some other stuff. There quite different but I heard as well that the Plessey line sight would fit on top of the Vickers sight for reasons unknown so who knows.

I have also seen pics of the MKI Bren with the vickers unit on it.

I dont know it could be for the bren but I do know this definetly is

http://www.pbase.com/mrclark/image/59399004/large.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/mrclark/image/58747627.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/mrclark/image/57708109/medium.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/mrclark/image/59897648.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/mrclark/image/59907802/medium.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/mrclark/image/59907828/large.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/mrclark/image/71359450.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/mrclark/image/71359451.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/mrclark/image/71359452.jpg

wrong case.......but still a nice piece.

I have a part of a Bren MK1
It has the marks :

SIGHT LENSATIC MK1
LONDON OPTICAL COMPANY
SGT. F.L.BREN. .303 IN 1939
PL 2559

Is it valuable ?

Dan

The one Mr Clark shows earlier in this thread sold recently for around $3000, so depending on how much of the sight you have, yes it is likely valuable.

The actual dovetail of the Vickers, 3" mortar, Bren etc was the same in order to standardise things but I don't think that the Vickers sight would fit onto a Bren and work correctly with a magazine fitted. I'm not sure that the trajectory charts for the indirect role would equate either although it's all pretty academic anyway

As a bit of an aside, I often wonder what in heavens name were they thinking about.... a 30 round, magazine fed light machine gun in the indirect fire role. We already had heavy stuff to do the job in the 3" mortar and Vickers MMG until the late 60's