Saladin odd stuff

[Douglas Greville]

Several of us have been trying to
identify the purpose of a couple of features of the Saladin turret.
These items are not identified in any of the publications that
have become available in the civilian area eg User manual,
parts manual etc.

1) Attached to the commander's periscope guard is a small
mount. One Saladin owner swears that this is for a binocular
rest/mount. But no one can verify this including him. Nor
can anyone identify the existance of such a rest.
Is he correct, if not what is it's purpose?

See attached picture "Saladin guard mount".

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Regards
Doug