The black and white one I posted earlier today is from the book Wessex by Patrick Allen published by Airlife Publishing under this caption
The book also has a full-size copy of the small photo I had of Wessex launching AS.12 at sea. Unfortunately the scan I have of the book (from Scribd) is crap on that page, but I suppose it’s handy to say where the photo can be found if anybody has a copy.
M260 was the normal one for most early helicopters equipped with AS.12
Wasp, Wessex, Alouette III, AB.212ASW were all able to fit that sight in the roof when AS.12s were carried or for other observation purposes, but the sights were generally removed from the helicopter when they weren’t needed
Some later helicopters that equipped AS.12 like the Lynx Mk.2(FN) (the French one), Gazelle (in Egyptian service) and Sea King (in Spanish service) used the later APX M334
Ahhh that explains it, still I love these helicopters. It always amazes me at the Fleet Air Arm museum just how gargantuan those things are. My head is lower down than the intake it’s insane.
Unfortunately the developers have said its not possible for the sight to be ported across from the Wasp, as there are some differences in how its mounted, textures and other matters that all require considerable time and references to model. As such, it cannot be done before the major update.
Removing the AS.12 is also not an option, but it was discovered that the Type GS907/1A can and was in fact often used for AS.11/12 guidance as an option. So the sight is not actually fully required on the roof for AS.12 guidance anyway.
More references will also be needed to fully model the roof mounted sight, as we will need to know what it looks like in the interior of the Wessex. So overall this would all take a considerable amount of time.
A suggestion report can be made to log the matter officially once it becomes available with the dev server, but it will not be considered as a bug as crews often used the gyro-stabilized head-mounted sight Steadyscope GS907/1A anyway for ATGM guidance.
