any ideas what this is on a helio MkV tripod??

[bananamafia]

Hi everyone, does anyone have any ideas on this one?
its obviously a helio mkv tripod, but im having trouble working out what the optic is?

any help appreciated as always!!
kind regards ed

[Spitace41]

Looks a bit like a ww2 No. 8 Gun Sight to me, possibly touched up post- war, or may be post- war version? Any markings at all? Cheers.

[bananamafia]

Looks a bit like a ww2 No. 8 Gun Sight to me, possibly touched up post- war, or may be post- war version? Any markings at all? Cheers.

thanks mate, yes I can see the similarities with the no.8 sight, no markings I can see, so they must be underneath the optic.
Why would a gun sight be on a tripod though? and wouldn't the no8 sight have a crosshair as this one doesn't???

thanks again

[bananamafia]

oh yeah, markings to bottom read:

Telescope bearing No14 MK3 with "Cooke Troughton and Simms" makers mark.

many thanks spitace for the pointer! still no idea why on the helio tripod though!

[vincey]

hello,, just bought one the same and on a helio mkv stand,, did you find anymore info... cheers vince

[Roger M]

These seem to be very similar to the sights used on the Vickers Predictor but probably a later model.
A great video explains the predicter here and shows the bearing telescope around 1 minute 30 seconds in.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sG6Rr5Kg6Qk

No idea why they would be on those tripods though unless it was to make them sell-able.

[bananamafia]

No idea why they would be on those tripods though unless it was to make them sell-able.

Bullseye.

[Ubique]

Could it have been used by a Forwards Observation Officer?

Oz.

[Ubique]

Another thought is that these could have been set up for training student gunners at a school of Artillery.

Oz.