Another request for Trilux parts

[dpr64]

If anyone finds a source, I could use a few also...

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[tankhunter]

Pete, Like you. I always wondered why the retention spring was such an unnessacarily complecated affair!

They were rubbish material/heat treated from the word go! Most of the 'User's' of this sight pushed the retention catch as far rearwards as it would possibly go. Thus stretching the spring, & making it so weak. That when the sight was fitted, it wobbled around like a Dick in a Shirtsleeve. (Technical Phrase.....)

I know ALL of us Armourer's involved with these sights in Service. Have changed many hundereds/thousands of them over the years!
What a waste of time & money! The Izzi Mod is logical,simple & above all. CHEAP to install!

They also improved the illumination method by installing an LED & small Battery in the original TRITIUM Gas installation well! MUCH better way to go all round!

As Peter correctly states: 'They were useless & lost thier zero after a few shots'. They had a usefull extention of thier in Service life after the SLR went out of use.
There was a mounting attachment assembly manufactured to take the SUIT sight for use on the GPMG L7A2 7.62mm Machine Gun in the infantry role.
As the sight had lost an amount of accuracy required from a rifle. A little loss of this with usage of an MG didnt matter too much. You wanted a 'Beaten Zone' effect, from the rounds laid down. So a Burst of fire using the SUIT, would give the result you wanted the 'Good News' to be laid down!
It therefore didnt matter too much if the sight was SLIGHTLY loose due to a stretched spring. You would get a good 'Cone of Fire' in your intended target area.

I have a similar mount in my collection for the SA80's SUSAT sight. Which performs exactly the same operation using a SUSAT, rather than the SUIT.
As the SUSAT is comming to the end of it's life due to lack of spares. & the Manufacturer will not make any more. The ACOG sight is replacing the SUSAT in Service now.
The SUSAT will be enabled to continue in limited standard issue in Service as the SUSATS are recalled from issue. The idea being, they can be backloaded to ABRO Workshops for canabalising for spares to keep those in usage going for a few years!

My own thoughts are that they will be backloaded & sold off in the huge amount of surplus equipment sales that go for tender on a regular basis. Once out of service, stuff seems to have lost it's traceability, & gets lumped in with all other stuff for disposal. Gone are the days of the 'special disposal of small arms scrap'! You would be amazed at what i have seen chucked in stillage baskets & sold off to unsuspecting surplus dealers! They have discovered 'Embarrassments' when they have recieved thier big basket case purchases. & needed us called in to remove the 'offending item' for correct & Legal disposal!..... No System is perfect I suppose?....