No.4 Mk.1 Sights Question

[kar98k]

I've only ever seen pics of No.4s with the Mk2 sights in WWII images. Did the Mk1 and Mark3 sights see service in the war as well?

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[Peter Laidler]

Definately yes........

[Surpmil]

And the MkII's vanished when Peter?

[ssj]

As surplus....lots of LB 1942 guns here still have the mk2 sights. I'd assume many were never replaced by NZ armourers? (Peter?)

[Peter Laidler]

The Mk2 sight was only ever obsolescent and not obsolete. That means we don't re-order WSE but while they are serviceable, they remain in service!

[Beerhunter]

Oddly enough, when I was in the CCF (Combined Cadet Force) at school, I never saw a Mk.2 sight - in fact I don't recall seeing a Mk.3 either. However later (being me) I took an interest in what the ACF (Army Cadet Force) were armed with and that is when I first saw Mk.2 sights "in the flesh" as it were.