DU vets, need some help identifying something

[krispos42]

My boss, Jack, is a Korean War vet. He's been buying odds and ends of Korean-War-era military equipment recently (he just bought a helmet) and he wants to purchase this spotting scope:




That's him with the Tommy gun. He's looking for the military designation for the spotting scope on the right, with the red tape wrapped around it. He wants to see if he can buy one. He recalls it was 20x power.

If anybody knows what it was called back then, I'd appreciate you sharing it.

Thanks!

[Scuba]

1. Tell your boss to get his finger off the trigger and out of the trigger guard unless he's shooting.

[krispos42]

4. Yeah, I winced at that one, too.

And where is the sling going???

[hedgehog]

2. Totally off-topic - but am I the only one startled to

see a photo from the Korean War that doesn't feature snow?

[denbot]

3. For Korean war gear, check out WWII gear. That looks a little like a M49 sniper spotter scope

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http://www.mwrforum.net/forums/showthread.php?t=42333

[krispos42]

5. That's it!

He says that that is it, and now he's off to eBay to look for one.

Thanks!

[denbot]

6. Tell him to look at M48 first (Those are WWII issue)

My understanding that the M49 is later issue (1944), but either could have been in service in Korea.

[krispos42]

7. He left for the day, but I'll tell him on Monday.

Thanks again!