I found the following document, which does mention about the transition period of L42 – L96 on pages 5 – 7. I don’t know how “accurate” this is, but it makes sense the Britishicon Army knowing the L42 program was short on No.32 brackets, and No.32 telescopes converting No.71,42,53 to L1A1 standard to fill a stop gap during the 80’s.

It was also becoming clear the parts to keep this going, was becoming less and less as it had been reported the L1A1 scope, seemed to have been showing its age during the Falklands conflict, which start off the trails of which would end up with the L96 come out on top, and the L42 would be fazed out of service.

It seems logical that with all this going on at the time, these trails mounts found them self in active service within units who kept the good old trusted L42’s going, it seems possible to me with the Army’s waste not want not attitude these mounts which were sitting on selves gathering dust, being put to good use with the now more readily available Bushnell, Leatherwood ART2, S&B, or Pecar / Tasco scopes around the time of the new conflict in the gulf during the 1990’s.

It seems to me that the SF type units, which tend to have more flexibility than the normal green army units. Might have taken on these mounts and used them to good effect, knowing and trusting the proven reliability, accuracy and battle worthiness of the old L42.

http://thetwilightwar.weebly.com/upl...small_arms.pdf
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